Education news

Most Charter Schools Miss Test Benchmarks

Thirty of 34 charter school campuses, representing thousands of District students, failed to meet reading and math benchmarks on a new test, according to data released yesterday by the D.

Captains of Industry, Masters of Cheating

This may explain a lot: Not only do cheaters apparently prosper, they get graduate degrees in business.

Documentary filmmaker Ric Burns to lecture Oct. 4

Documentary filmmaker Ric Burns, who is renowned in Southeastern Connecticut for his recent documentary about playwright Eugene O'Neill, will give the annual Sound Lab Lecture at Connecticut College on Wednesday, Oct.

Cornell plans child-care facility for faculty, staff and students

Cornell has begun plans for a new child-care facility for faculty, staff and students.

Alison 'Sunny' Power reappointed dean of Graduate School

Cornell Provost Biddy Martin has announced the reappointment of Alison 'Sunny' Power as dean of the Graduate School for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2007.

Solar flares could seriously disrupt GPS receivers

A minor solar flare in September 2005 produced a noticeable degradation of all GPS signals on the day side of the Earth.

Laser Analysis Points to Brain Pigment's Hidden Anatomy

Founders' Day Convocation Sept. 28 in Duke Chapel

Honorees to include philanthropists Russell Robinson II and his wife, Sally Dalton Robinson; Ruby Leila Wilson, dean emerita of Duke School of Nursing; and longtime university photographer William ?Jimmy? Wallace Jr.

Serbian, Croatian presidents call for regional cooperation, unity

News: Mobile security products to be incorporated in to handsets by 2011 [27/09/2006]

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the market for mobile security products, including anti-virus, VPN, data and file encryption and mobile identity management applications, will reach almost $5billion by 2011 and be installed on 247 million mobile phones by that time.