Saturday, September 24, 2005
Rural Education in the news this week...
From my Google Alert service...
Down on the farm
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI, USA
Food doesn't just appear on kitchen tables, as dozens of fourth-graders learned during the annual Rural Education Day last week. "This day is dedicated to show all the children how important agriculture is to all of our communities and to all of us," director Mary Nichol said. Every fourth-grade class in Sanilac County - 26 in all - toured several hands-on stations at the 4-H Fairgrounds Sept. 14 and learned everything from how honey is made to how tractors work.
Writing requirement resisted
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch and some other state education leaders on Wednesday united against a proposal before the Board of Regents to require most students to pass a writing proficiency test to be admitted to Montana's four-year public colleges. Under the proposal, students would have to pass any one of five writing-proficiency tests - some nationally standardized tests and one Montana-developed one - to gain admission to the state's four-year public colleges, with some exceptions. However, they could be provisionally admitted to any of the six colleges until they pass the test or take a writing course to improve their skills.
In Hindi belt, elementary education will soon go hi-tech
Indian Express - New Delhi, India
Elementary education in the country is set to go hi-tech. A pilot project approved by the HRD Ministry today will link nearly 1,000 schools in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh through EDUSAT, the exclusive education satellite. The project will take off on November 19, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Task force gets look at rural higher education
Benson News Sun - Benson, AZ, USA
Earlier this month, Cochise College hosted a legislative hearing of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Higher Education. Task force co-chairs Rep. Laura Knaperek, R-Dist. 17, and Sen. Linda Gray, R-Dist. 10, are holding similar hearings throughout the state with the purpose of receiving input on higher education reform and soliciting suggestions to improve the system. The hearing included a panel of local residents and task force member Rep. Ted Downing, D-Dist. 28. We also were joined by our own legislative representatives - Rep. Manny Alvarez, D-Dist. 25; Rep. Jennifer Burns, R-Dist. 25; and Rep. Marian McClure, R-Dist. 30. Representing the Governor's Office, Deborah Rader presented a short synopsis of the Governor's P-20 Task Force, which is addressing issues of education reform.
Elementary education will soon be hi-tech in north India
digital opportunity channel - New Delhi, India
Elementary education in the country is set to go hi-tech. A pilot project approved by the HRD Ministry today will link nearly 1,000 schools in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh through EDUSAT, the exclusive education satellite. Launched on September 20, 2004, EDUSAT has enhanced distance education in the country, especially in medical, technical and higher education streams. In parts of Kerala and Karnataka, it has also been used to link rural schools.
Tags: aera, rural, education
Down on the farm
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI, USA
Food doesn't just appear on kitchen tables, as dozens of fourth-graders learned during the annual Rural Education Day last week. "This day is dedicated to show all the children how important agriculture is to all of our communities and to all of us," director Mary Nichol said. Every fourth-grade class in Sanilac County - 26 in all - toured several hands-on stations at the 4-H Fairgrounds Sept. 14 and learned everything from how honey is made to how tractors work.
Writing requirement resisted
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
Superintendent of Public Instruction Linda McCulloch and some other state education leaders on Wednesday united against a proposal before the Board of Regents to require most students to pass a writing proficiency test to be admitted to Montana's four-year public colleges. Under the proposal, students would have to pass any one of five writing-proficiency tests - some nationally standardized tests and one Montana-developed one - to gain admission to the state's four-year public colleges, with some exceptions. However, they could be provisionally admitted to any of the six colleges until they pass the test or take a writing course to improve their skills.
In Hindi belt, elementary education will soon go hi-tech
Indian Express - New Delhi, India
Elementary education in the country is set to go hi-tech. A pilot project approved by the HRD Ministry today will link nearly 1,000 schools in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh through EDUSAT, the exclusive education satellite. The project will take off on November 19, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Task force gets look at rural higher education
Benson News Sun - Benson, AZ, USA
Earlier this month, Cochise College hosted a legislative hearing of the Ad Hoc Task Force on Higher Education. Task force co-chairs Rep. Laura Knaperek, R-Dist. 17, and Sen. Linda Gray, R-Dist. 10, are holding similar hearings throughout the state with the purpose of receiving input on higher education reform and soliciting suggestions to improve the system. The hearing included a panel of local residents and task force member Rep. Ted Downing, D-Dist. 28. We also were joined by our own legislative representatives - Rep. Manny Alvarez, D-Dist. 25; Rep. Jennifer Burns, R-Dist. 25; and Rep. Marian McClure, R-Dist. 30. Representing the Governor's Office, Deborah Rader presented a short synopsis of the Governor's P-20 Task Force, which is addressing issues of education reform.
Elementary education will soon be hi-tech in north India
digital opportunity channel - New Delhi, India
Elementary education in the country is set to go hi-tech. A pilot project approved by the HRD Ministry today will link nearly 1,000 schools in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh through EDUSAT, the exclusive education satellite. Launched on September 20, 2004, EDUSAT has enhanced distance education in the country, especially in medical, technical and higher education streams. In parts of Kerala and Karnataka, it has also been used to link rural schools.
Tags: aera, rural, education
