Save For College; Cut Tax Bill 
WPXI-TV Pittsburgh - Mar 15 3:04 PM
Parents saving for college get tax break thanks to changes in Pennsylvania TAP 529 plans.Save

Ouster Sought of Howard President 
Washington Post - Mar 09 8:24 PM
The head of the faculty senate called for the ouster of Howard University President H. Patrick Swygert, saying that the school is in a state of crisis and that it’s time to end “an intolerable condition of incompetence and dysfunction at the highest level.” Save

BYU welcomes spring, Cougar-style 
Provo Daily Herald - Mar 13 1:12 AM
Ah, the Cougar-style spring break. Flip flops, Frisbees and four midterms! While their college peers are slathering on the sunscreen during spring break, BYU students are swamped with tests and six more weeks of school. The private university has never offered spring break to its students and probably never will.Save

HPU professor honored for gerontology social work 
Honolulu Advertiser - Mar 10 3:50 AM
Hawai’i Pacific University adjunct professor of human services Maeona Mendelson has been named social worker of the year in gerontology by the Hawai’i Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.Save

Baylor, Soulforce tackle Christianity, homosexuality 
Baylor Lariat - Mar 19 9:25 PM
Dub Oliver, vice president for Student Life and Amanda Harris, a Soulforce Equality Ride member from Lonoke, Ark., who attended Baylor in the fall of 2003, answered a series of questions for the Lariat.Save

Pitt Greensburg campus welcomes new president 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mar 22 4:04 AM
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Private school, public fight
Dothan Eagle - Bob Moore is out as principal of Northside Methodist Academy. He says the Christian school s board ousted him. The board is keeping its reasons private. At a meeting Thursday, school board chairman John Hodges told teachers and parents Moore

PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHER QUITS OVER PORN ON PC
Daily Record - A TEACHER at a top Scots school has resigned after being charged with downloading pornographic images of children. Biology teacher Peter Orr, 29, quit after police questioned him over the allegations earlier this week. Orr, who also taught sex

RMA’s headmaster touts achievement
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount Academy is a private school where effort and attitude are rewarded and students have the opportunity to succeed, Headmaster Thomas Stevens told Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club members Thursday. “As members of our community, students learn to

Selectmen’s budget carries tax increase
1960 Sun - Though the Board of Selectmen did not add any public school buses last week, Selectman Steve Elworthy moved and Flatto and Selectman Denise Dougiello agreed to add $55,456 to the town side of the budget ledger for another private school bus. Elworthy

Goestenkors back at home to decide on Texas job
Austin American-Statesman - Because Duke is a private school, it does not have to reveal salaries. On Duke’s IRS forms, the school lists its top five highest paid coaches in the athletic department. Goestenkors was not among them, and the lowest of those mentioned made $525,000

Edgecomb 
Boothbay Register - Mar 16 11:58 AM
Our condolences to John and Gretchen Burleigh-Johnson over the passing of their aunt, Hortense Burleigh, long a resident on Davis Island. The family plans a celebration of her life this summer at her historic cottage on the Sheepscot. In the meantime, memorial donations may be made to St.Save

Packers assistant returns from NCAAs 
The Appleton Post-Crescent - Mar 23 11:19 AM
MILWAUKEE If everything went according to plan, Lionel Washington would have been asking Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy for a few more days off.Save

Applications Still Being Accepted for Statewide Northrop Grumman Engineering Scholars Program 
[Press Release] PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 14 6:00 AM
BALTIMORE, March 14, 2007 — Through March 31, Northrop Grumman Corporation will continue to accept applications for its fifth annual Engineering Scholars program, and interested students from across the state of Maryland are urged to submit their applications.Save

Need barbed wire? Try the concierge. 
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 12:00 AM
John Dowd remembers the time he was asked to help a man propose to his girlfriend in a busy Chicago shopping mall. It was a tall order: The suitor had planned his proposal for the day before Christmas, and he wanted his overture to be accompanied by an opera singer and a pianist.Save

Got Xenophobia? 
Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Mar 12 9:25 PM
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Krzyzewski conjures up Laettner memories in Buffalo 
Pocono Record - Mar 14 9:43 PM
BUFFALO, N.Y. AP Leave it to Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski to conjure memories of Christian Laettner to help inspire his young and unsettled Blue Devils.Save

Kilpatrick pursuing more charter and private schools 
Detroit Free Press - Mar 27 12:21 AM
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Monday that he has been in private conversations for months with educators and community leaders about establishing more charter and private schools across the city.Save

