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Montgomery's public Montessori school seeks financial stabilityWashington PostAt Crossway Community Montessori School, on a typical morning, adults greet little ones with handshakes. Children covered in aprons wipe down tables, wringing soapy yellow sponges. And students working with mathematical models move to the next ... |
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Car won't start but Johnson still wows school kidsYahoo! SportsThere's such a void in public schools right now and we're just happy to make a difference. I love kids. It makes me smile from the inside out when I'm around kids, even at the race track or here at the school. They're so innocent, so honest, and I'm ...and more » |
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NYU Affair Illustrates Risk of School VenturesWall Street JournalNo evidence has been made public to back up Mr. Chen's suggestion—denied by NYU—that the school came under pressure from Chinese officials over NYU Shanghai, the first fully-fledged U.S.-run university in China. Many costs, including tuition for some ... |
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Elmhurst flood plan at school sites questionedChicago TribuneElmhurst officials took their flood mitigation show on the road last week, starting with a presentation to Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 board members, staff and residents. City officials have laid out preliminary proposals to use open ...and more » |
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US News Releases 2013 Best High Schools for STEM RankingsU.S. News & World ReportEarly exposure to those subjects is key to preparing high school graduates to eventually fill the millions of jobs waiting for technically skilled workers. The U.S. News 2013 Best High Schools for STEM rankings, released today, identify public high ... |
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New members appointed to city school boardBaltimore SunThree new members were appointed to the Baltimore City school board, Gov. Martin O'Malley and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Tuesday. In a release, the officials announced that Cheryl A. Casciani will begin July 1, and Anthony A. Hamilton ...and more » |
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Making the Most of B-SchoolBusinessweekTwo years in one's life, which is the typical length of a full-time MBA program, go by pretty quickly. How do you find time for attending classes, networking, finding a dream job, eating and sleeping, and metaphorically finding yourself without missing ...and more » |
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Central Valley man charged with Peninsula school burglarySan Jose Mercury NewsREDWOOD CITY -- A Central Valley man is charged with breaking into a San Bruno school where $40,000 in laptop computers were stolen in March after police found his blood there, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Christopher Blue, 24, of Hanford, pleaded not ...and more » |
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Bethlehem accepts grant for charter school over district's objectionsThe Express Times - LehighValleyLive.comState redevelopment capital assistance program grants are supposed to expand tax bases and create jobs, and the planned new charter school does neither, Bethlehem Area School Board President Michael Faccinetto said. The new school will allow the ... |
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Pines, charter school teachers reach dealSun-SentinelMore than 300 teachers won't be losing their jobs and parents and students don't have to fear that the day-to-day operations of the city's charter system will be privatized — at least for another two years. A heated three-hour long emergency meeting ...and more » |
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Hartford Board Rejects Contract Extension For KishimotoHartford CourantThe school board Tuesday night rejected Superintendent Christina Kishimoto's request for a two-year contract extension that would have kept her in charge of Hartford's education reform efforts through mid-2016. Mayor Pedro Segarra said that he was ...and more » |
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State superintendent wants schools to avoid half-daysKING5.comWashington state's school superintendent says he opposes the expansion of half-days on school calendars and wants lawmakers to act next year to give his office the authority to curb them. “Just because the adults have the problem of not having enough ... |
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Reynoldsburg school board approves 1% bonusColumbus DispatchReynoldsburg teachers, nurses, guidance counselors and other certified staff members will get 1 percent bonuses for the 2013-14 school year. The school board approved the agreement for the bonuses with the Reynoldsburg Education Association by a 4-1 ... |
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Ladue council OKs addition at Community SchoolSuburbanJournalsLADUE • The Community School in Ladue is set to break ground this summer for a new performing arts building addition that's expected to be completed in time for the school's centennial celebrations next spring. The Ladue City Council on Monday night ... |
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Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at SchoolThe AtlanticThis year's end-of-year paper purge in my middle school office revealed a startling pattern in my teaching practices: I discipline boys far more often than I discipline girls. Flipping through the pink and yellow slips--my school's system for ... |
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Newton School Committee makes cuts to student feesBoston.comThe Newton School Committee voted unanimously Monday night to eliminate or reduce a slew of student activity fees, saying the steep cost of admission can sometimes prove the difference between a child trying something new and taking a pass. “I would ... |
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Bad ConnectionSlate MagazineIf you visit one of the public schools in Mooresville, N.C., you can get a glimpse into what the classroom of tomorrow might look like. A high-speed broadband network, personalized software, and laptops for every student allow each member of the class ... |
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Program offers free meals to school-age kidsContra Costa TimesPITTSBURG -- Free lunches are again available this summer to school-age youth under a program sponsored by the Pittsburg Unified School District. Not only nutritious lunches, but a healthy breakfast and snacks are included in the fifth annual summer ...and more » |
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Brentwood: Mary Casey Black Elementary School opens July 30Contra Costa TimesLiz Vbarra, left, the principal of Mary Casey Black Elementary School in Brentwood, talks with the school librarian Rosie Camacho about the new library and the school which will finally open July 30th in Brentwood, Calif., on Thursday June 6, 2013. |
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Filler: The school year's prolonged fade into summerNewsdayLike lots of parents, my wife and I get thrown off annually by a cursory look at the district calendar in September that tells us the school year ends, in this case, on Friday, June 21. So many moms and dads think, "We really don't have to worry about ... |
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