Archive for February, 2006

Online Colleges Receive a Boost From Congress

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Colleges will no longer be required to deliver at least half their courses on a campus to qualify for federal student aid.

Jordan Plans to Start Its Own New England-Style Prep School

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts is helping to establish the Middle East’s first coeducational boarding school, at the request of King Abdullah II.

On Education: School Drama Coach Owns a Little Bit of Oscar Night

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

John Fredricksen taught the director of “Capote,” Bennett Miller, and the film’s screenwriter, Dan Futterman, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., in 1984.

Stanford Shrinking Football Stadium to Boost Ticket Sales

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

The university hopes its $95 million project to reduce seating from 85,000 to 50,000 will make people buy season tickets to be sure they can attend the games they want.

One Of The Last Women’s Colleges Will Now Admit Men

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

We’ve all heard of women wanting to get into West Point; how about men wanting to get into St.

Flippin to change class scheduling

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Middle and high school students in the Flippin School District will have eight 45-minute classroom periods instead of seven 50-minute periods starting next year after a unanimous vote by the Flippin School …

‘Old Hawaiian’ Life Fading with Loss of Maui School

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

The last one-room school in the state of Hawaii closed in 2005, just a few weeks before the school year began. There had been a school in the village of Ke’anae, on the north coast of Maui, for 96 years.