Portugal begins school year with schools shut after computer glitch
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Thousands of students in Portugal were forced to stay home on what should have been the first day of the new academic year because the education ministry failed to assign some 50,000 teachers to their schools on time due to a computer glitch.
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Portugal's conservative government is quitting before early elections set for February, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes said Saturday, a day after the country's president dissolved parliament.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio calls an early general election to end "crisis of credibility".
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Three schools closed until Monday because of an outbreak of flu-like symptoms, an official said Thursday.
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For 25,000 students and faculty on the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts, last week's start of the new term was even more hectic than usual, thanks to a computer malfunction that prevented many students from signing up for classes.
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Millions of children have poured into schools as country after country has made primary education free.
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The scrapping of Northern Ireland's education bodies, including the five boards, is postponed for a year.
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Portugal, already reeling from an alarming economic decline, plunged deeper into crisis Saturday when the conservative government quit a day after the president dissolved parliament and called an early general election.
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By Gregory Ramey Cox News Service  DAYTON, Ohio -- Many of our children have just started a new school year, and parents are trying to figure out how to help their students be academically successful.
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By Rachel Kyler, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Sep. 21--"Iwant you to tell me what a mouse is, and don't tell me it's Mickey," said teacher Col. Bob Garcia as he stood in front of a computer lab of eager students.
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A bomb threat shut down an entire Virginia school district Thursday, canceling classes for more than 7,200 students in eight public schools, as well as hundreds more in area religious schools and child care centers.
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By ANDREW DENHOLM EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT  THOUSANDS of primary school children are still without any "meaningful" computer access a month after the introduction of a new system worth GBP15.5m, teachers claimed yesterday.
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A computer glitch at a flight information processing center this morning is delaying flights across the eastern seaboard, according to reports from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Blog: As students return to classrooms, this is an excellent time for schools to review the information they're making available on their Web sites.  Many schools unintentionally place their students at risk.
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In dozens of schools across the city, New York City's nearly 1.1 million public school students returned for the opening of a new school year.
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The pastry shops and luxury boutiques are open. Children in neat blue and white uniforms are back in school. And vendors selling everything from parrots to air freshener have returned to streets choked with cars.
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By LISA VERNON-SPARKS  Journal Staff Writer  COVENTRY  - In at least one local school, the days of the traditional chalkboard are numbered.   This month, courtesy of Hewlett-Packard, Washington Oak Elementary School started using tablet PCs in five of its classroom.