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Cal State to admit 30K for spring, winter terms - Boston.com

Cal State to admit 30K for spring, winter terms

By Terence Chea

Associated Press Writer / September 28, 2010

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SAN FRANCISCO—California State University plans to admit up to 30,000 new students for the 2011 winter and spring terms after closing admissions to most applicants last year because of state budget cuts, CSU officials said Monday.

The 23-campus system began mailing out acceptance letters Monday even though lawmakers and the governor still haven't approved a state budget for the fiscal year that began nearly three months ago.

"We remain optimistic that the Legislature is committed to higher education and that the final budget will restore the necessary funding to the CSU," Chancellor Charles Reed said in a statement. "The restoration of funding is vital to allow us to serve these students."

CSU officials are moving forward with admissions for the 2010 winter and spring terms because state lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have said they

Weblogg-ed � The Wrong Conversations

The Wrong Conversations

by Will Richardson

(This is gonna be a tough post to write. Not that blogging shouldn’t be tough to begin with. But this one feels like it might be harder than most.)

By all accounts, it’s been a crappy week for education. To be honest, I haven’t participated in much of it, but reading the accounts from Chris and Bud and others, and some of the Tweets from Sunday’s Education Nationsessions, it’s hard not to sense the anger, frustration, sadness and even paranoia that has infected our little part of the education world. While I know it was all heartfelt and sincere, I think I turned it all off on Sunday when a Twitter thread started to assume that certain books about the mess we’re in had been somehow pulled from Amazon by NBC so as not to interfere with its one-sided reality about what fixes we all need to make education better. It goes without saying that it was much more fun watching Tucker win his soccer game and the Jets beat up on the Dolphins than watch the attempted dismemberment of the profession live and in Tweeting color.

But the last few days have me wondering a few things, among them, how many people are really tuned into this

CCs in California need to raise fees — Joanne Jacobs

CCs in California need to raise fees

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 BY JOANNE LEAVE A COMMENT

On Community College Spotlight: California’s very low-cost community colleges should raise tuition to lower costs for students, editorializes the Los Angeles Times. (It works by shifting costs to the feds.)

The Gates Foundation is

The Educated Reporter: The $500,000 physics teacher.

The $500,000 physics teacher. Time for another round of MacArthur Foundation grants, and another round of envy from unanointed intelligentsia. (I have at least one friend in media who wonders each year if he will be so honored; do font designers and jellyfishologists do this too?) ...

Hindus greet teachers worldwide on “World Teachers’ Day”

Hindus greet teachers worldwide on “World Teachers’ Day”

Hindus have sent early greetings to teachers world over on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, which falls on October five.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged the public to pay due respects and express gratitude to the teachers on the occasion.

Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further says that teacher (guru) is highly revered in Hinduism who helps remove the ignorance of the seeker and who leads one from darkness to light. The guru-sishya (teacher-disciple) relationship lies at the heart of traditional Hinduism. Guru is often allied with the divine. Even Arjuna formally asked Lord Krishna to be his guru in ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord).

World Teachers’ Day, created by UNESCO, is an occasion to celebrate the essential role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.

Hinduism is oldest and third largest religion of the world with about billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.

Zed urges fellow Hindus to educate Americans about Hinduism

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed is urging fellow Hindus to do a better job of educating Americans about Hinduism and remove misconceptions about it.

Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada today, said that a new survey released by Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life had reportedly revealed that less than four in 10 Americans knew that Vishnu and Shiva were part of Hinduism.

Rajan Zed argued that although there were various factors involved in Americans not being well-versed about Hinduism, the oldest and third largest religion of the world with about one billion adherents, but we should take it on our shoulders to educate the American public about at least the basic tenets of Hinduism.

