Economic immigrants and uneconomic indigenous Daily Telegraph
I detest government-inspired statistics - they are commissioned, in my opinion, to conceal, rather than convey, truth - but I read with insatiable interest the latest message on the remuneration accorded to our guests, the Middle Europeans.
Tables turned on math lessons St. Petersburg Times
SPRING HILL - A teacher asks fifth-graders to do a tricky math problem: 357 times 9,435. Fifth-graders start drawing grids on paper, as if preparing for a Sudoku tournament. Hands fly up. The problem's done - quickly.
Ghana: Teachers Join Exodus Wagon AllAfrica.com
The country will soon be hit by the mass exodus of teachers to Southern African countries, especially South Africa and Botswana in search of greener pastures.
Program will benefit students in the region News-Herald
Moving the Porter Program for Science and Mathematics to Lake Metroparks' Environmental Learning Center at Camp Klein in Concord Township utilizes an existing resource and enhances it.
SLU graduates largest class in university’s history The Advocate
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University conferred degrees on more than 1,200 graduates — the largest graduating class in its history — Saturday at the university’s winter commencement exercises.
MTSU packing away image of a 'Suitcase College' Daily News Journal
When Sara Reeves from Tullahoma was making a decision on what college to attend, she looked at MTSU and then headed east to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Her perception at the time was that MTSU was growing too fast.
Charter school to add younger grades Coos Bay World Link
Home-schooling has gone public. Resource Link, an online charter school in Coos Bay that uses a lot of the same practices as home education, is expanding to include elementary school students early next year.
The End of Socialism and the Calculation Debate Revisited Ludwig von Mises Institute
[This article was originally published in The Review of Austrian Economics in 1991, during the collapse of the Soviet Union.]
Zimbabwe: $1 Billion Exit Handshake for Ex-FML Boss AllAfrica.com
ONE billion dollars might sound like a ridius figure for an exit package, but that is what Douglas Hoto, the outgoing First Mutual boss, will pocket for reluctantly stepping aside for one shareholder to pursue its takeover of the insurance firm unfettered.
HSU announces Native scholarships The Eureka Reporter
Humboldt State University, nationally known for its strong natural resource management programs, is pleased to announce that 30 students will receive $3,623 a year for four years.
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