Alabama Notes » education http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:21:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Huntsville’s request for role in UA chancellor search denied http://alnotes.com/huntsvilles-request-for-role-in-ua-chancellor-search-denied/ http://alnotes.com/huntsvilles-request-for-role-in-ua-chancellor-search-denied/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:58:21 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/huntsvilles-request-for-role-in-ua-chancellor-search-denied/

UAH Community Committee sent a letter to Bryant suggesting seven candidates from Huntsville, including Mayor Tommy Battle, to serve on the search committee.

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Program uses art to teach critical concepts in English, math and other classes. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/jefferson-county-teachers-in-kennedy-center-partners-in-education-program-to-get-art-in-core-classes/feed/ 0 University of Alabama System trustee board forms search committee to find new chancellor http://alnotes.com/university-of-alabama-system-trustee-board-forms-search-committee-to-find-new-chancellor/ http://alnotes.com/university-of-alabama-system-trustee-board-forms-search-committee-to-find-new-chancellor/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:37:06 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/university-of-alabama-system-trustee-board-forms-search-committee-to-find-new-chancellor/

Board also OK’s new cell service at UA stadium, more

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]]> http://alnotes.com/university-of-alabama-system-trustee-board-forms-search-committee-to-find-new-chancellor/feed/ 0 Monroeville Junior High robotics team heading to the White House http://alnotes.com/monroeville-junior-high-robotics-team-heading-to-the-white-house/ http://alnotes.com/monroeville-junior-high-robotics-team-heading-to-the-white-house/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:07:02 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/monroeville-junior-high-robotics-team-heading-to-the-white-house/

Students in Alabama’s official Literary Capital plan to make their mark on a national stage next week in a whole new field: robotics. Just two years after the Monroeville Junior High robotics team formed, the group snagged an invitation to compete in the Presidential Science Fair in …

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]]> http://alnotes.com/monroeville-junior-high-robotics-team-heading-to-the-white-house/feed/ 0 Committee set to search for new UA System chancellor http://alnotes.com/committee-set-to-search-for-new-ua-system-chancellor/ http://alnotes.com/committee-set-to-search-for-new-ua-system-chancellor/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:48 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/committee-set-to-search-for-new-ua-system-chancellor/

System Chancellor Malcolm Portera announced his retirement last month.

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“After reading input online and listening to parents, teachers and other stakeholders at our community meetings, it is clear to me that there is no resounding interest to move this idea forward; it will be put to rest, no change will be made,” Lee said

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]]> http://alnotes.com/system-drops-proposal-to-reconfigure-baldwin-county-schools/feed/ 0 UAB stadium supporters quietly send trustees a message (with video, slideshow) http://alnotes.com/uab-stadium-supporters-quietly-send-trustees-a-message-with-video-slideshow/ http://alnotes.com/uab-stadium-supporters-quietly-send-trustees-a-message-with-video-slideshow/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:32 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/uab-stadium-supporters-quietly-send-trustees-a-message-with-video-slideshow/

Supporters attended trustee meeting. Read more from The Birmingham News

]]> http://alnotes.com/uab-stadium-supporters-quietly-send-trustees-a-message-with-video-slideshow/feed/ 0 Plans for new UAH student life center get scaled back http://alnotes.com/plans-for-new-uah-student-life-center-get-scaled-back/ http://alnotes.com/plans-for-new-uah-student-life-center-get-scaled-back/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:28:36 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/plans-for-new-uah-student-life-center-get-scaled-back/

But facility has “sexy look”, according to one trustee.

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Michael Scott Campbell, principal of Centreville High School in Fairfax County, Va., is being brought in following a nationwide search for leaders for the school district.

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MOBILE, Alabama — University of South Alabama Police Chief Zeke Aull is warning women students about date-rape drugs, arming them with cardboard drink coasters that can detect such substances in a drink.

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