Day: September 27, 2012

35 Federal Teacher Incentive Fund Grants Announced

AFT’s Weingarten: “Time will tell whether these programs will provide ongoing systems of professional development and support for teachers, or simply incentivize top-down, ill-conceived and poorly implemented policies that do nothing to improve teaching or learning in our schools.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten[Read More…]

Department of Education Announces Grants Totaling More Than $14.4 Million to Charter School Management Organizations

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  The U.S. Department of Education announced grants totaling more than $14.4 million to support high-quality charter schools in more than 25 communities across the country. As a result of today’s grants, an additional 20,000 students in schools in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana,[Read More…]

Department of Education Boosts District-Led Efforts to Recognize and Reward Great Teachers and Principals Through the 2012 Teacher Incentive Fund

$290 million invested in 35 grantees serving nearly 1,000 schools across 150 districts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  The U.S. Department of Education announced today 35 grants awarded to improve pay structures, reward great teachers and principals and provide greater professional opportunities to teachers in high poverty schools. Winning applicants comprise[Read More…]

Election Forums at Governors State University

University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012 – The Political and Justice Studies Program and the Consortium for Civic Engagement are co-sponsoring two community forums on the 2012 elections.  The first, “The Changing Political Terrain of American Elections” will be held Monday, October 8, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Sherman Hall. Panelists[Read More…]

FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Priority review completed one month ahead of goal date Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with colorectal cancer that has progressed after treatment and spread to other parts of the body (metastatic). Stivarga is a multi-kinase inhibitor that[Read More…]

Community Groups in Texas, California, and Louisiana Sue the EPA to Clean Up Toxic Air from Refineries

Refineries emit cancer-causing pollution including benzene Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  Today Earthjustice and Environmental Integrity Project filed a citizens’ lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal district court to ensure that the EPA will set limits on toxic air pollution from oil refineries. The lawsuit, filed on[Read More…]

Registration Open: NASA Tech Days Coming to Cleveland Nov. 28-30

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  NASA Technology Days, a three-day public technology showcase, will take place at the Cleveland Public Auditorium and Conference Center Nov. 28-30. The space technology showcase will bring together stakeholders from industry, academia and the U.S. government to engage in strategy development, partnership building and methods of[Read More…]

NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed On Martian Surface

PASADENA, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but this evidence – images of rocks containing ancient streambed gravels – is[Read More…]

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