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Original Source Editorial The rapidly deteriorating economy has confronted states with their toughest budget decisions in years. This month, about 45 states reported budget gaps for the present fiscal year and most expect to struggle with shortfalls over the next two years. The Center on Budget…

Original Source By Kevin Doyle DUBLIN is to be used for a childcare study that could set the standard for facilities around the world. As part of €15m investment in child facilities and studies, it is hoped that West Tallaght can set the benchmark for…

Original Source US President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp as well as all overseas CIA detention centres for terror suspects. Signing the orders, Mr Obama said the US would continue to fight terror, but maintain "our values and…

Original Source In a rare, direct push for legislative help, U.S. foundations have been lobbying for a piece of President-elect Obama's $1 trillion economic stimulus package to help ease the pain of billions of dollars in recession-related investment losses, Roll Call reports. According to Rasmuson Foundation vice president Jeff…

    Similar legislation was twice vetoed by President George W. Bush, who opposed raising tobacco taxes and argued that expanding the popular program would push more children into government-run health care instead of private plans. In stark contrast, expanding the Children's Health Insurance Plan…

Top practitioners and policymakers from New Mexico share what they learned in implementing school-based health services and extended learning opportunities in this case study prepared by Child Trends. Elev8 New Mexico is an initiative of the Children & Youth Programme of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and…

Original Source By Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin In 1994, we founded KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, by starting one middle school in the South Bronx and one in Houston. Today, KIPP is a growing network of 66 public charter schools serving 17,000 children…

A GOVERNMENT plan to invest €300 million in third-level research will provide facilities for more than 1,400 college researchers in a bid to drive future job creation. The fifth cycle of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) announced by Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe…

Data on adequate yearly progress show that 1 in 5 public schools are in some stage of penalties under the federal law. by David J. Hoff Almost 30,000 schools in the United States failed to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. UC Riverside researchers have received a three-year, $390,060 grant from the Spencer Foundation to expand and update the Colleges & Universities 2000 study, which investigates patterns of continuity and change in four-year higher education institutions in the United States. A research team headed…