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Another laurel for Md. schools
A new report showing Maryland schools now lead the nation in efforts to boost student achievement levels has vindicated the commitment the state made more than a decade ago to adequately fund education and adopt smart policy choices that return the...
Tags: Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Human Interest
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Headlines for Wednesday, June 19, 2013
RAY MANZAREK: Last Recordings Out Today
Less than a month after his death comes a new album from Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Twisted Tales is Manzarek's third album with slide guitar player Roy Rogers came...Tags: Mike Murphy, Ryan Gosling, Manufacturing and Engineering, Fashion Shows, The Flaming Lips (music group)
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A raw, realistic reflection from a first-year Baltimore teacher
As this week marks the end of the school year for Baltimore City schools, I thought I'd share a piece sent to me by a first-year teacher that draws a rather provocative conclusion that many of the district's struggles are fueled by its own low...Tags: Personal Income, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Homer E. Favor, civil rights activist
Dr. Homer Eli Favor, a retired Morgan State University economist who was an original member of the civil rights activist group whose members called themselves the "Goon Squad," died of heart disease Saturday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. A...
Tags: Cherry Hill, Morgan State University, Crime, Law and Justice, Activism, Christianity
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Calexico Unified School District settles teachers' grievance
Staff WriterCALEXICO — An eight-month-old grievance between the Associated Calexico Teachers and the Calexico Unified School District over certain requirements for moving up in the salary schedule was recently settled, a union leader said Thursday. The...Tags: Teaching and Learning
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Wendy Paulson, birder and conservationist
It takes a trained ear to know the call of the grasshopper sparrow. Or a bobolink. Or even a meadowlark. For Wendy Paulson, standing in the grasslands of North Barrington and focusing her telescope on a rare savannah sparrow for all to see, it brings...
Tags: Conservation, Arts and Culture, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues
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Ex-Simi Valley grade school teacher admits to sex with student
A former Simi Valley elementary school teacher has admitted to having a sexual relationship with a male student, authorities said. Malia Brooks, who worked as a sixth-grade teacher at Garden Grove Elementary, pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Teaching and Learning, Punishment
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Internationally known Victoria Schneider leads Mount Dora School of Ballet workshop
MOUNT DORA — Kathryn Wheeler wants the world for her students at the Mount Dora School of Ballet. Wheeler, who founded the school in 2002, has brought internationally known teachers of ballet to Lake to give students a taste of professional ballet...
Tags: Dance, Entertainment, Education, Entertainment Events, Teaching and Learning
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SDSU announces new Plant Science Department head
BROOKINGS - David Wright is the new Plant Science Department Head at South Dakota State University, pending approval of the Board of Regents. "David Wright brings with him extensive industry experience as well as a renewed commitment to relevance and...Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Kansas State University , Biology, Research
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NHS officers slime teachers and principal
The Berlin Brothersvalley High School National Honor Society Chapter wrapped up the school year with an LLS Drive collecting more than $1,800. Sponsored and organized by the NHS and running over a three-week period, students in grades 9 through 12...
Tags: Interior Policy, Lymphoma, Leukemia, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics
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Eastwood faculty and students say goodbye to school
The Eastwood school's librarian, Cheryl Madden, had just finished saying her farewells to the fifth-grade class seated attentively in their dress-up clothes in the front-row seats. She ended with a line from a quote, saying that "one can go backward...
Tags: PTA, Kevin Kamenetz, Dundalk, Teaching and Learning, Students
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CPS to lay off hundreds of teachers from closing schools
Chicago Public Schools said Friday that 663 employees at schools the district is closing, including teachers, teaching assistants and bus aides, don't qualify to follow students to their new schools and will be laid off. The total includes 420 teachers,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Collective Contract, Chicago Public Schools, Unemployment
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