Early Glance: Education companies
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top education companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Apollo Group rose $.02 or percent, to $59.99. Career Education fell $.23 or .9 percent, to $24.26. DeVry fell $.24 or .4 percent, to $56.16. Strayer Education rose $.08 or percent, to $217.08.
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Hip-Hop + Education = ‘Flocabulary’
A bold new classroom curriculum is setting out to prove that education and hip-hop can co-exist, and even raise students’ test scores. It’s taking the music that’s familiar to kids and transforming them into lesson plans. CBS 2 HD recently got to see this program in action.
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State Board of Education shows qualms over Race to the Top application
Lansing — State Board of Education members expressed concerns about the state’s application for federal Race to the Top grants at the board’s meeting today.
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