http://education.thedave.net/ News for education. en-us Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:28:37 e Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:28:37 e 30 http://education.thedave.net/news/2836/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_go_back_to_school education When Bill Gates gets worked up about something, his body language changes' He suspends his habit of rocking forward and back in his chair and sits a little straighter' His voice rises in pitch' Today the subject is America's schools' Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/2836/Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_go_back_to_school http://education.thedave.net/news/3530/Watching_Thanksgiving_From_the_Sidelines education Thousands of groggy parents will drag themselves out of bed tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning, pack their children and coolers into minivans and hit the road' Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3530/Watching_Thanksgiving_From_the_Sidelines http://education.thedave.net/news/3531/Council_Taps_Brakes_On_School_Budget_Cut education The Montgomery County Council resisted about one-third of County Executive Isiah Leggett's $49 million in proposed midyear budget trims yesterday, giving public schools a reprieve as the council tries to close a projected $500 million shortfall for next year' Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3531/Council_Taps_Brakes_On_School_Budget_Cut http://education.thedave.net/news/3529/Former_Chief_Of_Pr__George_s_Schools_Gets_6_Year_Term education Former Prince George's County schools chief Andre J' Hornsby was sentenced yesterday to six years in federal prison for steering contracts to a girlfriend and a longtime business associate and then orchestrating what prosecutors called an 'egregious' coverup' Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3529/Former_Chief_Of_Pr__George_s_Schools_Gets_6_Year_Term http://education.thedave.net/news/3532/Before_Sentencing__Hornsby_Offers_Letter education Andre J' Hornsby, the former Prince George's County schools chief convicted on public corruption charges, describes himself to the federal judge who will sentence him today as a person who 'can still be a positive force in society'' Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3532/Before_Sentencing__Hornsby_Offers_Letter http://education.thedave.net/news/3541/Talented_Teens_Sing_and_Dance_Their_Way_to_Scholarships education A dozen high school performers won $24,000 in scholarships and joined other talented teenagers in dazzling a crowd at the Warner Theatre on Saturday night at The Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Awards Program' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3541/Talented_Teens_Sing_and_Dance_Their_Way_to_Scholarships http://education.thedave.net/news/3535/Anti_Prostitution_Initiative_Taken_to_D_C__Schools education The day's lesson in a Coolidge High School history class in Northwest Washington was the degrading names pimps have for the girls and women whose bodies they exploit' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3535/Anti_Prostitution_Initiative_Taken_to_D_C__Schools http://education.thedave.net/news/3536/Va__Math_Standards__Bar_Might_Be_Raised education Kindergartners would be expected to be able to count to 100, not just to 30' Perimeter and area would be introduced and explored in third grade, instead of in second grade' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3536/Va__Math_Standards__Bar_Might_Be_Raised http://education.thedave.net/news/3538/Students_Dig_Deep_For_Words__Origins education First in a series of occasional short takes on unusual courses in local schools' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3538/Students_Dig_Deep_For_Words__Origins http://education.thedave.net/news/3539/Spellings_Touts_Support_Effort_At_Fairfax_High education Education Secretary Margaret Spellings visited Fairfax High School last week to spotlight a program she deemed promising for preventing dropouts and getting more students into college' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3539/Spellings_Touts_Support_Effort_At_Fairfax_High http://education.thedave.net/news/3533/Experts_Say_Obama_Must_Build_a_Bipartisan_Machine_to_Move_Education_Law education President-elect Barack Obama has made big promises to educators, parents and the nation's nearly 50 million public school students' He vowed to recruit an 'army of new teachers,' create better tests and give public schools more funding' He also said he would make college more affordable' Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3533/Experts_Say_Obama_Must_Build_a_Bipartisan_Machine_to_Move_Education_Law http://education.thedave.net/news/3546/Teen_s_Injury_In_Fall_Sparks_Outpouring_Of_Support education The late afternoon on Veterans Day at the Meres household in Woodbridge was supposed to be relaxing' School was out for the holiday' The Meres family had just returned from visiting a college in West Virginia with son John Jr', a popular soccer player at Woodbridge Senior High School' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3546/Teen_s_Injury_In_Fall_Sparks_Outpouring_Of_Support http://education.thedave.net/news/3558/Teenagers_in_Foster_Care_Get_a_Lesson_in_Finance education A dozen teenagers gathered their swivel chairs around a conference table on a recent afternoon and talked about the credit crisis, or more specifically, how to avoid one of their own' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3558/Teenagers_in_Foster_Care_Get_a_Lesson_in_Finance http://education.thedave.net/news/3537/The_Poetry_of_Pain__Slam_Poet_Gayle_Danley_Teaches_Kids_How_to_Soothe_Their_Wounds education She starts off with a poem titled 'Round Like Bubbles': 'Round like a big fat green birthday balloon kissing the sky,' Gayle Danley begins, then turns her backside to the audience of fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders at Deerfield Run Elementary School in Laurel and adds, 'Why can't I have a round''' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3537/The_Poetry_of_Pain__Slam_Poet_Gayle_Danley_Teaches_Kids_How_to_Soothe_Their_Wounds http://education.thedave.net/news/3547/Charles_Seeks_Delay_on_Connector education Charles County's planning director said he wants state officials to postpone a decision on the fate of the cross-county connector' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3547/Charles_Seeks_Delay_on_Connector http://education.thedave.net/news/3534/A_Hard_Choice__A_young_medical_student_tries_to_decide_if_she_has_what_it_takes_to_join_the_diminish education The kind of doctor Lesley Wojick aspired to be stood at a lectern at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, issuing tough challenges to the young medical students who had gathered to hear her on a cold Saturday' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3534/A_Hard_Choice__A_young_medical_student_tries_to_decide_if_she_has_what_it_takes_to_join_the_diminish http://education.thedave.net/news/3545/Former_Magruder_High_Star_Soccer_Player_Dies_in_Crash education A former Magruder High School soccer star died early yesterday when his car hit a tree and overturned off Route 108, north of Laytonsville, Montgomery County police said' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3545/Former_Magruder_High_Star_Soccer_Player_Dies_in_Crash http://education.thedave.net/news/3548/Families_Find_Ways_To_Trim_Back education Living in LoCo is Erica Garman's blog devoted to Loudoun County' You can find it at http://www'loudounextra'com ' This column of highlights appears every Sunday' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3548/Families_Find_Ways_To_Trim_Back http://education.thedave.net/news/3544/Family_Is_Shocked_By_Suicide_on_Web education MIAMI, Nov' 22 -- The family of a college student who killed himself live on the Internet say they are horrified that his life ended before a virtual audience, and infuriated that viewers of the live webcam or operators of the Web site that hosted it did not act sooner to save him' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3544/Family_Is_Shocked_By_Suicide_on_Web http://education.thedave.net/news/3542/Va__Tech_Families_Talking_To_Kaine education The families of the students killed in the Virginia Tech massacre as well as those who were injured and their families are meeting today and tomorrow with Gov' Timothy M' Kaine to share new information that they say raises serious questions about what actually happened that April 16 morning and c''' Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:26:00 e http://education.thedave.net/news/3542/Va__Tech_Families_Talking_To_Kaine