German chancellor charms Party school members China Daily | Beijing - The elegant German Chancellor Angela Merkel interacted with an eager Chinese audience, fielding and asking questions about both political issues and more intimate topics such as family life. | The 40-minute session took place in the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist ...
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NCAA, colleges align with ticket brokers Philadelphia Daily News | ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | The Associated Press | LAWRENCE, Kan. - College sports fans searching for a coveted ticket to a sold-out game can bypass the shady guys hanging outside the stadiums and arenas. Just try your favorite school's website. Or go straight to the NCAA. | A scalping scheme at the Unive...
Obama defends education policies to critics Philadelphia Daily News | JULIE PACE | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Challenging civil rights organizations and teacher's unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhau...
Obama to deliver education reform speech Thursday Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will deliver an education reform speech Thursday morning at the National Urban League's 100th Anniversary Convention in the nation's capital. | Obama will discuss how his "Race to the Top" ...
Obama to defend education policies to critics Philadelphia Daily News | JULIE PACE | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is defending his education policies Thursday before critics at the National Urban League. | Obama will speak at the organization's centennial conference. In excerpts released a...
Mother of Asian student files suit for January attack at South Philadelphia High Philadelphia Daily News | By DAFNEY TALES | Philadelphia Daily News | 215-854-5084 Much has been written about the assaults against Asian students at South Philadelphia High last December. | But little has been told of the horrific account of They Tieu, a mother allegedly a...
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Gulbis, Schuettler Open With Wins in Los Angeles The New York Times | Filed at 3:33 a.m. ET | LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ernests Gulbis won his first match in two months, while the hottest player on the ATP Tour withdrew from the Farmers Classic tennis to...
An Excess of Ambition for Sarkozy The New York Times | PARIS — At a cabinet meeting last week, the French government issued a decree creating a general secretariat to serve France’s upcoming turn at the rotating presidenc...
Merkel pledges stampede death probe London Evening Standard German chancellor Angela Merkel has promised an "intense" investigation into the deaths of 19 people at a techno music festival as witnesses put the blame on police and security st...
From one president to another: Roman Catholic student gets a letter from Obama Philadelphia Daily News | By Nicole Lockley | Inquirer Staff Writer Stefan Johnson sent off the letter in February, not expecting an answer. | After all, President Obama gets thousands of letters a day and responds personally to only 10. | Johnson, 18, had been elected stud...
From canings to Ofsted: a teacher's view of a lifetime of change in his school The Guardian | Yorkshire teacher Alan Hemsworth is retiring after 40 years at the same school, putting him in a unique position to offer views on an education system in flux Teacher Alan Hemsworth began his career at King James’s School in Knaresborough, Yorksh...
German acrobats leave school students spellbound in Kochi DNA India | Kochi: It was a visual treat for school students, when a group of 14 German acrobats enthralled them with a virtuoso performance in Kochi. | The German Gymnastics and Circus regaled the audience with a mix of basic gymnastics and circus acts for ov...
Querrey, Murray enter semi-finals at LA Open Gulf News | Los Angeles: Second seed and champion Sam Querrey overcame an erratic serving display to reach the LA Open semi-finals with a nail-biting 6-2 3-6 7-6 victory over German veteran Rainer Schuettler on Friday. | The American smashed two rackets in frustration and trailed 4-5 in the deciding set but twice broke the German as his opponent served for t...
Fix major education problems first—Nebres Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Ateneo de Manila University president Fr. Bienvenido Nebres has criticized the Aquino administration's plan to add two more years to basic education, saying the government should focus first on cutting the number of 'illiterates' the country produces annually. | Nebres, who headed the Presidential Task Force on Education (PTFE...
