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Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation's public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. More . . . Gimme your money! (Macclesfield Express) Be honest, in the twelve years I’ve been writing Barlow’s Brief have I ever asked you for money? I’ve conscientiously read your letters, messages and e-mails endeavouring wherever possible to air your grievances or promote your cause. (I hadn’t realised just how saint-like I’ve been.) More . . . Abington teacher lands writing grant (The Brockton Enterprise) Money to help students get published More . . . GM CEO says U.S. will make money on bailout (Reuters via Yahoo! News) General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June and could go public in a way that would allow taxpayers to make a profit on the bailout, Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said on Wednesday. More . . . Program offers a college jump-start for Summit County students (Summit Daily News) SUMMIT COUNTY - With swelling student involvement in Summit School District's pre-collegiate program, coordinator Molly Griffith seeks local mentors to guide kids through the college application process. According to Griffith, mentors will meet with five to eight students each from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 5, April 19 and May 17. A mentor must be a professional with a college education ... More . . . AMD Foundation to Sponsor Video Game Design Category for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SUNNYVALE, Calif.----AMD today announced the AMD Foundation, in support of AMD Changing the Game, has awarded a grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The $65,000 grant will be used to help fund the Alliance’s new video game design category for the 2010 and 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. More . . . It’s no mystery that writing is woman’s passion (The Oklahoman) Mary Cash leaned over a hospital bed to hear what she thought were her mother’s last words. "‘Black Pearl,’” her mother whispered through a respirator. "What’s ‘Black Pearl’?” Cash asked."Send the manuscript to New York,” her mother requested.That was 1992. Doctor’s were telling Cash’s mother, Mary Ellen Cooper, now 77, who had been in an auto accident, that she wouldn’t walk again, but instead ... More . . . Money troubles top board agenda (Jefferson City News Tribune) If they had to approve a budget today, it would be very similar to this year's budget, Jefferson City's Public School administrators told the school board Monday night. More . . . (AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-11 00:22 UPDATE 2-GM CEO says U.S. gov't will make money on bailout (Interactive Investor) By Jim Forsyth More . . . JPMorgan Chase has slight hang up with me & you (New York Post) My credit-card company hung up the phone on me recently. I know, you think that I am really scrounging for a column. But stick with me and you might find this amusing. I'll even teach you how to be as obnoxious to them as they are to us. OK... More . . . Advertise on this page
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