Delivering the final policy speech of his administration, President Bush yesterday heralded his landmark education law and said it should not be watered down after he leaves office.

WATERLOO --- The Waterloo Board of Education recently welcomed these businesses into the Partners in Education program:

OKLAHOMA CITY -- No challenges were filed within a 10-day protest period, insuring a statewide vote on the Oklahoma Education Association's petition to increase school funding by $850 million a year.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico has received an overall C-plus from Education Week in its annual education report card. The state now ranks 22nd in the nation, up from 30th last year.

Apollo Group rose $9.79 or 12.7 percent, to $87.01. Career Education rose $1.99 or 11.2 percent, to $19.80.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 9 (Bernama) -- Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he would ensure that the good efforts done by his deputy, Datuk Razali Ismail in Terengganu would be continued.

Delivering one final policy speech, President George W. Bush defended his signature education law on Thursday and warned that it should not be weakened when he leaves office because it has "forever changed America's school systems."

MADISON, Wis. -- A task force has released its recommendations for improving arts education and creativity in Wisconsin.