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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.
WOODBINE -- With the Dec. 8 school referendum nearing, on Nov. 21, the mayor, borough council and school board jointly announced an agreement between all parties to revise the project’s scope in order to secure voters’ support.
Manville student Derek Sanchez was among the 38 Raritan Valley Community College students awarded a Galileo Scholarship for the 2009-2010 school year.
Bigfork teachers are making headway on a curriculum realignment process that will span the school year, they told Bigfork School board members last week.
You might say LaTonya Waller is on a winning streak. After earning an R.E.B. Award for Teaching Excellence this month—an honor that comes with a $10,000 reward she’ll use toward a research trip to Hawaii and Iceland—Waller was chosen Thursday night as Richmond Public Schools’ 2010 Teacher of the Year. Waller teaches earth and life sciences at Lucille Brown Middle School, coaches the Mind Games ...
Polk County public schools will be closed next week for Thanksgiving vacation. Classes will resume Nov. 30. The next school break will be for the winter holidays. Schools will be out from Dec. 21 through Jan. 4, with classes resuming Jan. 5.
A PROPOSED CHARTER school that could open next year in Camden would aim to increase the local school system's graduation rate. (Tribune & Georgian file photo)
Relations between charter schools and Metro administrators used to be distant and chilly, but now some charter leaders are wondering if attempts to improve the bond have made it too close for comfort.
WAYCROSS - Parents and students from Ware Magnet school are determined that the four votes by school board members to close the school will not be the final word. After the 4-1 vote for the closure Tuesday night, adults and students alike left chanting "It's not over." A day later, they had not changed their minds on keeping the highly ranked school open. Board member Barry Deas, who cast ...
Associated Press - November 20, 2009 6:54 PM ET LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Student loan company Nelnet Inc. says it plans to hire more than 250 people to expand its Lincoln work force.
Northville Public Schools has issued a suspicious person alert after an eighth-grader was approached by a man with a Jones soda Thursday afternoon.
The South Routt School Board is bracing for cuts, but thanks to federal money, board members said they also are hopeful that grant funding will be available in the coming year.
The current Pennsbury School Board on Nov. 12 discussed whether to direct the administration to develop an early preliminary budget with the intent to start working toward a 2.9-mill increase or zero tax increase in the 2010-2011 budget.
Iske receives UN-L scholarship Cayla J. Iske of Springfield recently received the Nebraska Farm Bureau Scholarship worth $1,000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Iske is a freshman working toward a major in animal science at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). She is a graduate of Platteview High School.
Students returned to class at School Lane Charter School in Bensalem Thursday, a day after they had been evacuated as a precaution from the school because of a nearby natural gas leak, officials said.
The Keokuk School Board is wrestling with adopting annual goals for itself. Six potential goals were brainstormed by the board and administrators after a survey.
Lampeter-Strasburg school board members agreed to borrow more than $30 million during a Nov. 16 meeting, with the option of having access to $1.5 million more.The borrowing came in two separate decisions.The first approval was for a 2009 general obligation note, including a principal totaling $14,58...
The Sausalito Marin City School District Board of Trustees will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss a class size reduction this school year.
Union Parish School Superintendent Steve Dozier said the district will add D'Arbonne Woods Charter School as a defendant in its pending lawsuit against state education entities and officials.
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The Santa Rosa school board will meet tonight to continue ongoing debate over a list of $5.6 million in potential cuts. On the list of potential cuts to the district's $88.2 million unrestricted general fund budget are closing schools, shortening the school year, cutting librarian positions and increasing class sizes.
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.
This CA withholding ruling (pdf) is potentially a big deal. ...
David Whitman writes speeches for Arne Duncan at the Department ...
Sawchuk writes-up the Gates “deep dive” sites. ...
In the WaPo Michael Alison Chandler takes a look a portfolio assessments ...
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