Voting off to slow start in Dallas County - WFAA
After a year of turmoil and a delayed election, voters go to the polls today to decide whether to shake up the Dallas school board or return incumbents to their seats. Political alignments could potentially shift and the racial makeup of the board

How to Improve American Education - Yahoo Finance
America needs good teachers. That statement is so obvious as to be silly. What's less obvious is that our current teacher certification laws actively discourage talented people from entering the profession. To understand why the current process for

KU, K-State has division implications - Tulsa World
KANSAS AT KANSAS STATE is not a major game on the national scene, but it will go a long way toward determining the Big 12 North Division champion. Someone has to emerge from the North to get a shot at Texas in the Big 12 championship game. "Nothing

Top 2011 basketball recruit picks MSU - Lansing State Journal
A few minutes before making it official at a press conference at his high school this morning, Kearney told the State Journal that MSU has "everything I wanted in a program." "Coach Izzo is one of the top coaches around, and Michigan State has one of

Face to Face With Canada's Best at Rideau Hall: 25 Members of the - Market Wire
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2009) - The Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, is pleased to announce the official launching of the second edition of the Order of Canada Mentorship Program, on November 5, 2009, at

Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone - CNN
Washington (CNN)-- U.S. and Sierra Leone government officials have agreed to re-establish a Peace Corps program in Sierra Leone after a 15-year absence, the Peace Corps said Monday. Glenn Fedzer, the charge d'affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Freetown