Date: Thu, 31. July 2008 15:05:17

narramissic writes "In case you missed it, India's Minister of State for Higher Education yesterday announced the development of a $10 laptop that will target higher education applications. There were no specifications given for the laptop and the rock-bottom price raised questions about government subsidies. Today, the figure was corrected: It's not a $10 laptop; it's a $100 laptop. Still no specs though."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Sat, 2. October 2010 11:54:28

AFP - British Education Secretary Michael Gove said he is to abolish the "no touch" rules that discourage teachers from restraining and comforting children are to be scrapped.

Date: Wed, 15. October 2008 02:10:42

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Date: Wed, 18. February 2009 03:58:53

A new website, Modification.org is now live and is helping thousands of American Families drastically reduce monthly mortgage payments, lower their interest rates, reduce the principal balance on their loans and avoid foreclosure through their Mortgage Loan Modification Service. This Loan Modification Company offers an Attorney backed Loan Modification Program in all 50 states and a 100% Satisfaction, Money Back Guarantee. Free Consultations are available by signing up at the website or calling the Loan Modification Help Line: 1-888-826-3193 (PRWEB Feb 12, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/loan-modification/education-discount/prweb2004414.htm

Date: Mon, 10. November 2008 22:17:50

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=in/18-0fd=Rurl=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081111/jsp/northeast/story_10090368.jspcid=1268770017ei=8vYYSeKpH4Gi9gSworWZAwusg=AFQjCNG0jb2fgaUSWT7CZUwdlXJe_zqgiAbEducation Day/b/abrfont size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fCalcutta Telegraphnbsp;-/font nobr4 hours ago/nobr/b/fontbrfont size=-1National Education Day will be observed at the Zonal Council Hall, Kohima, in commemoration of the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Union minister of education./fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=in/18-1fd=Rurl=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/symbiosis-observes-first-national-education-day/383989/cid=1268770017ei=8vYYSeKpH4Gi9gSworWZAwusg=AFQjCNF9w737K-yXciY29HJJAgRqHssa-gSymbiosis observes first national education day/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrPune Newsline/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=in/18-2fd=Rurl=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php%3Ftp%3Don%26autono%3D49237cid=1268770017ei=8vYYSeKpH4Gi9gSworWZAwusg=AFQjCNFly5EqF6WjnXRtkWBpR1mZ-jAGZQEC says no political speeches on national education day/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrBusiness Standard/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=in/18-3fd=Rurl=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp%3FDate%3D11_11_2008%26ItemID%3D39%26cat%3D21cid=1268770017ei=8vYYSeKpH4Gi9gSworWZAwusg=AFQjCNEdbIHvarH4yQxvXoVSIpDkiTZhkwnobrGreaterKashmir.com (press release)/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=in/18-4fd=Rurl=http://www.indiaedunews.net/Delhi/President_to_inaugurate_National_Education_Day_function_tomorrow_6544cid=1268770017ei=8vYYSeKpH4Gi9gSworWZAwusg=AFQjCNGf5i-g3K0mFwAtdp31dHdDnLwWGQnobrIndiaEduNews.net/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?ned=inncl=1268770017hl=ennobrball 6 news articles/b/nobr/a/fontnbsp;nbsp;font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?ned=hi_inncl=1225633980hl=hict=relc_en_inrcid=1268770017nobr?????? ???/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Date: Fri, 19. September 2008 23:05:50

BBC NewsPrivate schools will let state pupils join cadet forcesIndependent - 16 hours agoBy Richard Garner, Education Editor A ground-breaking agreement to allow state school pupils to join cadet forces in some of Britain's most elite private schools is to be announced this month.University helping school pupils BBC NewsState pupils to join cadet forces at private schools guardian.co.ukTelegraph.co.uk - The Press Association - This is London - guardian.co.ukall 8 news articles

Date: Tue, 14. April 2009 01:16:35

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Date: Fri, 23. September 2011 19:52:56

AP - Nearly everyone agrees the fix needs fixing. The No Child Left Behind law that was supposed to improve American education has left schools grumbling at being labeled "failures," state officials fuming and complaints everywhere about required testing.

Date: Thu, 18. September 2008 01:06:58

BBC NewsCall for fairer student bursariesBBC News - 2 hours agoStudents from poorer homes are losing out under the current system of university bursaries, a report claims. The Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) says students with similar needs receive differing amounts of financial assistance from their ...Oxford University: We cannot take more working class students Telegraph.co.ukBursaries lower at former polytechnics guardian.co.ukIndependent - The Press Association - times higher educationall 6 news articles

Date: Tue, 23. November 2010 05:49:22

AFP - News Corp. said that it had agreed to acquire 90 percent of education technology company Wireless Generation for 360 million dollars in cash.