Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top PM Posts


Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top PM Posts


Behind the Story: Under Suspicion

The San Francisco Film Society and Center for Investigative Reporting's new quarterly event, Behind the Story, will give audiences an insider's look at the backstory of some of the major reports undertaken by CIR at a time when journalism is undergoing a period of radical transformation and traditional models are evolving to accommodate multi-platform, multi-partner and transmedia approaches. Under Suspicion, the first evening of the series, charts the development of a series of stories, interviews, videos and an animation that CIR produced in collaboration with National Public Ra... more »

Seton Hall will lower tuition rate by $21K to match Rutgers for some incoming freshmen

Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger at New Jersey Real-Time News: Education - 9 minutes ago
Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerSeton Hall University SOUTH ORANGE — In an unusual move, Seton Hall University will reduce its tuition by more than $21,000 next year for incoming freshmen who have high SAT scores and graduate in the top 10 percent...more »

Obama says he can't fix immigration on his own

Julie Pace at Latest education news on Boston.com - 13 minutes ago
Facing weakening support among Hispanics, President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration Wednesday over what he called an inaccurate and damaging perception that he can fix the nation's flawed immigration system on his own. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to StumbleUpon] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to del.icio.us] [image: Email this Article]

Obama says he can't fix immigration on his own

Julie Pace at Latest education news on Boston.com - 13 minutes ago
Facing weakening support among Hispanics, President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration Wednesday over what he called an inaccurate and damaging perception that he can fix the nation's flawed immigration system on his own. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to StumbleUpon] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to del.icio.us] [image: Email this Article]

Yale endowment reaches $19.4B

Yale University says its endowment earned about 22 percent return on its investments for the last budget year, bringing it to $19.4 billion and securing its place as the second largest among universities nationwide. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to StumbleUpon] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to del.icio.us] [image: Email this Article]

Yale endowment reaches $19.4B

Yale University says its endowment earned about 22 percent return on its investments for the last budget year, bringing it to $19.4 billion and securing its place as the second largest among universities nationwide. [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to digg] [image: Add to StumbleUpon] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to del.icio.us] [image: Email this Article]

More than 2,900 convicted criminal immigrants arrested, ICE says

Source: [b]CNN[/b] Washington (CNN) -- In a huge, seven-day operation covering all 50 states and four U.S. territories, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested 2,901 convicted criminal immigrants as part of the "Cross Check" enforcement operation, ICE officials announced Wednesd... more »

Tech discounts to help state teacher centers offer digital training

Rachel Cromidas at GothamSchools » Newsroom - 27 minutes ago
Teach for America members aren’t the only teachers to start getting digital tools from a technology giant. A new partnership between a statewide network of teacher training centers and Microsoft will give teachers access to discounted computer hardware and software, and help using them. Announced this week, the Tech4Teachers program will flood New York State Teacher Centers [...]

Number of Married Gays Drops 62% Because People Are Bad at Forms

Dino Grandoni at The Atlantic Wire - 43 minutes ago
The U.S. Census Bureau has just released a startling new statistic: its count of same-sex married couples has dropped a whopping 62 percent, from 349,377 to 131,729. Who's to blame for this precipitous drop? Obama? Religious leaders? The GOP? A wave of divorces? No, none of the above: the American people are really bad at filling out forms correctly. The bureau tabulates the number of wed gays by combining the questions that ask about martial status and sex. If a couple checks off that they're married and they happen to be the same sex, then--bam!--the Census says they're gay marr... more »

Solyndra CEO touted progress to lawmakers just before bankruptcy

California Watch - All Content - 43 minutes ago
Daniel J. Goldstein ReutersExecutives from the failed solar company Solyndra are expected to take the Fifth today. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than two months before his solar panel company filed for bankruptcy, Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that thanks to the $535 million taxpayer loan to build a new factory, his company had shipped record-breaking numbers of solar panels to buyers and was poised to double its revenue in 2011. "Factory output is ramping rapidly," Harrison wrote in a June 22 presentation to members of Congress titled, “Exceeding Expecta... more »