Committee hears hours of testimony on school vouchers 
KXAN 36 Austin - Mar 29 4:40 PM
AUSTIN A Texas Senate committee today heard hours of conflicting testimony from parents, educators and experts on a school voucher bill.Save

Detroit mayor pursues more charter, private schools 
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids - Mar 27 7:50 AM
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick says he’s been in talks with educators and community leaders about establishing more charter and private schools.Save

Savoring 99 straight wins - 1 at a time 
Baltimore Sun - Mar 30 12:43 AM
It would do coach Brooke Kuhl-McClelland’s heart good if her Mount Hebron girls lacrosse players would celebrate the moments of their lives and their season — all of them. Save

Detroit mayor pursues more charter, private schools 
WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids - Mar 27 4:20 AM
DETROIT — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he has been in talks with educators and community leaders about establishing more charter and private schools as the city’s public schools try to…Save

School voucher use up more than 3,000 over previous year 
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
The number of students using public money to attend private schools in Milwaukee dropped by almost 400 between…Save

Auction will benefit young Journal readers 
Lisbon Morning Journal - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
LISBON The annual auction that benefits the Newspapers in Education program will start at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center.Save

Bliss offers his take on state of Weston 
Weston Forum - Mar 28 8:21 AM
First Selectman Woody Bliss painted a mostly positive picture of Weston in his State of the Town 2007 address at the Kiwanis weekly breakfast meeting March 24 at the Norfield Church parish hall.Save

Bright futures 
Fairfax Times - Mar 28 2:36 AM
With all the news surrounding the controversial No Child Left Behind Act and failing school systems and national graduation rates trending the wrong way, one must search harder than ever for silver linings on the education front.Save

Willcox Golf a chip off the old block 
Range News - Mar 27 5:18 PM
High school golf doesn’t emanate from a country club setting in Willcox. Its rural talent probably deals with more windy days than most of their competition. You won’t find them rising to the elite level of the best private schools.Save

Catonsville routs Gibbons 
Baltimore Sun - Mar 29 12:28 AM
Cohee, Reymann, Sommer lead attack Catonsville’s Justin Holmes will never forget playing on what his coach, Jeff Mohler, called “the worst field in the county.” Save

Wikipedia 101: Check your sources
CNET News - According to the article, the source, who described himself online as “a tenured professor of religion at a private university” with “a Ph.D. in theology and a degree in canon law,” remained anonymous on Wikipedia and to the magazine because he was

Delicate Debate on Unionization
Inside Higher Ed - Looking ahead is also why some private university leaders have been nervous about the bill. Private universities have waged a strong and successful war against the unionization of their teaching assistants. If a future NLRB issues rulings

Wikiscandal: Online Encyclopedia Duped |
ABC News - The editor, known by the moniker Essjay, described himself on his user profile as “a tenured professor of theology at a private university in the eastern United States.” In reality, Ryan Jordan was a 24-year-old community college dropout from

Regents to vote on incentives for Crow totaling $150,000
AZCentral.com - let’s hope the Regents are working on his contract extension so he gets to finish the job - the money always sounds like a lot but you get what you pay for - Crow can leave ASU at anytime and double or triple his base at a large private university

Stanford increases financial aid
Yale Daily News - The impetus behind Stanford s focus on middle-income families stems from national data indicating such students who are less likely to receive financial aid, but may not be able to afford the full tuition and fees for a private university

Around Conference USA 
USA Today - Mar 27 8:08 AM
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Rock Creek Tries To Finish Semester 
Washington Post - Mar 22 11:41 PM
Rock Creek International School has not attracted enough students to reopen this fall, and officials at the financially ailing private school in Northwest Washington are scrambling to keep its doors open the remainder of this academic year, the school’s headmaster said yesterday. Save

Alabama power beats Titans 
Pensacola News Journal - Mar 26 10:46 PM
Baseball: Glenwood (Ala.) 15, Woodham 1 (5)Save

Children taught Islam’s message of compassion 
Carroll County Online - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
Ruqaiya Asad hopes to spread the word that Islam is a religion of peace and she’s started with the children. Asad and her staff at the Aleem Academy, an Islamic private school in Sykesville, recently finished teaching a peace-themed week.Save

Huntsman Says He’Ll Honor People’s Will on Vouchers 
RedNova - Mar 23 3:09 PM
By Lisa Riley Roche Deseret Morning News A referendum petition drive to put the state’s new private school voucher system on the ballot will likely succeed, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said Thursday, and then would go before Utah voters in June.Save

Journey of a lifetime
Albany Herald - And a poor black South African woman who single-handedly put four girls through private school during apartheid and later ran for mayor of her township. She didn t win, but she really affected the election there, Albin says. If you

