Minnesota / Science Teaching Getting a Boost: Hamline University Gets $2.3 Million for School Training
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By Paul Tosto, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 12--A science education can open doors to some of the best careers in Minnesota, and students who do well in the sciences can expect to be in high demand.
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A record $12.5 million grant to be announced today will revolutionize science teaching throughout Boston Public Schools, officials said.
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Parents spend $2.4 billion annually to illegally hire private teachers.
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By Melissa Jenco Daily Herald Staff Writer  Naperville Unit District 203 increased its use of instructional technology last year and is already exceeding several of its long- term goals.
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Active-duty U.S. Air Force members interested in learning to fly might be able to defray a fraction of that cost by applying for tuition assistance.
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A university is awarded Â£3.5m to design training courses for people in full-time employment.
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A school financially backed by HSBC bank and based in a university campus, comes a step closer.
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CUMBERLAND -  Ashton Elementary School will receive more than $56,000 worth of new equipment from Hewlett Packard after it was again selected for the company's Technology for Teaching Leadership grant.
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By BUFORD GREEN STAFF WRITER  JACKSONVILLE - Sheryl Humphries' love of science and teaching it has landed her among an elite group of educators.
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India has launched its first satellite to be used for expanding the country&#39;s educational network. The Edusat, weighing around 2,000kg, will help train teachers and provide primary and secondary education by linking classrooms across India.
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-- NASA's chief is urging his Hubble Space Telescope team to press ahead with plans for a robotic repair mission to the aging observatory, saying, "Let's go save the Hubble."    Administrator Sean O'Keefe says he will ask Congress for money to accomplish the job. He estimates it will take about $1 billion to $1.6 billion to develop and launch a robot to make the needed upgrades to keep the popular telescope running and to get it out of orbit once its work is through...
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Three Davis County teachers will join 265 science and math teachers from 21 countries and 43 U.S. states participating this month in the Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy program at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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A research team has been awarded a &#36;3.5 million federal grant to use a molecular detective technique to study and potentially improve the military's anthrax vaccine.
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By Stacy Brandt, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  May 24--OCEANSIDE -- Two classes at Roosevelt Middle School will begin  using laptop computers for their day-to-day lessons this fall, thanks to a  grant from a national corporation.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 13--RICHMOND -- Gov. Tim Kaine will ask state lawmakers to increase the pay of public school teachers by 3 percent next year and to fund pilot projects to expand access to pre-kindergarten programs when they amend Virginia's two-year budget.
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By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, AP education writer  The House approved legislation Tuesday intended to boost the number of highly qualified math and science teachers in U.S. schools.
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By Michael Yoder  Camera, catapult fuel learning opportunities  Mark O'Neill pointed a $65,000 thermal imaging camera at a dozen students and showed their body heat on the projection screen at the North Museum of Natural History and Science Nov. 29.