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The State Board of Education is considering four proposals that would overhaul the law governing charter schools, including one that would shift the cost of tuition to local school systems.
He may be a political newcomer but recently elected Lakota school board member Ben Dibble isn't new to the Butler County school district.
Seven years ago, Cincinnati Public Schools was on the brink of becoming the first school district in the United States to tie all teacher compensation to performance. Contract negotiations will begin soon, and it's impossible to say what might emerge from the talks in the coming months.
Mara Proctor used to design limestone hearths and columns for luxury homes near Kansas City, Mo., drawing on her college education and six years of training.
Laning Avenue School Principal Frank Albano presented a review of the district’s performance in standardized tests for the 2008-09 school year at the Nov. 24 school board meeting.
A woman has been banned from contacting her mum for two years for harassing her on Facebook.
The Windsor Education Foundation kicked off its third annual Christmas Tree Lot fundraiser last week, carting out 300 Douglas and Noble fir trees that will decorate living rooms throughout the community and help pay for programs in public schools.
DILLON - To help the town in its quest to go green, Dillon recently received a grant from the Colorado Municipal League and the Walmart Foundation. It will aid with Dillon's development of a town-wide sustainability strategy. Other towns - Golden, Fowler, Eagle and Steamboat Springs/Routt County - have also received grants from the same initiative. All five small Colorado towns will share a $30 ...
ROXBURY TWP. – An ethics complaint lodged by one school board member against another has resulted in an acquittal of the accused, and a hefty fine for the accuser.
ROXBURY TWP. – More than 500 teachers, supervisors, paraprofessionals, secretaries, custodians and administrators participated in the Roxbury Township Schools Oct. 12 “Professional Development Day.”
The Bristol Township school board plans to name its meeting room "The Edward W. Godin Memorial School Board Meeting Room" tonight.
LONG HILL TWP. – Lori Jones, the assistant principal at Liberty Corner School, Bernards Township and winner of a Governor’s Teacher of the Year award for the 2005-2006 school year, was appointed the new principal of grades K-1 Gillette School and director of curriculum and instruction on a unanimous vote of the Board of Education at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 23.
Those of us who were left feeling a bit unsatisfied with our measly Thanksgiving break can rejoice at the news that Washington University will be overhauling its academic calendar next year. Beginning next fall, the school will give students a full week off from classes for Thanksgiving and remove the fall break entirely.
Despite student concerns, changes to the plus/minus grading system won't be coming through any time soon, members of the Curriculum Committee of the University Council decided Friday. The Student Government Association's proposed change would standardize a grade of C-minus as a passing grade for progression in a major.
Last Chance for Unemployed Workers to Qualify for Tuition Waiver. Bucks County residents who are unemployed may qualify for waived tuition at Bucks County Community College, paying only for fees and books. The final mandatory verification session will be held at noon, December 14, in the Gateway Auditorium on the campus at 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown. Information: 215-968-8030 or www ...
For 21 years, Warren grades K-5 Mount Horeb School teacher Andrea Carroll, left, has organized the Colonial Fair at this time of the year to support the fifth grade social studies curriculum about the colonial period. It is also a way to help students get a better idea of what it was like during a period much closer in time to the first Thanksgiving. The entire fifth grade worked on the project ...
Satisfactory grade Confusing C-minus policy should be standardized across all majors The Red and Black editorial board encourages the Curriculum Committee to take a serious look at SGA's proposal's to make C-minus a passing grade throughout the University.
Social media giant Facebook is quickly becoming an addictive form of communication for local users, young and old.
Nhan Dan – Can Tho, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Hanoi and Hai Phong cities were selected to implement the pilot programme on teaching English to third graders for the 2010 – 2011 school year.
A 16-year-old Maumelle boy could have faced criminal rape charges had he been two months older after police investigated an allegation of forced sex at Academics Plus Charter School.
MADISON - Madison High School’s Class of 2007 remembered one of its own on Friday, Nov. 27, the morning after Thanksgiving, as hundreds of friends and former classmates of Ben Wieler turned out to take part in a memorial scholarship soccer tournament at the high school to honor the 20-year-old who died in September.
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