To start with, all Hindu temples in USA should form outreach units to reach the local public and should not miss any opportunity to inform the seekers about Hinduism. Each temple should attempt to launch a Hinduism school to strengthen the spiritual and moral roots of our children and enlighten interested non-Hindus about the concepts and philosophy of Hinduism and counter theprevalent misinformation about Hinduism. Hindu philanthropists and charities should publish booklets in bulk about introduction to Hinduism and send it to temples for free distribution to all interested, Zed suggested.

Ohio Graduation Test replaced by three-part system Education Week: From the Wires

Education Week: From the Wires

FROM THE WIRES

More Iowa schools considering merging districts

September 28, 2010

Ohio Graduation Test replaced by three-part system

September 28, 2010

More Texas districts educating parents

September 28, 2010

Central schools to do urine test for drugs

September 28, 2010

Ky. schools too slow in reaching test score goals

September 28, 2010

Badges Required at Greenville School Functions

September 28, 2010

L.A. Teacher Suicide Sparks Test-Score Pushback

September 28, 2010

Christie expected to unveil education reform plans

September 28, 2010

Calls for Longer School Years Face Budget Reality

September 28, 2010

Survey: Americans don't know much about religion

September 28, 2010

Obama presses for longer school years

September 27, 2010

Union: Low ranking a factor in teacher's suicide

September 27, 2010

ACLU says Neb. district is planning religious talk

September 27, 2010

SD summit looks to boost American Indian education

September 27, 2010

Study: Student vision problems may go uncorrected

World's Best Universities: Top 400, Historical Change - US News and World Report

World's Best Universities: Top 400, Historical Change See how the list of the top 400 best universities in the world has changed from 2009 to 2010.

Sloan Awards Honor Nation's Top Online Programs There are thousands of online offerings; learn the techniques employed by the top programs.

The Daily Churn: Tuesday | EdNewsColorado

The Daily Churn: Tuesday

by EdNews staff

What’s churning:

Lynn K. Rhodes, dean of the University of Colorado at Denver’s School of Education and Human Development, is retiring Dec. 31 after eight years in that job and 32 years at the university. The school, Colorado’s largest graduate school of education, offers “a score of licensure and endorsement programs as well as 13 degree programs,” according to its website.

Rhodes, in a letter to her faculty, said ” I’m simultaneously excited and apprehensive about the next phase of life. I will do my very best to ensure that we continue to move forward in the directions we have set for the

Some School Reform Tips for Vincent Gray :: Frederick M. Hess

Some School Reform Tips for Vincent Gray

During his successful campaign to unseat Mayor Adrian Fenty, Mayor-in-waiting Vincent Gray promised he would not turn back the clock on school reform. On election day, he told CNN, "I am going to continue with education reform. I helped to shepherd the...

Crying wolf — again: Education board is still politicizing textbooks | Editorial | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Crying wolf — again

The State Board of Education is still politicizing our children's textbooks.

Sept. 27, 2010, 9:45PM

We were happy to see the end of summer on many counts, not least because we thought we'd have a year to recover from being the nation's laughing stock over our State Board of Education's annual assault on the integrity of textbooks and curricula.

Thomas Jefferson had barely stopped spinning in his grave from his trashing a few months ago, and we were still red-faced over the latest attempts to torpedo evolution, when last week they sprang another piece of mischief. This time, the board has put publishers on notice with a resolution condemning "gross pro-Islamic/anti-Christian

Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion -- THE Journal

Middle School STEM Gets $12 Million NSF Infusion

By David Nagel
09/28/10

Middle schools in Northern California will be the beneficiaries of a $12 million infusion in STEM education and may serve as a model for a national program designed to encourage underserved students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math in higher education and in their careers.

Through an $11.96 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership program, researchers at California State University, East Bay will work with the Alameda County Office of Education, along with several other partners, to create and implement the San Francisco Bay-Integrated Middle School Science Project, which will target middle schools serving large populations of students from low-income families and students from traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups, including schools in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

As part of the program, CSUEB will provide faculty-developed STEM content and will integrate technology-

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