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William White - former head BIS economist, currently chair of the OECD's Economic and Development Review Committee - is again schooling Ben Bernanke on economic fundamentals. In an article published in the December-January OECD Observer, White wrote...

A prestigious Chinese university and a lesser-known vocational school have denied a report they were the source of recent cyber attacks on Internet giant Google and other US corporations, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. A representative of Shanghai Jiaotong University, considered

The Federal Communications Commission approves rules allowing schools receiving E-rate funds to allow the general public to use the Internet access already present in schools for purposes such as job searches and applications, digital literacy programs, and online access to governmental services and resources. - The Federal ...

The New York Times is reporting that investigators examining the cyber-attacks on Google and dozens of other companies have uncovered evidence linking the attack to two schools in China. - Investigators have uncovered a link between two schools in China and the notorious Aurora attacks that ...

Heavy snow and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc on road and rail links in parts of Britain Tuesday, forcing the closure of two airports and hundreds of schools, officials said. In northwest England, heavy snow blocked roads and triggered accidents in the Cumbria region while Manchester

Technology vendors like Dell and HP are seeking some U.S. school systems using some of the billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds to bring technology into the classroom. A Louisiana system is looking to create connected classrooms with Dell technology, while a Florida system is upgrading its networking infrastructure ...

With nearly half of Black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers complaining of racial discrimination, schools in Britain have developed an “endemic culture of institutional racism,” a new research has found. “Foremost, and most worrying, it is clear that the incidence of discrimination reported by BME teachers and leaders within the school ...

The Malaysian Indian Congress is against the idea of having a single-stream education system, saying that the presence of vernacular schools will not hamper national unity. MIC president S. Samy Vellu said if the idea was to foster racial unity, there were other ways to do it and not through a ...

Educational institutions have been closed in Pakistan after suspected militants bombed a university close to the capital, sowing fear across the country as the army presses a major anti-Taliban offensive close to the Afghan border. Dr. Wasim Khwaja, a spokesman for Pakistan Institute of

The market for MBAs is defying the economic gloomBUSINESS schools have been widely accused of fashioning the wrecking balls and training many of the demolition crews that have wreaked such havoc in the economy over the past two years. And the crisis, whether it was forged in business schools or ...

SKOPJE, Republic of Macedonia, Oct. 6, 2009 – Intel Corporation and the government of Macedonia have signed two new documents to help advance the 1:1 e-learning model in the country's schools, raising the bar for educational technology in the Balkan region. ...

Today the use of advanced information and communication technologies is considered a key qualification everyone should be equipped with. With the Intel School Award 2010, themed "Teach intelligent with Intel" and endowed with € 10.000, Intel rewards the most innovative schools ...

NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 23, 2009 – Today at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, Cisco, Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp., the government of Kenya and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a joint commitment to improve education in Kenya. ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 15, 2009 – Intel Corporation today named Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy (IMSA) of Aurora, Ill. as the "Star Innovator" among six winners of the 2009 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards.

The wearing of headscarves has been banned in all publicly run schools in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium. The decision, by the board of Flemish schools, affects about one fifth of all schools in Flanders.

Words by: Justin Gillett | Images by: Susan J. Weiand Stockholm Syndrome :: 09.06.09 :: The Independent :: San Francisco, CA Stockholm Syndrome :: 09.06 :: San Francisco It's interesting to see a band that rarely tours actually play live. Going into ...

There are many problems with the education system in the United States. But some schools have found ways to fix them. We want to see something that's working well in the school system where you live. Whether it's a ...

China has issued strict rules to schools to curb the spread of swine flu, urging them to downsize classes and in some cases delay the start of the new academic year, state media said on Sunday. The ministries of education and health issued a notice urging all pupils who ...

People along eastern China's coastal region are bracing for Typhoon Morakot, after the storm lashed Taiwan, leaving at least six people dead or missing. Authorities in China's coastal provinces say about 500,000 people have been evacuated. Schools were closed and flights canceled in the region.

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