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All condemn pending budget cuts, spread blame
The Associated PressThe White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who’s to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week’s end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and...Tags: U.S. Congress, Abraham Lincoln, NBC (tv network), Air Transportation Delays, Personal Income
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John Bailey: A waste or a threat to status quo?
Technology has led to an unprecedented around-the-clock access to information and technology at our fingertips. The digital age unfolding before us daily has changed the way we live and work, and has touched every industry from banking to healthcare to...Tags: Students, Executive Branch, Government, John Bailey, Democratic Party
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N.C. votes on constitutional ban on gay marriage
Associated PressThe national debate over gay marriage focused Tuesday on North Carolina, as voters decided whether to make it the 30th state to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. In the final days before the vote,...Tags: Elections, Jim Bakker, Same-Sex Marriage, Primaries, Joe Biden
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Chambersburg, Middletown schools among first-ever Green Ribbon Schools
Schools in Chambersburg, Pa., and Middletown, Md., are among 78 schools nationwide that have been designated Green Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Area schools honored were Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School in Chambersburg and Lucy...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Human Interest, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Students
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Md. eligible for $50M in 'Race to the Top' early childhood funds
Maryland is among nine states receiving $500 million in federal grants to improve early childhood programs.
Bill Reinhard, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Education, says the state is eligible for $50 million of the Race to the Top funding...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Head Start, Poverty, Personal Income, Early Learning
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Some schools missed Adequate Yearly Progress by a handful of students
julieg@herald-mail.comAlthough 17 Washington County elementary and middle schools failed to meet state proficiency standards in at least one area in the past school year, Assistant Superintendent Donna Hanlin said individual students and groups or grades of students made...Tags: Elections, Examinations, Schools, Science and Technology, Washington (U.S. state)
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Franklin Co. schools work to improve scores on state tests
waynesboro@herald-mail.comFranklin County, Pa., public schools are working to improve students’ performance on state exams as they approach a requirement that all students test at grade level by 2014. PSSA exams are administered to 2.6 million students across the state each...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Colleges and Universities, Examinations, Concerts, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Support for Paterno eroding, says high-ranking Penn State official
Associated PressCoach Joe Paterno is fighting for his job amid "eroding" support from Penn State's board of trustees and a widening sex-abuse scandal and possible cover-up centered on former assistant and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky. Paterno's regularly...Tags: Football, College Football, Jack Ham, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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State Hopes To Avoid 'Double-Testing' Students In Coming Year
The Hartford CourantThe state plans to take steps to avoid "double-testing" students next year while it transitions from the Connecticut Mastery Test to a new computerized test called "Smarter Balanced." The move comes as a result of a letter issued Tuesday by U.S....Tags: Students, Standardized Testing, Education, School Examinations, West Hartford
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Arne Duncan tells Hampton University audience to continue push for education
While black students in the U.S. are graduating high school and enrolling in college in higher numbers than in previous years, community members must continue to push more children toward attaining an education to be globally competitive, U.S. Secretary...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Social Sciences, High Schools, Schools
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In Fenger, art builds community
The urge to create is as old as the human race, as ancient as the day someone felt the urge to draw colorful lines across bodies and faces or, more permanently, paint on or carve into the walls of a cave. This sort of self-expression reaches a natural, if...
Tags: Students, Arts, Old Town (Chicago, Illinois), Lockport, Derrion Albert
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