http://www.education-blog.net Education Blog specializes in articles on high school special education, engineering universities, k 12 high schools, exam books, creative graduation ideas and much more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/one-laptop-per-child-program-embraces-windows-xp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-laptop-per-child-program-embraces-windows-xp http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/one-laptop-per-child-program-embraces-windows-xp/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 08:04:40 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=74 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net One Laptop Per Child (OLCP) program has teamed up with Microsoft Corporation to make Windows XP available on its machines. The new innovative machines are designed to be used in harsh and remote environments and are set to be distributed to school children mainly to those who reside in developing countries. [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/one-laptop-per-child-program-embraces-windows-xp/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/education-for-all-commitment-needs-more-support/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=education-for-all-commitment-needs-more-support http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/education-for-all-commitment-needs-more-support/#comments Sat, 03 May 2008 07:59:17 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=62 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Advocates for universal schooling and for the “Education for All” commitment have gathered in Washington to urge federal lawmakers to increase the United States’ annual contribution. Education Week reports on the news. U.S. officials would have to double the nation’s pledge to the undertaking over the next year to “$1 billion”and [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/education-for-all-commitment-needs-more-support/feed/ 1 http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/us-government-wants-to-buy-student-loans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-government-wants-to-buy-student-loans http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/us-government-wants-to-buy-student-loans/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:09:14 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=57 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The Bush administration has submitted a written proposal to the Congress seeking to buy student credit loans. By doing so, the administration hopes to provide capital to lenders for new student loans and to make sure that the nation’s credit crunch does not prevent students from borrowing money for receiving a [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/financial-aid-programs/us-government-wants-to-buy-student-loans/feed/ 1 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/angelina-jolie-highlights-iraqi-students-plight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=angelina-jolie-highlights-iraqi-students-plight http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/angelina-jolie-highlights-iraqi-students-plight/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:34:55 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=49 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The ongoing war in Iraq obviously doesn’t allow the country’s school children and students to receive a proper education. This was one of the main issues raised by refugee advocate Angelina Jolie at a panel discussion sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations on 8 April. Education Week reports that Jolie [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/angelina-jolie-highlights-iraqi-students-plight/feed/ 1 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/zimbabwes-education-system-disintegrates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwes-education-system-disintegrates http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/zimbabwes-education-system-disintegrates/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:47:12 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=47 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Once the best education system on the African continent, Zimbabwe’s school system is now on the edge of disintegration. Outside the capital, at Mufakose 3, teachers leave their jobs to take better paid jobs. In the first two months of this year, 8000 other teachers have also done the same in [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/zimbabwes-education-system-disintegrates/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/sure-start-programs-expand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sure-start-programs-expand http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/sure-start-programs-expand/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:24:40 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=23 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The British Government has come up with a decision to enhance Sure Start Programs since they help parents to improve relationships with their children. According to the BBC, Sure Start programs have local flexibility and services which include home visiting along with outreach. It focused on more than 9,000 three-year-olds and [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/sure-start-programs-expand/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/inexpensive-book-distrbution-program-eliminated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inexpensive-book-distrbution-program-eliminated http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/inexpensive-book-distrbution-program-eliminated/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:21:11 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=7 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net Part of the growing program, “No Child Left Behind,” the Reading Is Fundamental’s ( RIF’s ) Inexpensive Book Distribution Program, has been eliminated in the fiscal budget of 2009. YubaNet.com reports that the program is very important and has been funded by Congress along with six Administrations without interruption since 1975. [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/inexpensive-book-distrbution-program-eliminated/feed/ 0 http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/new-schools-for-iraqi-kids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-schools-for-iraqi-kids http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/new-schools-for-iraqi-kids/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:40:33 +0000 Frost http://www.education-blog.net/?p=6 Originally Written by Education-Blog.net The Jordanian government has opened public schools for “forgotten” kids in Iraq. According to CNN, Iraqi families are changing the social fabric of Jordanian society. About 10 percent of Jordan’s population is now made up of Iraqi refugees — the estimates range from 500,000 to 750,000 of them. Education Week reports [...]]]> http://www.education-blog.net/no-child-left-behind-program/new-schools-for-iraqi-kids/feed/ 1