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Seabees help build schools in Thailand

Kevin Burnett SunHerald.com 31.01.2011

Ohio Mom Jailed for Sending Kids to Better School District

ANDREA CANNING and LEEZEL TANGLAO ABC News 27.01.2011
Seabees help build schools in Thailand

Thirty-seven Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 are participating in the largest joint military exercise in United States Pacific Command, Cobra Gold 2011, which takes place in Thailand every year.

Ohio Mom Jailed for Sending Kids to Better School District

An Ohio mother's attempt to provide her daughters with a better education has landed her behind bars. Kelley Williams-Bolar was convicted of lying about her residency to get her daughters into a better school district.

Separating students: McCaskey East High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has set up homerooms based on race and gender

A high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is defending its decision to segregate its students by race and gender.The scheme, at McCaskey East High School, separates black students from the rest of the school body, and then further breaks it down into black females and black males.

Getting Into Harvard Easier Than McDonald's University in China

Zhou Xiaobu runs from one end of a table to another, grasping a piece of a puzzle she and her team are assembling as part of a leadership training exercise for McDonald’s Corp. managers. “Go, go, go,” yells their Taiwanese teacher, exhorting them to work for the prize, a box of Danish butter cookies, for being the first to build the company’s trademark Golden Arches. Above their heads is a sign that reads: “Learning today, leading tomorrow.” The thick green binders stuffed with paperwork on each of the 31 students’ desks indicate the next activity may not be as rousing. This is McDonald’s Hamburger University in China, and it can be harder to get into than Harvard.

Mahanakorn University of Technology and Cisco Develop Next-Generation Workforce in Thailand Through Cisco Networking Academy

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Mahanakorn University of Technology in Thailand today announced the availability of a new Cisco CCNA® Security course as part of the Cisco® Networking Academy® program to develop a highly skilled, next-generation workforce in Thailand.

Education International First World Women's Conference 2011 Held In Bangkok Jan 20-23

More than 350 participants from around the world are set to join Education International's First World Women's Conference, On the Move for Equality, in Bangkok, Thailand, from 20-23 January.

Thai PM to improve teacher welfare

Bangkok Post 17.01.2011
Thai PM to improve teacher welfare

A piece of ligislation that will give teachers nationwide more welfare benefits will be tabled to the House of Representatives when parliament reconvenes its ordinary session late this month, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in his "Confidence in Thailand with PM Abhisit" programme on Channel 11 on Sunday.

New Jersey Town Proposes Random Drug Test - Of 6th Graders

BELVIDERE, N.J. (CBS 2) – A proposal to conduct random drug tests of young students in one New Jersey town is raising some eyebrows.

Thai education standards given low marks

THE educational performance of Thai students this year has been poor despite attempts by various agencies to improve the quality of their education, according to local academics.

Crack down on Thai websites offering fake diplomas

THE Education Ministry of Thailand will take legal action against websites selling fake diplomas, Deputy Education Minister Chaiyos Chiramethakorn said on Monday.

Thai University to Honor UB Law Professor David M. Engel

Ilene Fleischmann UB News Center 28.12.2010

Abhisit says varsities fail reform test

Sirikul Bunnag and Lamphai Intathep Bangkok Post 21.12.2010

A University at Buffalo Law School professor with a special interest in the legal system and culture of Thailand will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from one of that nation's major universities.

Abhisit says varsities fail reform test

Thailand's education reform efforts are being hindered by universities' failure to consider the results of external assessments, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.

Thailand teen enjoying cultural experience in Seaside

Rosemary Dellinger Seaside Signal 16.12.2010
HRH Princess Sirindhorn Visits IUPUI, Receives Honorary Degree from Indiana University

Her Royal Highness Princess Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited IUPUI today (Dec. 17, 2010) and attended a presentation by Patrick Rooney, executive director of the IU Center on Philanthropy. Afterward she was greeted by IUPUI students and faculty from Thailand.

Thailand teen enjoying cultural experience in Seaside

Benjaporn Boonlab is a slight girl with a quiet demeanor. However, her childhood nickname, "Mook" tells a slightly different story about the teenage from Thailand who is in Seaside on a yearlong Rotary Youth Exchange program.

Thai Students Score Poor Marks In World Survey

The scores of most Thai students are below international average in all subjects, according to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009.

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The pummeling of a Palm Beach, Fla., middle school boy by another student has infuriated the boy's family who say the teacher did nothing but sit by his computer while the fight raged in his classroom.

Special schools ensuring basic education to migrant children

Inside one of the many sprawling orange orchards that stretch across northern Chiang Mai's Fang district near the Thai-Burmese border stands a simple, one-storey building with a rough concrete floor, sticks of bamboo for walls, and a thatched roof. Once used by the orchard's owner to store sacks of fertiliser and farm implements, it is now utilised for something much more precious and important: A place where migrant children can receive an education.

The Mullee family gathers in the living room of their Bay Village home. From left to right are Tom Mullee, Hannah Mullee, Situnan “Cookie” Kumsit and Toni Mullee.

Cookie and Hannah act like sisters. They live in the same house, share an interest in tennis, attend Bay High School together and have a special ability to communicate. However, the two aren’t biological sisters. “Cookie,“ 16, whose real name is Situnan Kumsit, is visiting Bay Village as an exchange student from Thailand.

Thailand to conduct IQ tests

Straits Times 30.11.2010
 

THE Department of Mental Health will conduct a major study to measure the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of nearly 100,000 primary and secondary students across the country after finding the IQ of Thai teenagers was at a critically low level.

 
 

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