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South Africa - Department of Education to launch laptop allowance
South Africa's Department of Education is set to launch a Teacher Laptop Initiative that will make t ...

South Africa - Department of Education to launch laptop allowance
South Africa's Department of Education is set to launch a Teacher Lapt ...

Authors of Davy Brown Discovers His Roots to Sign Books
Velani Mynhardt Witthöft and Keely Alexander, authors of Davy Brown Di ...

Ford Awards $100,000 in Funds to Student Entrepreneurs
DETROIT, - The next generation of business leaders took home top prize ...

South Africa - Department of Education to launch laptop allowance South Africa's Department of Education is set to launch a Teacher Laptop Initiative that will make teachers permanently employed by the state eligible for a monthly allowance to buy a laptop computer from 1 July.

Authors of Davy Brown Discovers His Roots to Sign Books Velani Mynhardt Witthöft and Keely Alexander, authors of Davy Brown Discovers His Roots will be signing copies of their book in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 3, during the opening of the AILA exhibit hall and on Saturday morning, June 6 at the AILF booth.

Ford Awards $100,000 in Funds to Student Entrepreneurs DETROIT, - The next generation of business leaders took home top prizes at the 2009 Ford HBCU Business Classic in Atlanta, GA on April 17. The business plan competition was held at Clark Atlanta University and showcased the best and brightest minds from H

Colleges relying more and more on online video for recruitment The college campus tour - a youthful right of passage for high school students that, depending on family dynamics, is often the teenager's antithesis of a true "road trip".

One Giant Leap for Educator Astronauts The successful launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery with educator astronauts Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold onboard is an important symbol for education, but NASA's education programs need more support according to leaders of the nonprofit Teachers in Space

ArcelorMittal SA to build 10 schools ArcelorMittal South Africa is to build 10 new schools over seven years at a cost of R250-million, the first being a new primary school in the township of Mamelodi outside Pretoria.

Zimbabwe schools buckle under pressure of crisis HARARE – Like an orchestra without a conductor: this is how mother Sharon Mpofu describes Zimbabwe's once proud education system, now in tatters as a political crisis rages around the country's children.

The Big Question: Is the success of specialist schools an illusion resulting from extra funding? In their findings, published by the Gatsby Foundation, they reveal that a pupil attending a music specialist school was more likely to get an A grade in physics at A-level than a pupil attending a specialist science school.

West Midlands School Buses Get Connected With Icomera Wi-Fi And GPS The Green Bus deploys Moovbox broadband gateways across environment-friendly school bus fleet

Rudd sparks an increase in the study of Asian languages SYDNEY - Australia's Mandarin-speaking leader Kevin Rudd has helped spark an increase in the study of Asian languages, with record numbers of students signing up for Chinese, a major university said Friday.

Demand For Extra Tutoring Soars As Recession Hits Private Schools Parents reinvesting expensive school fees in money-saving online tutoring.

Maths, literacy targets set for 2011 In an effort to ensure that the average learner obtains a 50% mark for mathematics and literacy by 2011, the Department of Education is putting measures in place to ensure that classrooms are adequately resourced, and that teachers plan and teach effectiv