May 05
JupetongEducation, Online Education, School
Two new charter middle schools and a statewide online charter high school will join EdisonLearning’s national network of schools when the 2009-2010 school year begins this fall.
The Manny Martinez Middle School in Denver, Colorado; the Helen Thackston Middle School in York, Pennsylvania; and Provost Academy South Carolina will join EdisonLearning’s current partners, which include 120 [...]
Nov 20
JupetongEducation, Finance Education
Comerica Inc. announced two grants totaling $20,000 to Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland. The grants will enable the award-winning school to restore after-school programs that had been the victim of city budget cuts.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010807/CMALOGO)
“This generous gift from Comerica means that many of our children with working parents will be able to have a safe, [...]
Nov 15
JupetongBook Reviews
Damselfishes & Anemonefishes is the much-anticipated fourth volume in Scott Michael’s landmark Reef Fishes Series, highly acclaimed by serious marine aquarium hobbyists and professionals around the world.
Representing two decades of research, writing, and underwater photography, this long-awaited volume provides authoritative coverage of several dozen species, including their social behaviors, feeding habits, reproduction, and expert advice [...]
Nov 05
JupetongBook Reviews
The Native American Experience is a slip-cased, hardcover book with more than 200 full-color and black-and-white illustrations and 30 rare and newly researched removable facsimile documents of historical importance.
Foreword by Dr. Blue Clark
Native Americans have fascinated the world ever since European explorers discovered the Western Hemisphere. The Native American Experience tells their story [...]
Nov 04
JupetongScholarship
Phi Beta Kappa Association of Chicago:
WHAT:
The Phi Beta Kappa Association of the Chicago area will honor James Cuno, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, at the Annual Dinner and Scholarship Benefit on Friday, November 14th. Dr. Cuno will receive the organization’s Distinguished Service Award for his noteworthy work at [...]
Nov 03
JupetongOnline Education
RESERVE ANOTHER LAUREL for Edward O. Wilson, the Pellegrino University Professor emeritus at Harvard, serial Pulitzer winner, and prominent intellectual: online celebrity.
Forget Charlie Rose – Wilson has Google for a soapbox. Amid the amateur-hour piffle of YouTube “talent” and skateboarding dogs, the famed botanist stands in bold relief, with more than 500 Google video search [...]
Oct 31
JupetongStudent Loan
They borrowed money from the federal government so they could go to school and become highly paid professionals. But a WBZ-TV I-Team investigation has found local dentists and doctors who have turned their backs on their obligations.
This affects every taxpayer because those loans were guaranteed by the government. Records show that millions upon millions of [...]
Oct 21
JupetongEducation, University
Perot Systems Corporation launched construction of its new office facility in Lincoln today at groundbreaking ceremonies at the University of Nebraska Technology Park. Company officials, along with Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, Lincoln Mayor Chris Buetler, members of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and Lincoln business community, celebrated the start of construction of the 150,000 [...]
Oct 20
JupetongUniversity
As much of the media obsessed this weekend about Barack Obama’s large numbers — crowds and dollars — William Ayers, the controversial ’60s radical who helped launch the Democrat’s political career in his Chicago South Side living room, popped back up in the news in the Midwest.
It seems the cofounder of the violent Weather UndWeather [...]
Oct 18
JupetongEducation
Safety concerns have forced University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials to cancel plans for William Ayers to speak on campus.
Ayers, who founded a group in the late 1960s that claimed responsibility for bombing several government buildings, was to speak Nov. 15.
But officials said Friday the university’s threat assessment group received e-mails and phone calls over the last [...]
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