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• VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's education sector must improve its management if it wants to raise standards, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said at a meeting in Hanoi on July 29. Education sector asked to improve standards through management
• The Education Centre Campus of Nipissing University and Canadore College will be closed over the August long weekend due to a planned power shutdown. The Education Centre Campus at 100 College Drive will be closed to everyone except security, staff and contractors involved in the scheduled work.[...] Education Centre closed over long weekend
• Education, one of the five headline targets of the EU's 'Europe 2020' strategy, is not worrying the Czech Republic - its national targets seem attainable. Yet during the negotiation process, Prague repeatedly stressed that the EU-wide targets must respect the existing absorption capacity of the market. EurActiv.cz reports. Education targets 'won't be a problem' for Czechs
• Strayer Education Inc., for-profit education company, recently posted better-than-expected second-quarter 2010 results on the heels of robust student enrollments. The company earned a net profit of $35.7 million during the quarter, up 30% from the prior-year quarter. Strayer Education Outperforms
• Obama administration officials were working Friday to secure the support of Maine's two Republican senators for $26 billion in education and Medicaid aid to states expected to come up for a vote on Monday. Education official: Bill to save jobs
• Bridgepoint Education, Inc. , a provider of post-secondary education services focused on providing higher access to higher education, announced today that Ashford University has introduced a Bachelor of Arts degree in Instructional Design. Bridgepoint Education's Ashford University Introduces New Bachelor of Arts Degree in Instructional Design

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• By KIARA COVARRUBIASCASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOLMy dad is serious, strict and intelligent. He has a great capacity to love but doesn't show it. At age 9, he came to the U.S. along with his nine siblings: four other boys and five girls. They were raised in an environment that fostered work and discouraged public displays [...] Trying to ease father's heartache over family death
• By BOB NORBERGTHE PRESS DEMOCRATLisa Gilardoni grew up on her grandfather's Santa Rosa ranch and doesn't remember the first time she mounted a horse.'I've been riding since I've been able to,' she said.She started competing in barrel racing when she was 7 years old, then moved into gymkhana and speed events. In high school, she [...] Teen Face: Lisa Gilardoni
• By KYLIE BUCKCASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOLBruin pride pulses through my veins: My iPod plays the UCLA fight song, my wardrobe is accessorized with Bruin gear, my laptop displays a picture of Royce Hall as the wallpaper.I first visited the UCLA campus when I was a freshman on one of the many campus tours that I [...] Staying focused on her dream school, UCLA

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• Dorothy Rudy, an adjunct professor of Spanish at SSU, this summer read thousands of Advanced Placement Spanish exams.It's a duty she has enjoyed for a quarter century.'I get together with so many of my colleagues once a year. We talk about what we are teaching, we talk about what is going on,' she said. 'For [...] Healdsburg teacher marks 25 years of reading AP exams
• UPDATE: For reference, here is the link to a story that appeared in Wednesday's Press Democrat about the situation with the CSBA: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100727/ARTICLES/100729527________________The fallout from the recent scandal at the California School Boards Association has what looks like its first local victim: unanimous support for a proposed parcel tax to support schools in Santa Rosa.While fellow Santa [...] UPDATED: Wakefield pulls back support of parcel tax, says voters are fed up
• http://extracredit.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/files/2010/07/fairbank1.jpg El Molino High School alum Mark Fairbank is heading to meet President Barack Obama.Fairbank, El Mo class of '75, was given the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for California and in October will meet the president along with about 100 other honored teachers from across the country.'I'm pretty excited about meeting [...] El Molino grad wins national teaching award
• Don't click on this one if you don't have some time to kill — it sucks you in rather quickly.Sonoma State University has put more of its historic photo collection online.The North Bay Historic Preservation Digital Collection can be found at http://northbaydigital.sonoma.edu/The first 200 images are part of a larger collection of more than 800 [...] SSU adds images to its historic collection

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• Sonoma State University joins the rest of the the California State University system beginning Aug. 1 in accepting some applications for admission to the 2011 spring term. However, the enrollment of new students for that term is contingent upon the... Sonoma State University to Begin Accepting Applications for Spring 2011
• From a Sebastopol water tower, to a Guerneville church, a Santa Rosa windmill and a Cotati beer garden, North Bay history since the mid-1800s is now on view online at Sonoma State University's new North Bay Historic Preservation Digital Collection... New SSU Digital Collection Opens Doors to North Bay History
• Dr. Carlos Ayala has been named interim Dean of the School of Education at Sonoma State University, effective August 1, 2010. He assumes this position as Dr. Mary Gendernalik-Cooper becomes the inaugural dean of the College of Education at the... Carlos Ayala Named Interim Dean of The School of Education