Connecticut's education picture is less than rosy
Connecticut state and local officials face difficult decisions in the coming months as they scrutinize education costs in their effort to balance budgets.The Connecticut Department of Higher Education just compiled some facts that should provide important direction.

Family business defeats tragedy
Suzanne Warnky's blending of her late father's operational template with her education and can-do attitude has raised the family business - Warnky...

Bloom family advocates literacy in Rockford
The Rockford High School Media Center received a welcome surprise: new books from a donation through the Rockford Education Foundation made by the Bloom family.

Family Seeks Apology From RPD
The family of a 19-year-old Rochester teen murdered last weekend was asking for an apology from the police chief. Kyle Williams' family was upset that the murder, deemed drug-related by police, made Williams look like he was into drugs.

Source Technologies Debuts ServPoint Family of Kiosks
Source Technologies, a provider of award-winning kiosk solutions, today announced the launch of the ServPoint family of self-service kiosks. The ServPoint family offers a wide range of touch screen, interactive self-service kiosks designed for a variety of applications within retail, healthcare, education, and other environments. These kiosk solutions come in a variety of sizes ranging from 7.5? ...

Free family literacy classes to be offered in Wauconda
WAUCONDA - Four partners in the Wauconda area have come together to offer Family Literacy English classes for parents with small children, at no cost to the families.

Family Searching For Answers In Cold Case
FLINT, Mich. -- For more than a year, a Genesee County family has been searching for answers after a family member?s shooting death. Virgil Alexander, 18, was shot and killed as he walked to a cousin?s home just blocks from his own. The gunman is still on the loose.

More Education Pages
The U.S. Senate will soon render its advice and consent to the nomination of Chicago Public Schools Chief Arne Duncan to be secretary of education.

Gifted children
A Massachusetts investment company is helping parents, family and friends give an important gift for the future: a college education.

Family YMCA offering after-school program
The Family YMCA of the Desert is helping provide the After School Education and Safety program at James Workman Middle School and Nellie N. Coffman Middle School through 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Yemen's Low Education Levels, High Poverty Rates Increasing HIV/AIDS Risk, Experts Say
High poverty rates and low education levels are contributing to increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Yemen, especially among commercial sex workers, according to some experts, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

Big family has bigger worries
THE Harrington-Lynneford family are doing things tough, and hope 2009 doesn't get any worse.

Former US Secretary of Education to speak at LSC-Kingwood?s MLK program
Lone Star College-Kingwood is pleased to host Dr. Rod Paige, former United States Secretary of Education, at its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Program on Thursday, January 15.

Family escapes home gassing
By TYLER KULA The Observer A family on Turner Drive have been released by Bluewater Health after being exposed to high levels of [...]

Higher education too pricey for some
This is the sixth in a series of articles about how local people are coping with tougher economic times. Tomorrow: Young family faces challenges.

Family fortunes
Sierra Leone refugee fights for long-lost daughter

Family has close call with carbon monoxide
A family on Turner Drive have been cleared and released by Bluewater Health officials after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide, Thursday [...]

Family Says Smoke Detectors Saved Them
A metro-area family says they are thankful for their smoke detectors after the devices saved their lives overnight.

Longtime Whitesboro school board member Ed Sloma dies
Ed Sloma, who served 27 years on the Whitesboro Board of Education, died this morning at the age of 77, according to his family.

Education Week says ND, Minnesota need improvement
Education Week magazine released its 13th annual report, "Quality Counts," sizing up each state's education. It evaluates issues such as state assessments or standards, achievement levels and indicators such as family income or employment rates. North Dakota and Minnesota both earned a C overall - the same as their grades last year. The nation also received a C grade this year.