public-education

Jesse Ventura and the Legislature shifted responsibility for a $1 billion-a-year public-education fund from local school districts to the state without adopting new taxes or spending cuts to accommodate the move.

Projected State Deficit Shadows Pawlenty's Bid Jonathan Weisman 2011

They included establishing a strategy for augmenting women's rights, building a legal-aid system for women, distributing public-education material that advises women of their rights, and implementing incentives for registrars to ensure that marital property is registered in the names of both spouses.

In Afghanistan, U.S. shifts strategy on women's rights as it eyes wider priorities 2011

Mr. Dietz doesn't calculate how much the public-education campaigns would cost, but says if done right, they could get the country nearly halfway to President Barack Obama's stated goal of reducing carbon emissions to 17% below 2005 levels in the next decade.

Can Changing Behavior Really Make a Difference? 2010

It might well take us a decade or two to have a radically better public-education system -- but the upshot is that the progress would be dramatic and durable.

Justin Snider: Education Insiders: No Lasting Impact of "Waiting for 'Superman'" Justin Snider 2010

Participant Media is a production company behind Davis Guggenheim's documentary "Waiting for 'Superman,'" which takes a hard look at the American public-education system.

A Friendly Neighborhood Hoedown Jim Fusilli 2010

The software industry is doing all it can to promote legal software use through public-education campaigns, software asset management programs for IT professionals, and other means.

Robert Holleyman: Software Leaps to Record $59 Billion in 2010 Robert Holleyman 2011

Rick Snyder on Wednesday proposed injecting new competition into the public-education system by making empty slots in every school district available to any student in the state.

Michigan Pushes for School Choice Kate Linebaugh 2011

It's kind of like teaching a kid to look both ways before crossing the street, says Michael Kaiser, executive director of NCSA, a public-education focused non-profit funded by the Department of Homeland Security, Microsoft, Cisco, EMC, SAIC, Symantec and McAfee.

Teaching kids to stay cyber-safe 2009

Jesse Ventura and the Legislature shifted responsibility for a $1 billion-a-year public-education fund from local school districts to the state without adopting new taxes or spending cuts to accommodate the move.

Projected State Deficit Shadows Pawlenty's Bid Jonathan Weisman 2011

It might well take us a decade or two to have a radically better public-education system -- but the upshot is that the progress would be dramatic and durable.

Justin Snider: Education Insiders: No Lasting Impact of "Waiting for 'Superman'" Justin Snider 2010