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New York won up to $696 million in federal education funding after it made changes in its application despite initial opposition from powerful teachers’ unions, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer confirmed Tuesday.

Schumer told The Associated Press that the win shows that states making “hard choices” will be rewarded by the federal government.

New York missed out on $700 million in the first round, but has since increased the number of charter schools and made other improvements in schools and their governance, changes that the state’s politically influential teachers’ unions initially blocked.

“New York’s schools have made strong strides towards excellence and this grant will accelerate that progress,” said Schumer, who had met with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on New York’s proposal. “This is great news for parents, teachers, and taxpayers across the state.” continue reading…

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Canada’s Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University here plans to offer its world class courses to Indian students and forge tie-ups with Indian universities.

Currently Indian origin students account for about 10 percent of the enrolment at the Ted Rogers School of Management, which is Canada’s largest undergraduate management school and sits right in the heart of the country’s financial hub here.

According to Ken Jones, dean of the school, the university has set up an India strategy group, which also includes prominent Indo-Canadians, to chalk out its plans for India.

“We have an India strategy group and I expect that we will be going to India in the new year with our India strategy in place,” Jones told the sources. continue reading…

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India’s leading Education and Career Network today released the findings of its study on “Education hot spots in India survey 2010″, and revealed that cities like Bangalore and Delhi have emerged to be the best picks for Indian students when it came to preferred education destinations in India.

Covering popular streams like arts, medicine, engineering and MBA among others, the survey also threw up cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Pune as popular edu- destinations.

Talking about carrying out the first ever study of this nature, Kavita Iyer, CEO and Co-founder Minglebox.com said that while there have been surveys earlier to determine the top colleges across streams, there have not been any that take into account a student’s perception of where they would like to study and for what streams. continue reading…

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Governor ESL Narsimhan has emphasised the need for quality education for students in universities.

“Our universities manage to produce a large number of Ph.Ds. But what about the value of these degrees? If we do not fix the problem of quality we will face the prospect of being left behind in a world racing towards a knowledge society?” he said.

He was speaking at the 78th annual convocation of the Osmania University held at the Tagore Auditorium here on Tuesday.

“The great challenge before the universities is to access this knowledge and to mould it in a manner amenable to our societal needs and requirements. If this challenge can be successfully met, India can maintain its intellectual leadership and occupy its rightful place among the comity of nations. I believe that we could together strive to change the things for the better and to make ours a great nation,’’ he said.

Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University T.Tirupati Rao speaking on the occasion focussed on the achievements and initiatives of the university. continue reading…

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The first phase of online counselling for general students (open competition) for admissions into MBBS and BDS courses for the academic year 2010 – 2011 commenced on Sunday at four centres – Hyderabad, Vizag, Vijayawada and Tirupathi. 920 MBBS seats and 3 BDS seats were filled up on the first day. Counselling would be held for 3,180 MBBS seats (in 31 medical colleges) and 926 BDS seats (in 17 dental colleges) in the first phase in all. This was disclosed by Dr. NTR Health University Counselling Camp Officer Dr. Shashanka Babu.

A total of 967 candidates registered for counselling, in all four centres put together. 488 candidates registered at JNTUH, 142 at AU, 98 at SVU and 239 at NTRUHS. Counselling will be held on Monday for ranks 1001 to 2500.

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Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, Purdue University researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up soils and waters contaminated by the toxic metal.The fern Pteris vittata can tolerate 100 to 1,000 times more arsenic than other plants. Jody Banks, a professor of botany and plant pathology, and David Salt, a professor of horticulture, uncovered what may have been an evolutionary genetic event that creates an arsenic pump of sorts in the fern.

“It actually sucks the arsenic out of the soil and puts it in the fronds,” Banks said. “It’s the only multi-cellular organism that can do this.”

Without a genome sequenced for Pteris vittata, Banks and Salt used a method of gene identification called yeast functional complementation. They combined thousands of different Pteris vittata genes into thousands of yeast cells that were missing a gene that makes them tolerant to arsenic. continue reading…

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The Junior and Leaving Cert exams begin today (June 9th), amid a caution from the Minister for Education and Skills.

While wishing students every success, Mary Coughlan said good Leaving Cert results are not to only route to success.

The Tánaiste added: “While the State exams are an important milestone in your lives, I hope that you will keep the exams in perspective and bear in mind that there are many opportunities for you to continue your education after the Leaving Certificate.” continue reading…

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If your child is bitten by the online bug, it could be the starting point for a modern approach to learning. With the fatigue factor rising due to lengthy commutes and multiple subjects, students are gradually discarding traditional ‘brick and mortar’ tutorials.

Online learning is popular abroad because it allows students to explore and tap into different options. While portals like Gurukul Online Learning Solutions introduced the concept of online
education in India with eLearning; there is a new kind of virtual classroom that is gaining interest across age groups in India. It is called Teacherni.com and is a ‘live online tutorial’ which tutors students across ICSE, CBSE, IGCSE and IB boards.

In addition to coaching students between 4th to 12th grade, Teacherni.com also gears those appearing for overseas entrance exams, including SAT and GMAT. Currently, Teacherni.com is based in Mumbai and caters to students across India and the UAE. continue reading…

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As part of the 1Goal global campaign coinciding with the FIFA Football World Cup 2010, hundreds of social activists, educationists, students and sportspersons have started a signature drive in Orissa, seeking education for all, a campaigner said Tuesday.

The drive was kicked off here Monday by international football player and former captain of Indian women football team, Sradhanjali Samantaray.

It would continue till June 22, Santosh K. Padhy of international NGO ActionAid told IANS.

The participants signed on an appeal that asks Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to increase budgetary allocations for elementary education, he said.

Around 100 organisations in the state have already joined the drive. continue reading…

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Numerous researchers in MSU’s College of Education have endorsed a set of high school graduation standards approved last week that proponents said will better prepare students for college.

The Common Core State Standards were approved June 2 by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, as well as teachers and administrators nationwide.

Among other changes, the standards would put increased emphasis on writing and align Michigan’s education standards with those in other states on a national level. continue reading…

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