Bhisho told to ‘butt out’ … and accept education takeover
The Eastern Cape’s portfolio committee on education received a tongue-lashing yesterday for trying to interfere with the takeover of the troubled Education Department.
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Zuma’s top guns for E Cape
President Jacob Zuma has appointed a 10-member ministerial team to help the Eastern Cape overcome what his office has described as “a crisis of learning and a teaching collapse”. This comes amid tensions over who has the final say in the department’s affairs while under administration by Pretoria.
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Drug addiction, alcohol education program slated

Drug addiction, alcohol education program slated
The Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services, along with the Community Partnership and Blanchard Valley Hospital, will sponsor an alcohol and drug addiction education night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Donnell Patient Pavilion auditorium at the hospital.

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Chautauqua: Education made entertaining

Chautauqua: Education made entertaining
Chautauqua, a 136-year-old American tradition, is more than just entertainment. Chautauqua is education. “That’s my goal,” said Brian “Fox” Ellis of Peoria, who portrayed mystery writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe Friday night in the…

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Education cuts will affect student success

Education cuts will affect student success
Ministry of Education staff were told today that one hundred positions will be cut, further risking the quality of education available to New Zealanders, Labour’s State Services spokesperson Grant Robertson said.

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God Questions: Theological Education and the University
This year the Melbourne College of Divinity celebrates its 100th anniversary. The MCD exists because of Australia’s singular allergy to religion in education, which ruled theology out of the first universities, in Melbourne and Sydney. But theology has persisted here: in private, independent colleges, then in private universities, and now in the public university sector. Encounter this week …

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Buddhism in education | Ed Halliwell

Buddhism in education | Ed Halliwell
Buddhist meditation is justified in schools by its practical benefits. But there’s more to it than that As faith schooling from various traditions continues to grab headlines, the prospect of a specifically Buddhist education hasn’t been much mooted. School-based practices inspired by Buddhism, on the other hand, are starting to gain momentum. Last weekend, Goldie Hawn was enthusing about the …

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Lindsay Lohan Shows Up For Alcohol Education Class

Lindsay Lohan Shows Up For Alcohol Education Class
Lindsay Lohan can’t make a move these days without being caught by a photographer. On Tuesday, she went to the dentist and came out looking like a nun. PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Attends Alcohol Education Class And now on Wednesday, it was time to show up for her weekly court-mandated alcohol education class.

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Texas Board of Education OKs New Social Studies Curriculum
The Texas State Board of Education approved new public school curriculum standards Friday for social studies courses that put more emphasis on the role of Christianity in society, in government, and in history.

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Lindsay Lohan will finish her alcohol education classes
Lindsay Lohan is close to completing her alcohol education class and has made up for parts of the program she has previously missed.

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Lindsay Lohan will finish alcohol education

Lindsay Lohan will finish alcohol education
Lindsay Lohan is close to completing her alcohol education class and has made up for parts of the programme she has previously missed.

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Drug education: much to learn

Drug education: much to learn
Football has much to learn about illicit drugs and addiction, the bosses of the Australian Drug Foundation and the AFL Players’ Association say.

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Four candidates in running for three open Lyndhurst Board of Education seats
There are four candidates vying for three, three-year terms on the Lyndhurst Board of Education. Only one incumbent, James Hooper, is seeking re-election while James Cunniff and Christine Melleno are seeking their first terms.

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Colleges Dream of Paperless, iPad-centric Education
Three colleges are planning programs in which students and faculty will receive free iPads. They dream of a future where the printed textbook is dead.

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Alcohol education class set today

Alcohol education class set today
SOUTH BEND — The Alcohol and Addiction Resource Center, 818 E. Jefferson Blvd., will have young adult alcohol education from 5 to 7 Wednesday. The class is open to those ages 18 to 20 who have experienced some type of difficulty because of alcohol consumption or substance use.

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Education briefs

Education briefs
CEDAR LAKEKindergarten registration: The Hanover Community School Corp. will have kindergarten registration April 15-16 for the 2010-2011 school year.To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1 and must live within the Hanover Community School boundaries.Registration will not be accepted without two proofs of residency. Registration is by appointment only …

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  • (1) Designer Drugs (1980s) – 62 Minutes

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Education of store clerks would seek to reduce youth drinking
PROVIDENCE – Using undercover teenage operatives, the police in late fall made their most exhaustive inspection of liquor stores ever. And they were taken aback by what they found.

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Education update

Education update
March 15: Baila cha-cha/batso; tuhong/hat day. March 16: Baila stick dance; bahaki day.

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Valley EMS head enters alcohol education program
DERBY — A Superior Court judge today granted an ambulance official charged with driving under the influence entry into the alcohol education diversionary program.

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Higher education notes

Higher education notes
Higher education notes

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