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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia plans to close four Catholic high schools, and 44 elementary schools will be closed or partnered with other schools, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Read more.
The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that the state is shirking its constitutional duty to adequately fund public education, The Tacoma News-Tribune reports. Read more.
A review team in Michigan is recommending that Gov. Rick Snyder appoint an emergency manager for the financially struggling Highland Park School District, The Detroit Free Press reports. Read more.
The reopening of Art Building West for spring semester marks completion of the first major building on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City that was "really put out of commission" by a major flood in 2008, The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. Read more.
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Stats Corner
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Construction Corner
Eight years after planning began, Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., finally has its new Health and Science Building, The Duluth News Tribune says. Read more.
The Salt Lake City (Utah) district is in the final stages of a long-term facilities upgrade that will make every school building earthquake-resistant, The Salt Lake Tribune says. Read more.
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AS&U Resources
Decision makers at schools and universities looking ahead to the new year must concentrate, as they have for the last four years of economic woes, on setting priorities, aiming for greater efficiency, and managing wisely the resources they have....Read the entire article, "Top Ten School Survival Strategies."
ALSO:
The Columbia (Mo.) School District has been named the winner of the 2011 Grand Award in the Green Cleaning Award competition. Read more about the district's exemplary green cleaning program.
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Calendar
Jan. 23-25: International
Air-Conditioning, Heating Refrigeration Exposition, (AHR Expo),
Chicago
Jan. 24-26: School and College Building Expo, Orlando, Fla.
Jan. 25-28: Association of American Colleges & Universities, annual meeting, Washington, D.C.
For more upcoming education-related events and conferences, visit our online calendar.
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