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Experience has taught SUNY Cortland human resources staff that good faculty often come in twos. Thats why the College recently joined a newly created online faculty recruitment consortium that will help pair academic couples with jobs at neighboring colleges. The Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (UNY-HERC), co-led by Syracuse University and Cornell University, was launched on Thursday, Feb. 15, as a resource to Upstate colleges and universities seeking to hire the most qualified and diverse staff while helping their significant others find local jobs, too. UNY-HERCs Web site http://www.unyherc.org features the collaboration of 23 diverse public and private schools, colleges and universities across the state that are working together to cohesively provide employment listings at each of their respective higher education institutions and address dual career needs in higher education.

New Study Explores the Nature of Online Learning in K-12 Schools

NEEDHAM, Mass., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Sloan Consortium's first ever survey of online learning in elementary and secondary education, "K-12 Online Learning: A Survey of U.S. School District Administrators," predicts rapid growth in online education. The nationwide survey, conducted during the 2005-2006 academic year, finds that almost two out of three (63 %) school districts had one or more students enrolled in either a fully online or a blended course, which combines online learning with traditional face-to-face instruction. The new study estimates that 700,000 K-12 students were engaged in online courses in the 2005-2006 academic year. The complete survey is available at http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/index.asp.

"We are seeing a shift in how our children are learning: from a strictly classroom setting to a culture that includes online learning," said Frank Mayadas, program director, Alfred P.

Education Ministry to intervene in Old Harbour Early Childhood ...

The Ministry of Education has decided to intervene in the ongoing dispute involving the Board and parents of students attending the Old Harbour Early Childhood Institute in Marley Acres, St. Catherine.

State Minister Senator Noel Monteith, who a week ago said the Ministry would not become involved in the row, says the situation now warrants attention.

Senator Monteith says the Ministry has received additional information on the dispute and the decision has been made to investigate the matter. I have referred the matter to the Chief Education Officer who will in turn ask his Regional Director to investigate the matter and to give us a report.

The dispute surrounds the tenure of the principal of the institution, Murline Pinnock.

Teachers and parents allege that the school is being mismanaged and are demanding that the Board terminate her contract.

Education Next: New Study Debunks Myth about Special Education Costs

STANFORD, Calif.-(Business Wire)-March 5, 2007 - A new study published in the spring 2007 issue of Education Next refutes claims that rising special education costs are draining resources from nondisabled public education students. In particular, research carried out by the University of Arkansas's Jay P. Greene and Marcus A. Winters shows that, contrary to recent media reports, placing special education students in private schools at public expense is not causing undue harm to public school budgets.

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Misir Mardanov: Graduates may apply for master’s degree

“Bachelors at the age of military draft may apply for the master's degree this year. They may continue their education after 1-year military service", said Azerbaijani education minister Misir Mardanov, APA reports.

The minister noted that Azerbaijani Education Ministry does not recognize diplomas of Russian University branches illegally functioning in the country. “Most of these branches have been closed. The others are on trial. The procedure will be over soon", he said. As for students of these branches, Mardanov stated that only some of them will be transferred to other private universities. “We will transfer those students who were legally admitted to the universities", he underscored. /APA/

Education jet-set might try the train

In these global times, mandarins from the Department for Education and Skills commendably visit other education systems in search of ideas that might improve schools. England has acquired reading recovery from New Zealand and maths teaching techniques from Taiwan, Hungary and Switzerland. Elements of the US charter schools have been used in the planning of academies.

Last year, the Rose review of reading recommended the universal adoption of a system of phonics developed in Scotland's smallest county, Clackmannanshire. This import of ideas from north of the border is unusual, but should, perhaps, become a trend.

Scotland's school structure differs in significant ways from England's. Primary and secondary schools - often grouped together in catchment "families" - are maintained by 32 local authorities.