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Education News  MUSC to handle cuts with furloughsThe Medical University of South Carolina said Monday that 1,200 of its 5,000 employees will be furloughed for four days to help absorb the nearly $17 million shortfall in state appropriations. A "handful" of employees will be laid off in departments that could not make reductions any other way, MUSC President Ray Greenberg said. The number of positions terminated will be about 10, Greenberg indicated, and the majority of those will be temporary employees. Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Childish approachOne of the most painfully funny sights I see most mornings is a fat little boy in a smart starched uniform waddling past my house to his school followed by a ragged child, smaller and much thinner than him, carrying his bag of books and flask of drinking water. Board of Secondary Education hopes to alleviate. Exams chief calls for earlier A-level results to help appealsCurrent 10 day appeal turnaround 'often not quick enough' for university admissions timetable Parents plead for lessons on homeworkAdults feel unable to help children because they are baffled by some modern teaching methods Letters: Don't destroy our children's innocenceThe big issue:What could possess a responsible adult to want to talk sex with a four-year-old? Britain's first live-in school for fat pupilsOverweight children will learn dieting tips as well as the three Rs at a new private boarding facility Radical Islam gains ground in campusesControversial study by think-tank reveals extent of homophobia, misogyny and commitment to religious war Teacher training courses take on 'risky' studentsUniversities with teacher training courses are taking on "risky" students in shortage subjects to fill their quotas, researchers claim Heads criticise National Challenge scheme to help failing secondary schoolsGovernment plans to improve more than 600 under-performing secondary schools have backfired, say headteacher As hurdle Left gone, Arjun welcomes foreign varsitiesNew Delhi: Within a fortnight of Left Fronts withdrawal of support from the UPA, Union Minis...
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