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Moultrie Tech among tech schools with record enrollmentFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:38PMAn unprecedented 22 percent jump in the number of students attending the state’s technical colleges has set a new annual enrollment record for the Technical College System of Georgia. The system’s 26 colleges enrolled 190,842 students in fiscal year 2010, which ended on June 30. The total smashes the previous record high enrollment set in 2009 by more than 34,000 students. Moultrie Technical ...

Obama defends education policiesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 5:56PMWASHINGTON — Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers' unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said Thursday that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the nation's schools. "We have an obligation to lift up every child in every school in this country, especially those who are starting out furthest behind," Obama told the ...

City receives $180K for KKB effortsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:40PMKeep Katy Beautiful received the Keep Texas Beautiful Governor's Community Achievement Award and a $180,000 check to the city for a landscaping project along a state right-of-way.

Spring ISD waits for TEA rating appealFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:57PMAlthough Spring Independent School District’s Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores have reached an all-time high, five of its middle schools are rated unacceptable due to high dropout rates as defined by the state.

Compromise on ed bill close in N.Y. legislatureFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:41AMALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Assembly and Senate leadership have agreed on a version of Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to allow the State University of New York and City University of New York to set predictable tuition increases, enable the four largest universities to borrow money for construction, and make other changes, according to a legislative official.

'Path of mental illness' follows path of war, 20 years after conflict endsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:31AM( Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ) Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health assessed the geographical distribution of the long-term burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a region of Liberia and report that the prevalence of PTSD remains high nearly two decades after the principal conflict there and five years after war in Liberia ...

Community Extra: CalendarThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:38AMArlington Kiwanis Club: 7 p.m. at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club every first and third Wednesday at 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. Boeing Bluebills: 12:30 social, 1 p.m. meeting at the Boeing Wellness Center, 6400 36th Ave. W., Everett.

KeyCorp Reports Second Quarter 2010 ProfitThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:18AM-

Guilford Day Care Center Receives State Grant for 2nd Floor Play AreaThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:12AMAs any parent of small children will tell you, a long rainy weekend is tough on the little tykes who want to run and play outside to expend a lot of built-up energy. Mom and dad would...