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6 Steps to a Better RetirementStandard financial-planning advice often begins with telling consumers to set aside three to six months of their spending needs in liquid assets. This is important, we're told, so that we have money s...
Chicago Chronicle Friday, October 16, 2009Pensions blamed in Boston Globe's moveIt could not be determined what Taylor’s final bid was. Taylor and a Platinum spokesman declined comment yesterday. A Times Co. spokeswoman also declined to comment last night. After their fai...
Chicago Chronicle Friday, October 16, 2009Scores Show Signs of Stalling in Prince George's SchoolsPrince George's County school board members grilled Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. in a wide-ranging briefing on student achievement Thursday afternoon that crystallized many of the academic challenges facing the school system.
Washington Post Friday, October 16, 2009Hyslop admits government has failed on class sizesEDUCATION secretary Fiona Hyslop yesterday admitted a lack of progress had been made in the Scottish Government's pledge of reducing class sizes.
Scotsman Friday, October 16, 2009Private school's gardener is child abuserA GARDENER at one of Scotland's top private schools abused a nine-year-old girl after luring her to his shed, and built up a store of child pornography.
Scotsman Friday, October 16, 2009Island teacher seeks £800,000 damages over unruly pupilsA TEACHER who claims unruly pupils at an island school caused her mental illness is seeking £800,000 damages.
Scotsman Friday, October 16, 2009Hampton University Roiled by a Non-Black Homecoming QueenHAMPTON, Va. -- Nikole Churchill, a tall, thin woman with long, dark hair, was named homecoming queen at historically black Hampton University last week. The next day, she appeared with her court at the football game against Howard University, another historically black school.
Washington Post Friday, October 16, 2009Johns Hopkins Still Tops in Research and Development FundingJohns Hopkins University led the nation in research and development spending in fiscal year
2008, according to a new National Science Foundation ranking, and most other Washington area institutions maintained their national R&D rankings in a down economy.
Washington Post Friday, October 16, 2009Charter School Enrollment in the District Is Up AgainD.C. charter school enrollment continues its steady growth, increasing 9 percent over last year, according to an unaudited count for the 2009-10 academic year, officials announced this week.
Washington Post Friday, October 16, 2009More Teachers Turning to Sign Language to Manage ClassroomsTeachers come to the classroom with noble goals: closing the achievement gap, illuminating young minds. But first they must confront a more pressing problem: how to manage children's urgent requests, in the middle of the most carefully planned lessons, for permission to sharpen pencils, get drinks...
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