Approval of new rule on eligibility of transfers a step in right
Allentown Morning Call - If the proposal passes, then maybe all of the talk about the need for separate public-school and private-school tournaments will stop. We’ve talked for years about the extensive amount of parental shopping that goes on and kids transferring all over

Psychologist says teen competent for trial
Boston Online - Before Odgren began classes last September at Lincoln-Sudbury, he had attended a small private school for special-needs students in rural Connecticut. Lincoln-Sudbury was at least his fifth school in five years. Psychiatrists say that children with

Push For Sunday Alcohol Sales Fails
WSB-TV Atlanta - While most Republicans support it, Democrats argue it’s not needed, since the state already contracts with church groups, and looks like an effort to pave the way for private school vouchers. The Senate still will consider more than 65 bills Tuesday

Kelly complaint on child privacy rejected
Guardian Unlimited - The Press Complaints Commission has vindicated the Daily Mirror for revealing that Ruth Kelly, the communities secretary, sent her child to a private school. Ruling for the Mirror, the PCC said Ms Kelly, a previous education minister, had

Sailing in chartered territory
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - The school started as a child-care center then switched to a private school until its charter was approved in 2002. Fifty-seven students made up the inaugural class, which has grown to more than 180 this year. School officials pride themselves on the

Struggling CSUSM freshmen need more help 
North County Times - Mar 13 11:44 PM
LONG BEACH —- Cal State San Marcos continues to rank behind virtually all other campuses in the California State University system when it comes to bringing freshmen students up to speed if they arrive at the university with poor math and English skills.Save

Morris, Manning & Martin Represents Noble in Creation of New Acquisitions Fund 
[Press Release] PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 14 9:14 AM
ATLANTA, March 14, 2007 — Morris, Manning & Martin’s Real Estate Capital Markets Group recently represented Noble Hospitality Fund, LLC in connection with the private placement of $310 million of limited liability company interests.Save

Pesto change-o — dinner in 20 minutes 
Contra Costa Times - Mar 14 3:22 AM
INSTANT DINNERS: It’s 5:49 p.m. and I’m still at my computer, but my mind is already at home, in the kitchen, figuring out how to get dinner on the table within 20 minutes of walking in the door. Most nights, such thoughts are basically pipe dreams, as in not-gonna-happen. But tonight it’s totally doable, thanks to fresh, garlicky, all-organic Armanino Pesto. The pesto, made by a Hayward company …Save

Auburn basketball assistant in running for top job at Liberty 
Mobile Press-Register - Mar 21 5:32 AM
AUBURN — Auburn men’s basketball coach Jeff Lebo could lose his top lieutenant. Associate head coach John Cooper is one of several candidates vying to lead Liberty University’s basketball program.Save

Sound off: Fired Ave Maria provost back on the job 
Bonita Daily News - Mar 23 7:15 AM
Less than 24 hours after the beloved provost of Ave Maria University was fired, he was back on the job Thursday night this time wearing a new hat.Save

Save For College; Cut Tax Bill 
WPXI-TV Pittsburgh - Mar 15 3:04 PM
Parents saving for college get tax break thanks to changes in Pennsylvania TAP 529 plans.Save

Maximum Sentence Imposed in Killing of Dancer 
New York Times - Mar 23 11:52 AM
Paul Cortez was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison for the killing of a young dancer from Ohio.Save

Forums introduce community to new school 
St. Petersburg Times - Mar 23 12:36 AM
Brooks-DeBartolo charter school will open in August with 30 employees and 300 students.Save

Notebook: Macon’s GISA schools staying put 
Macon Telegraph - Mar 20 12:15 AM
With less than two weeks remaining before the deadline to apply for the GHSA’s new re-classification cycle, it appears that the largest four Macon private schools will stick with the GISA for at least another classification cycle.Save

Teen Haven Settles in College Station 
KBTX 3 Bryan/College Station - 8 minutes ago
Teens who once had nowhere to go after school will now have a new venue to relax and hang out with friends. As part of the National Boys and Girls Club Week, the Brazos Valley group will unveil a new center dedicated soley to teens ages 14 and up.Save

Bill to mandate defibrillators in schools 
The Daily Texan - Mar 19 11:48 PM
During the Senate Subcommittee for Higher Education hearing Monday, Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, presented a bill that would require each Texas school district and private schools to place defibrillators on campus in order to prevent deaths by cardiac arrest.Save

Science projects abound at fair 
Contra Costa Times - Mar 25 3:05 AM
Break out your beakers and papier-m ch — the 11th annual Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair will take place this week at the Robert Livermore Community Center in Livermore.Save