New candidate for Carterton mayoralty quotes Nashville (Wairarapa Times-Age)
Georgina Beyer and Gary McPhee face a new challenge in the Carterton mayoralty race from first-time candidate Kerry Bramwell Leighton. Masterton-born Mr Leighton, 59, was nominated on Wednesday....more...Howell Central students lauded for research (O'Fallon Journal)
The Francis Howell Board of Education last Thursday recognized students and staff for a variety of accomplishments....more... NEW: Francis Howell sets strategic goals (O'Fallon Journal)
The Francis Howell Board of Education on July 19 unanimously approved a comprehensive school improvement plan, including six strategic goals for the 2007-08 fiscal year....more... John Hancock Launches Back-To-School Campaign to Jump Start 2007 "Busy Season" for 529 Savings Plan Sales (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
John Hancock College Savings has launched a multi-week back-to-school campaign, "Explore, Dream, Discover," to jump start the 529 sales busy season, providing information and tools to financial consultants to help them talk to customers and prospects about using 529 plans to save for education....more... Building a Career as 'Bush's Brain' (NPR)
Karl Rove is known as "Bush's brain." Perhaps no other White House figure except the president himself has done more to shape the legacy of the Bush administration than has Rove....more... 'Ignorance' is bliss (Chicago Sun-Times)
A boyhood friend parlayed his "disability" -- attention-deficit disorder -- into three decades of government-supported higher education. "You have it, too," he keeps reminding me....more... ABC snaps up British nurseries (The Australian)
ABC Nurseries has snapped up 88 kindergartens in the UK in a deal that further consolidates it as the world's largest provider of child minding services....more... Three local schools Awarded NEH Grants (St. Clair County Journal)
O'Fallon Township High School, Delores Moye Elementary School and Shiloh Elementary School were among five Metro East institutions that will receive teaching materials this fall from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association....more... State will pay schools while budget impasse continues (Granite City Press-Record)
The state will offer no-interest loans to school districts as lawmakers continue to wrestle over a delayed state budget....more... |