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Three US Public High Schools Win Sustainable Energy AwardMarketWatch (press release)Boston Latin School, Boston, Mass. Secondary Academy for Success, Bothell, Wash. Selected by a panel of judges following a nationwide search, the schools demonstrated a school-wide effort to achieve energy savings through the creative and innovative ...and more » |
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Archdiocese pushes for school vouchersPhiladelphia InquirerBy Rita Giordano Patrick McCann, a Roman Catholic High junior, asks for action on school-voucher legislation at St. Monica Church. AKIRA SUWA / Staff Photographer Hundreds of students, as well as parents and teachers, addressed Roman Catholic Masses ...and more » |
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California teens eat fewer calories in schoolFox NewsHigh school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study. "We were definitely pleased by the size of the differences, ...and more » |
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School Kids Urge Crayola to Rethink RecyclingABC NewsA group of California grade school students wants Crayola to start a recycling program for spent plastic markers, but the company doesn't appear ready to make such a move. About 40 students at Sun Valley elementary school in San Rafael, Calif., ...and more » |
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Teachers much make the grade in charter schoolsWashington PostMost parents know who are the great teachers in their schools and who are the teachers to avoid. So on one level the resistance to evaluating teachers more systematically, rewarding good ones and encouraging bad ones to leave, is puzzling.and more » |
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Exclu: Kerrey's New School compensation for FY 2011: 3 millionPolitico (blog)By MAGGIE HABERMAN | Bob Kerrey, who stepped down from his position as head of the New School in December 2010 but was named president emeritus soon after, eceived more than $3 million in compensation during that period, according to the school's 990 ... |
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Back To School, Despite Sudanese ViolenceNPRby Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Students like those of Good Hope Basic Primary School in South Sudan are still catching up nearly a year after independence from Sudan. Students like those of Good Hope Basic Primary School in South Sudan are still catching up ...and more » |
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Day school security guard to face rape chargesJewish Telegraphic AgencySYDNEY, Australia (JTA) -- An Orthodox Jewish man who worked as a security guard at a Jewish boys' school in Melbourne was committed to stand trial on charges of sexually abusing children. In the Melbourne Magistrates' Court Monday, magistrate Luisa ...and more » |
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New Challenge Index: Why do private schools hide data?Washington Post (blog)So why do so many private schools these days treat me like a loathsome intruder? They don't actually say they wish I would drop dead, but it is clear that they don't want to hear from me. I am asking them for information — how many graduates and ...and more » |
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CUP: Johnson Flexes Muscles, Old-School StyleFox NewsThis just in: Jimmie Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus, team owner Rick Hendrick and the rest of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team are back. And they are back in a huge way. Over the course of the last eight days, Johnson & Co. have stepped up their ...and more » |
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Thousands to rally Wednesday against school cutsPhiladelphia InquirerBy WIlliam Bender But the blue-collar union that represents nearly 3000 bus drivers, janitors and other Philadelphia school employees is planning a large rally Wednesday in Center City to protest mass layoffs and attempts to privatize public education.and more » |
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The wild world of high school sports recruitingWXIA-TVHigh school sports have always been a big deal. But it used to be, players ... For the first time since she contracted flesh eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland ... The girlfriend of a hit-and-run vicitim is in police custody after she was .and more » |
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BC Doukhobors want apology for residential schoolsCTV.caThey were housed with nearly 200 others in a residential school in New Denver, BC, all children of a radical sect of Russian immigrants known as the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors. Similar to the better-known stories of aboriginals forced into residential ...and more » |
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He has to move for grad schoolBoston.com (blog)Boyfriend has worked very hard, and he just got accepted to graduate school. He's elated. I'm proud of him. But the downside is that he has to move to a new city for two years. We will soon be shifting from inseparable to a long-distance relationship. |
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Snow Days in June? Check Your Local ListingsNew York TimesBy Mary Ann Giordano Note to public school parents: Adjust your calendars. Though the rains keep coming this spring, the winter was a mild one, and in many schools, two snow days that were never used are being given back to students at the end of June. |
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La Houguette Primary School 'not in danger of closing'BBC NewsA primary school is not in danger of closing after deciding to run just one reception class, Guernsey's Education Department has said. Previously La Houguette School, in St Pierre du Bois, has run two classes, but from September will reduce its intake ... |
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$13 million to repair Taylor Primary SchoolABC OnlineThe Taylor Primary School site at Kambah is expected to remain closed until the beginning of the 2014 school year because of structural damage to the buildings. In mid March a engineer found that wooden frames in the 40 year old school building had ...and more » |
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Busing Isn't the Answer, Choice IsNew York TimesTerry L. Stoops is the director of education studies at the John Locke Foundation, a public policy organization based in Raleigh, NC About a decade ago, North Carolina's two largest school districts launched something akin to a natural experiment in ...and more » |
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