DETROIT, June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Albert Garrett, President of Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, issued the following statement: "On June 23, 2010, the Wayne County Circuit Court issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District from terminating many of its employees and replacing them with private contractors," stated Garrett.
DEP Awards Grants to Promote Environmental Education, Stewardship
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ninety-five schools, universities, non-profit groups and conservation districts will receive more than $382,000 in Environmental Education grants for projects that will educate Pennsylvanians about important issues such as renewable energy, water conservation, air quality and climate change, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger said today.
"It's important that we make environmental education a life-long learning experience," said Hanger.
Summer School Grad.com Interactive Online Summer School -- School Districts Outsource Summer School
School districts may outsource summer school 2010 to Summer School Grad.com. Summer School Grad.com offers rich-media research-based online curricula for summer high school credit and unit recovery. The curriculum adheres to national and state educational standards and combines interactive multi-media for adaptive learning. School districts can relieve budget shortfalls by outsourcing their summer school program to cost-effective Summer School Grad.com. At the America’s Promise Alliance conference this week, President Obama stated that one out of three students do not graduate high school in many city school districts and that non-graduates have a three times higher unemployment rate than high school graduates. Summer school credit ...
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