Emanuel Proposes Hiring 457 Police to Combat Chicago Murders
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed hiring of 457 police officers as the nation’s third-most- populous city grapples with a 28 percent spike in homicides. The bolstering of the police force is part of...
View ArticlePerry’s Fixed-Rate Tuition Given Poor Marks in Georgia
Texas Governor Rick Perry is promoting fixed-rate tuition plans for all four-year state colleges and universities, an approach abandoned by schools in Georgia and Michigan because of declining budget...
View ArticleTexas Windmills Make Schools Share With Poorer Districts
Giant turbines that give Texas the largest wind-generating capacity among U.S. states have forced seven school districts facing budget cuts to share new wealth from the equipment under the state’s...
View ArticleWind turbine makers rope in E&Y to bring out ‘perception changer’ report
The global auditing and consulting firm Ernst & Young has been roped in by the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association (IWTMA) to bring out a report that will give sufficient data to change...
View ArticleMore Texas teachers accused of crossing the line with students
They were Dallas ISD educators who say they were simply mentoring students, helping them get into college and navigate life’s hurdles. One bought a student clothes and paid his cellphone bill. Another...
View ArticleMore Texas educators accused of crossing line with students
They were Dallas ISD educators who say they were simply mentoring students, helping them get into college and navigate life’s hurdles. One bought a student clothes and paid his cellphone bill. Another...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Directory of Wind Farms, North America
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/gn93ft/directory_of_wind) has announced the addition of the "Directory of Wind Farms, North America" directory...
View ArticlePattern Energy Completes Financing on the Ocotillo Wind Project in Southern...
First renewable energy project to utilize Sunrise Powerlink is creating over 350 jobs and strong economic benefits for the Imperial Valley Google Download image...
View ArticleTexas official sends ultimatum to El Paso schools
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Texas' top education official warned the El Paso Independent School District that it will face harsh sanction if it fails to find and punish those who helped the former...
View ArticleHealth tax increase a ‘yes or no’ vote on medical school, UT says
Raising the stakes on a proposed property tax increase, the University of Texas has declared that its approval next month by Travis County voters is essential for establishing a medical school in...
View ArticleProposition 39 seeks to tax out-of-state companies to pay for energy...
Whenever Allen Young walks into his office at The Met High School, he gets a reminder of his teenage years. Look up, the principal says at the cozy downtown campus. Pristine wood planks lining the...
View ArticleBrown’s ‘Pigs’ Vie With Kennedy Dig for Debate Audience
Republican Senator Scott Brown called Washington politicians “pigs at a trough” while Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren tied him to an attack on the late Edward Kennedy as “public enemy No. 1”...
View ArticleJacquielynn Floyd: Dallas school district’s ‘Power Words’ should augment...
It’s hard to fault the Dallas ISD for wanting to turn its public image around. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to create a positive association with the district’s “brand” in the public mind....
View ArticleBrownback: Democrats unease over taxes a scare tactic
Travis Heying Governor Sam Brownback speaks to members of the Wichita Pachyderm Club at the Petroleum Club downtown on Friday. Brownback's speech was titled "Economic Growth and Tax Policy." (Oct. 11,...
View ArticleSchool test scam sparks anger in El Paso - Education - The Sacramento Bee...
EL PASO, Texas It sounded at first like a familiar story: School administrators, seeking to meet state and federal standards, fraudulently raised students' scores on crucial exams. But in the...
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Washington stateâs education system must change in big ways â and it will, partly by stick and potentially by choice. The stick is the recent state Supreme Court decision in McCleary v. State of...
View ArticleSpeech on economic growth, tax policy Brownback: Demsâ unease over taxes a...
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday called Democratsâ concerns about property taxes a Halloween scare tactic and said his administration wonât raise state property taxes to offset impacts from his income...
View ArticleWind power capacity addition down 40% in first-half
Fresh installations of wind power capacity in the country in the first six months of the current financial year have fallen by 40 per cent compared with capacity addition in the same period last year....
View ArticleRob McKenna vs. Jay Inslee: Where WA governor candidates stand on the issues
The race for Washington governor is considered one of the closest in the country, pitting two-term Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna against Democratic ex-congressman Jay Inslee. Both men have...
View ArticleEl Paso Schools Are Rattled by Scandal of Students Who 'Disappeared' at Test...
EL PASO -- It sounded at first like a familiar story: school administrators, seeking to meet state and federal standards, fraudulently raised students' scores on crucial exams. But in the cheating...
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