Arizona Technology Council Calls for Nominations for the 2010 CIO of the Year Awards (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:00 -0500

PHOENIX----The Arizona Technology Council today announced a call for nominations for its second annual CIO of the Year Awards. Scheduled to be presented on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at the Phoenix Convention Center as part of the Council’s fourth annual Arizona Business & Information Technology Expo, these awards will honor individual Arizona technology executives from industry, non-profit ...

Study Predicts Half of Physician Continuing Education Will Be Online by 2016 (redOrbit)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:23 -0500

TUCSON, Ariz., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- If current trends in the use of online education continue, 50% of continuing medical education (CME) used by physicians will be delivered via the Internet in 2016.

Study Predicts Half of Physician Continuing Education Will Be Online by 2016 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:09:00 -0500

If current trends in the use of online education continue, 50% of continuing medical education used by physicians will be delivered via the Internet in 2016. This would represent a dramatic increase over the 9% of CME delivered via the Internet in 2008.

K-State's elementary education program receives national honor (EurekAlert!)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:19:32 -0500

( Kansas State University ) Kansas State University's bachelor's degree program in elementary education is being honored with the 2010 Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators.

Arizona secretary of state visits Gila Valley (Eastern Arizona Courier)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:13:42 -0500

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett presented six county employees with election certifications during the Graham County Board of Supervisors meeting Mon-day.

Panel: Education key to attract business (The Yuma Sun)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:44:48 -0500

What is important to Yuma business expansion is not merely increasing education funding but convincing residents of the importance of education says a keynote speaker for the Yuma and Business Education Council.

Legislators may slash education further if tax hike fails (The Yuma Sun)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:59:43 -0500

PHOENIX — Arizona could owe the federal government almost as much money as a proposed sales tax hike would raise if voters reject it. A contingency plan for what would have to be cut if the one-cent levy fails at the ballot proposes to slash nearly $428.6 million in aid to education.

Key points of Arizona budget plan (FOX 11 Tucson)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:19 -0500

Highlights of legislative Republicans' budget-balancing plan, which is largely modeled on Gov. Jan Brewer's January budget proposal' EDUCATION - Spending cuts include returning state funding for kindergarten to half-days to save $218.3 million. The change erases a major policy initiative of former Gov. Janet Napolitano. HEALTH CARE - Authorize Brewer's administration to change Arizona Health ...

Arizona conditional cuts would target education (KTVK 3TV Phoenix)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:39:09 -0500

PHOENIX (AP) — Conditional budget cuts that would be implemented if Arizona voters reject a temporary sales tax increase would reduce spending across state government. But Republican legislators' budget plan would place most of the $867 million of conditional cuts on education, particularly K-12 schools. Including universities and community colleges, cuts for education would total $550 million ...

Arizona conditional cuts would target education (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:17:39 -0500

PHOENIX (AP) - Conditional budget cuts that would be implemented if Arizona voters reject a temporary sales tax increase would reduce spending across state government.