Bret Schundler is not going quietly. A day after Gov. Chris Christie said he considered the flap over the state’s failed application for a $400 million education grant to be over, Schundler offered a different take. The fired state education commissioner presented his version of the events that led to his ouster last week _ [...]
Pays to be a lady at Neumont University. Not only is there a fabulously good “ratio” — close to 93% of the Utah technology college’s nearly 400 graduating students have been male — but upon graduation, that tiny female sliver of the school population makes more money on average than the guys. In Neumont’s four-year [...]
There will be no stressing over what to wear for the first day of school for some students gearing up for the start of the school year. The Massachusetts Virtual Academy at Greenfield, which will be the first statewide virtual school in New England to serve students from kindergarten to high school, opens Wednesday. Students [...]
A major exhibition featuring the works of the foremost American portrait painter of the late 19th-century, John Singer Sargent, is on display now through December 31, 2010 at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown NY. John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women features approximately 25 paintings of Sargent’s portraits of American women and connects [...]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to enact a rule that would change the way it oversees the Internet from a Title I “information service” to a Title II “telecommunications service.” While this may sound like language familiar only to lawyers and lobbyists, it means that the FCC wants to apply the regulations [...]
This fall, the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, NY will host four unique events celebrating the spirit and traditions of rural New York State and showcasing New York farming history. a four-course candlelit meal complete with period music and games at the museum’s historic Bump Tavern. Known for its hospitality, the Tavern has created a menu [...]
Richfield school leaders may have mastered the science of recruiting new students. After years of declining student numbers, officials are reporting a bump in enrollment this fall. They attribute the reversal to the district’s new K-5 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) school, which opens next month. The hands-on, interactive program was designed not just [...]