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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is getting another magnet school. The District 191 School Board on Thursday, Nov. 19, approved a new Gifted and Talented Magnet Program at Eagle Ridge Junior High in Savage.
MUSCATINE, Iowa — When Pat Carroll found herself a single mother, with five of her 11 children still living at home, she remained determined to see to it that they received a college education.
DEARBORN HEIGHTS -- The Crestwood Board of Education welcomed a new member to its ranks Monday night – selecting Kevin Sauve to be its newest member.
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A newly elected member of the McDonald school board is headed to court on a drunk driving charge. Jack Dugan Jr. was charged with leaving the scene of an accident Thanksgiving day. Dugan allegedly drove a car into a utility pole on Oregon Avenue in McDonald and then left. The car was later found parked in a driveway on Florida Avenue. Dugan is scheduled to appear in Niles court this Tuesday.
By: Briana Bierschbach Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak plans to kick off his run for governor of Minnesota in Dinkytown. The recently reelected mayor announced via Facebook that he will officially launch his campaign for the state’s top spot on Sunday, Dec. 6th at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown. In early November, Rybak filed paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure ...
Reading – Last night the School Committee witnessed the presentation of two bi-annual reports – one from the Reading Public Schools Food Service Department presented by Kristin Morello, Director of Food Services, and the other a Maintenance and Facilities Update presented by Joe Huggins, Director of Facilities.
For Laguna College of Art and Design senior Mallory Rose, dreams of pursuing her passion for drawing and painting became a reality unexpectedly, when she received a generous donation from a high school classmate’s family to attend art school.
NASHVILLE-School board members from across the state gathered in Nashville Nov. 15-17 for the 72nd Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) Annual Convention to share best practices, discuss changes in public education, and explore ways to improve Tennessee public schools.
ELLISVILLE – Nontraditional students seeking an education at Jones County Junior College will have a little help from the Jones County Supervisors. They recently presented the JCJC Foundation with a $250,000 scholarship endowment.
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Fare for the Holmen School Board’s pre-Thanksgiving meeting was light, and so was attendance with three members excused.
This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, left, with Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into ...
Nevada School Board members were very appreciative of Nevada’s teachers and their representative union organization, the Nevada Community Education Association (NCEA), for agreeing to two furlough days during this school year to help the school district get through the budget crisis it is facing.
Beginning next school year, all Mt. Prospect Elementary School Dist. 57 first graders will be housed at Westbrook School to alleviate overcrowding at Fairview and Lions Park schools.
Dear Editor: Kudos to Dave Zweifel on his Nov. 25 “citizenship” column pointing out the lack of civics education in our public schools. The problem is not unique to just Madison or other Wisconsin schools. If you ever watched one of Jay Leno’s “man on the street” interviews, you saw some pretty entertaining answers to his questions. When the subject was American government (current or historical ...
By Jeanne Marcello Staff Reporter MONTROSE – Carter Elementary School Principal Pete Carey and Dean of Students Rhonda Barber presented a tagteam report about the elementary school’s administrative structure and new early intervention program to the Montrose Community Schools Curriculum and Technology Committee on Tuesday, Nov. 24. read more
By Jeanne Marcello Staff Reporter CHESANING – Big Rock Elementary School Parent Brian Lewis approached the Chesaning Union School Board about his concerns regarding the interaction of school children with the contractors working on Big Rock Elementary School. Lewis said he was told that the contractors have not had screening verification checks. read more
By Jeanne Marcello Staff Reporter MONTROSE – During the Nov. 25 meeting of the Montrose Community Schools Curriculum and Technology Committee, Kuehn-Haven Middle School Principal Edward Graham proposes to enable eighth grade middle school students to earn high school credits for Algebra I and Earth Science courses. read more
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SHIAWASSEE COUNTY - As the decade nears its end, social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter have shown that they not only have staying power, but that they have revolutionized how people interact.
Title I Monitor has a roundtable with a lot of useful perspective ...
Social entrepreneur Alan Khazei is gaining momentum in the MA Senate ...
Today’s speech and announcement by New York Mayor Bloomberg ...
Well, probably not in these edujobs at Tennessee Score , the EAO ...
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