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Los Angeles, CA: Community College students could graduate faster and with better grades if they spent less time working at their jobs and more time studying and taking classes, according to a new report, entitled “Working Too Hard to Make the Grade,”

(Washington, DC) — The Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) has received a $417,517 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help BHEF expand a unique simulation modeling tool for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education policy making, as well as for enhancing college access, readiness, and success efforts.

HOUSTON (December 8, 2009) – HoustonWorks USA and Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), today announced the kickoff of Engineering Excellence (E2), a city-wide engineering competition for elementary school, middle school and high school students in conjunction with Engineers Week. 

Retail sales during this year’s recession-plagued holiday season are expected to decline from last year, but credit card companies and their banks will nonetheless rake in nearly $5 billion in hidden “swipe” fees even as consumers pinch their pennies and retailers struggle to make a profit.

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama heads to the U.S. Capitol to press Senate Democrats to agree on health legislation as lawmakers struggle to resolve disputes over issues including a proposed government-run insurance plan.

Richardson, TX  – Researchers using education data provided by The University of Texas at Dallas Education Research Center (UTD-ERC) are many times working with hundreds of thousands – and sometimes millions – of observations, or individual pieces of data. Performing complicated statistical analyses on this volume of data can take hours or even days.

WASHINGTON — Catholic parents and educators alarmed at the hostility toward traditional values in public schools and the radical politics of the National Education Association are not alone.

Snowmass, CO. December 1, 2009  – Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) today announced the release of a new book titled Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives: Breaking Through Barriers.

RUBIK'S CUBE recently launched their educational program, YOU CAN DO THE RUBIK'S CUBE and it is currently being used in schools across the country and was featured in The New York Times this past weekend

The National Pawnbrokers Association, who is sponsoring the event, has christened the effort Musical Instrument Gift Day, and the program is designed to put musical instruments into the hands of children who need them the most.   

HRI:UNArts - The focus is collaboration and optimization of information flow, expert participation in background discussion groups and peer reviewed data compilation for communication to the decision making level, consensus building, operational response and policy development.

SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today $12.9 million in technology-related grants that promise to fundamentally change how community college students are educated and, ultimately, improve their graduation rates. 

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 100 national education and corporate leaders will be convening at The University of Texas at Austin Dec. 6-8 to discuss sweeping improvements to K-12 education and develop recommendations for a new model of teacher education.

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Census Bureau estimates there are 46.9 million Spanish-speaking people living in the United States today. In this era of globalization, there are significant advantages for those who are able to speak more than one language, and in particular Spanish and English. Recognizing this reality, parents are looking to give their children every competitive edge.  

Houston, TX, November 28, 2009 - Niels C. Nielsen believes it is time to revisit one of the most controversial issues of the recent presidential campaign – Obama’s religious beliefs and background – and how they influence his day-to-day decisions.