14 Jul, 2011
Grant Grant Giving
Falcon Elementary School will become home to a new school-based health center, and two existing centers in other school districts will beef up operations thanks to a $500,000 grant awarded Thursday to Peak Vista Community Health Centers.
Peak Vista will buy new equipment for the Entrada School-based Health Center in Harrison School District 2, and expand the Cripple Creek-Victor Mountain Health Center at Cresson Elementary School through the grant, which was awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
The idea behind school-based health centers is to give children better access to primary care services, improve their well-being and reduce unneeded visits to emergency rooms.
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14 Jul, 2011
Efficiency
Third-parties look to improve efficiency, outcomes at Texas publics Conservative groups, such as the Texas Public Policy Foundation and America’s Next Impact, as well as more bipartisan ones, such as the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, are becoming increasingly involved in making recommendations to the Texas public univerRsity system regarding its spending and student outcomes. Don Hale, a University of Texas spokesman, responded to these groups, stating that the university is “committed to managing its resources wisely and efficiently.” nytimes.com
14 Jul, 2011
Bbc
I began my online placement with BBC Sport at Television Centre. I expected to shadow some other journalists for a few days, but on my first day I was given news stories to do.
Looking back, it is definitely the best way to learn: being thrown in at the deep end. As there are sub-editors, any mistakes you make will be corrected. Seeing my first story appear on the Sport website was a real thrill, and the more I wrote the more confident I became. I also had ideas for things such as picture galleries, which I was allowed to do myself, and it was a great learning curve.
Given that the home of the BBC is now on the market, I feel very fortunate to have spent some time working there.
In May, I was sent back to my hometown of Glasgow to work at the Scottish Sport desk.
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13 Jul, 2011
Michigan University Northern Michigan Northern Michigan University Tuition
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University students can expect to pay a little more next semester as the Board of Trustees approved a tuition increase Thursday.
As of the next semester, the annual tuition cost for a full-time student will be $8,414, a rate increase of 6.99 percent.
The board says there are three reasons for the increased 15 percent cut in state funding for higher education, additional state mandated pension costs, and a potential enrollment decline of one percent.
“None of us in the last years that I’ve been here have ever enjoyed this particular board meeting. We are very proud of the quality of our programs, the quality of our students, and we’re just very disappointed that the state has put us in a position where we have to continue to increase the burden on our students and their families,” said NMU President Les Wong.
The board pointed out that the dollar increase is the third lowest in the state, and NMU will maintain its rank of second lowest tuition in the state.
13 Jul, 2011
Finalist
Keith Scharnhorst
CLYDE — The Clyde Consolidated Independent School District board Tuesday evening chose Keith Scharnhorst, superintendent of Grandview Independent School District, as finalist for top job in its district.
Grandview ISD is located south of Fort Worth. Like Clyde, it has a Class 2A high school.
Under state law, the board must wait 21 days to officially hire Scharnhorst. The exact date he joins the district depends on his agreed separation date from the Grandview district, trustees said.
Scharnhorst was chosen to succeed Dr. Gail Haterius, whose resignation was effective June 30. D
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13 Jul, 2011
Court Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Wisconsin Supreme Court
Yesterday, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Madison Chapter of the Federalist Society, entitled Separation of Powers: Wisconsin Supreme Courts Decision Upholding the Collective Bargaining Law. The discussion was moderated by Justice Jon Wilcox of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Retired) and along with myself the panel included Deputy Attorney General Kevin St. John, who argued the Ozanne v. Fitzgerald case on behalf of the State of Wisconsin. The entire discussion was recorded by Wisconsin Eye and can be viewed at this link.
What follows are my prepared remarks. However, I encourage interested readers to follow the above link in order to hear both Attorney St. Joh
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