West assembly stresses character education (Belleville News-Democrat)
Belleville West High School held a character education assembly for its entire 2,300 student body during the first week of school last month. In keeping with the high school’s character education theme “character is what’s doing right even when no one is looking,” the assembly had a speaker from the St. Louis County Police Department, who told the students that everyone has an opportunity to be a

September 20, 2006 @ 9:24 AM · Filed under Uncategorized
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Alliance for Choice in Education Awards a Record-Breaking $1.6 Million in Scholarship to Over 750 At-Risk Colorado Children
In its more than six years of granting scholarships to at-risk students, The Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE) announced today, it will be awarding a record-breaking 761 scholarships, totaling $1,600,000, to at risk students in K-12 throughout the state of Colorado. Thanks to this little known organization, children of low-income families are gifted scholarship money to pay for up to half of tuition at one of 158 private school partners in Colorado. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2006]

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Intel Chairman and Jordanian Minister of Education discuss enablement of the global economy through education (AME Info)
Intel Chairman Dr. Craig Barrett convened with other major global organizations and education leaders on Sept. 11-12 in Washington to discuss ‘Global Public-Private Partnerships in Education.’

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