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Mississippi philanthropist and Netscape ex-CEO Jim Barksdale on Wednesday announced a financial literacy program for the state's public schools. The James L. Barksdale Financial Literary Program will allow K-12 educators interested in teaching financial literacy - making good money decisions - to be trained for nine months by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. For more information on the grant or the MCEE, go to http://www.mscee.org/.
Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education - about 3.2 million people - took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off.
In January, President Bush announced the National Security Language Initiative, an effort to increase the number of Americans who speak critical foreign languages such as Chinese and Arabic. The U.S. Department of Education last month awarded $12.9 million in grants for foreign language programs to districts - including Broward and Miami-Dade - in 22 states. The demand, he said, has come "from middle class families, our defense and intelligence communities and from business leaders who see some knowledge of Chinese language and culture as a key commercial benefit." Levine said the challenge will be finding enough qualified teachers; the Chinese government already is sending teachers to the United States to fill some of the demand.
The University of Central Florida has reserved a rare space in higher education for theme park junkies like Downs and Ward. They are enrolled in the only school in the United States where you can specialize in theme park and attraction management. Professors at the University of Central Florida's Rosen School of Hospitality take "Walt Disney Sabbaticals" and publish scholarly articles about managing long lines.
"The purpose of the School Safety Expo is to educate and inform the local community about the role the schools and public safety workers play in protecting our children while they are in school, as well as how we all work together in the community in response to a crisis or other disasters," said Sue Durbin, special projects coordinator for the Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium.
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Financial Literacy Program
Mississippi philanthropist and Netscape ex-CEO Jim Barksdale on Wednesday announced a financial literacy program for the state's public schools. The James L. Barksdale Financial Literary Program will allow K-12 educators interested in teaching financial literacy - making good money decisions - to be trained for nine months by the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. For more information on the grant or the MCEE, go to http://www.mscee.org/.
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College Online
Roughly one in six students enrolled in higher education - about 3.2 million people - took at least one online course last fall, a sharp increase defying predictions that online learning growth is leveling off.
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National Security Language Initiative
In January, President Bush announced the National Security Language Initiative, an effort to increase the number of Americans who speak critical foreign languages such as Chinese and Arabic. The U.S. Department of Education last month awarded $12.9 million in grants for foreign language programs to districts - including Broward and Miami-Dade - in 22 states. The demand, he said, has come "from middle class families, our defense and intelligence communities and from business leaders who see some knowledge of Chinese language and culture as a key commercial benefit." Levine said the challenge will be finding enough qualified teachers; the Chinese government already is sending teachers to the United States to fill some of the demand.
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Theme Park 101
The University of Central Florida has reserved a rare space in higher education for theme park junkies like Downs and Ward. They are enrolled in the only school in the United States where you can specialize in theme park and attraction management. Professors at the University of Central Florida's Rosen School of Hospitality take "Walt Disney Sabbaticals" and publish scholarly articles about managing long lines.
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School Safety Expo
"The purpose of the School Safety Expo is to educate and inform the local community about the role the schools and public safety workers play in protecting our children while they are in school, as well as how we all work together in the community in response to a crisis or other disasters," said Sue Durbin, special projects coordinator for the Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium.
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