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New Zealand students may 'text-speak' in exams

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Old U.S. Party Poker Players Head for Other Sites

After the depressing series of events following the passing of the U.S. gambling law regarding depositing methods many Party Poker players were left without a place to play. They have now turned to places accepting US players. Read more


Study: Child athletes risk death from blow to chest

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American students go global in study abroad

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Boy, 16, arrested in bomb threats A Council Rock South student is charged with terroristic threats. One more person is sought.

Police have arrested a 16-year-old Holland boy in connection with bomb threats received at Council Rock High School South on Thursday, but are still looking for the person who threatened both high schools in the Bucks County district last Tuesday. Read more


A global 'gee-whiz' over a new Phila. school

Annika Small travels all over the world, hunting for schools that educate in innovative ways, and she was pretty sure she happened upon one yesterday. Read more


Bill Gates says U.S. education system needs work

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Educators explore 'Second Life'

The classroom of the future isn't on a college campus. It's in the virtual world of "Second Life." Read more


21st century schools: Beyond the three R's

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Meeting on School Cuts

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission will hold a special meeting from 6 to 9 p.m. tomorrow to hear public comment on proposed budget cuts. The meeting will be held at district headquarters, 440 N. Broad St. Read more


Phila. will renew effort to cut truancy

Mayor Street and Philadelphia schools chief Paul Vallas are expected to announce today a joint, renewed effort to take aim at the city's rampant truancy problem. Read more


Student held until hearing on threat

The Council Rock High School South student accused of calling a bomb threat in to his school Thursday will remain in custody until his hearing on Nov. 24. Read more


Private managers in district face cuts

In 2002, the Philadelphia School District embarked on the nation's largest experiment in private management of public schools, with educators across the country watching. Read more


Religious group splits from Mercer University

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Report: Urban students do worse on science test

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Giving a modern touch to an old idea

In the 18th century, slavery was the pressing issue of the day, depicted in the broadside "Description of a Slave Ship." What are today's pressing issues and how would an artist depict it, using the full array of digital and technical tools? Read more


New unit to monitor city schools finances

The fallout from the Philadelphia School District's $73.3 million budget gap continues. The School Reform Commission yesterday imposed tightened fiscal controls on the district and chief executive Paul Vallas, voting unanimously to create a "financial accountability unit" to monitor district finances. Read more


Two plead guilty to arson in Seton Hall dorm blaze

Nearly seven years after a dormitory fire killed three students at Seton Hall University, two former roommates pleaded guilty yesterday to arson, admitting for the first time that they set a banner ablaze in a prank that tragically got out of hand. Read more


$3 million drive targets truancy

City and school district officials announced a war on truancy yesterday, pledging $3 million in new money and 400 new employees to expand Philadelphia's efforts to get wayward students back into classrooms. Read more


Was Fiocco's death from tragic game of hide-and-seek?

Nearly six months after authorities discovered the body of a missing College of New Jersey student in a Bucks County landfill, investigators are looking at whether his death was the tragic result of a game of hide-and-seek. Read more


Core Energetics Institute South announces the start of a new professional training program in the Core Energetics Evolutionary process, beginning fall of 2007.

Classes will meet in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area. We are currently accepting applications. Read more


Cop uses stun gun on student who won't show ID

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Iraqi students fear death of education system

Maha Nidal's voice is tinged with bitterness and sorrow as she looks around the campus courtyard at her fellow students milling around. The sight is a blend of Iraq's various religious sects --some girls in headscarves, others looking like they walked out of the pages of a fashion magazine. Read more


Emory University receives $261 million gift

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As school budget vote nears, higher-ups may feel pinch

Fewer chauffeurs and cell phones. No more bottled water or tasty meals at meetings. With a $73.3 million shortfall in the Philadelphia School District's $2.04 billion budget to address, even members of the School Reform Commission and top administrators could feel the pinch. Read more



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