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Missouri gets $54M from stimulus to turn around worst schools

Posted Wed, 04/14/2010 - 02:02 by egghead

From Kansas City Business Journal. Regional Stimulus Watch section. 14April2010
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Monday that Missouri will receive $54 million in federal financing to turn around its lowest-achieving schools, particularly 50 struggling schools in St. Louis and Kansas City.
The money is part of the $3.5 billion that will be made available to states during the spring from money set aside in the 2009 budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

When the economy is tough, the business of education picks up

Posted Wed, 04/14/2010 - 01:54 by egghead

Original story on Wall Street Journal Online, 13APR2010

SUMMARY: NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of for-profit education companies rose thanks to a new draft of the Department of Education's proposed regulation on higher education and the widening of an exemption for institutions. ITT Educational Services Inc. (ESI) and DeVry Inc. (DV) led the charge Tuesday.

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Posted Tue, 04/13/2010 - 02:49 by egghead

This is just a little test blog to see how the "Whizzywig" Module works.

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