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Allan Powell: Do we really need a charter school?
On Sunday, Jan. 6, The Herald-Mail reported a request by several citizens to the Board of Education to consider the approval of what would be our first charter school. This, in effect, is a request for a parallel system with a traditional school system...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Students, Washington, DC
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W.Va. briefs
Free mulch offered to residents of Berkeley Co. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority is offering free mulch to Berkeley County residents during the holiday season. Clint Hogbin, an official with the Berkeley County...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, High Schools, Chestertown, Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Americans Roth, Shapley win Nobel economics prize
Associated PressTwo American scholars were awarded the Nobel economics prize on Monday for studies on the match-making that takes place when doctors are coupled up with hospitals, students with schools and human organs with transplant recipients. The work of Alvin Roth...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Alfred Nobel, Students, The Associated Press
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Sally Ride, first U.S. woman in space, dies at 61
Associated Press Science WritersSpace used to be a man’s world. Then came Sally Ride, who blazed a cosmic trail for U.S. women into orbit. With a pitch-perfect name out of a pop song refrain, she joined the select club of American space heroes the public knew by heart: Shepard,...Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Space Programs, Air Transportation Delays, Barack Obama, Rocketry
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A possible solution to the government pension problem
Are government workers overpaid or underpaid? That question is behind the fight now being waged in state capitals as several governors push for cuts in public employees’ retirement benefits. But new research suggests that the question is misframed:...Tags: Illinois, Unions, Washington County (Maryland), Career and Workplace, Retirement
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North Hagerstown High awards IB diplomas, citations
North Hagerstown High School awarded 28 International Baccalaureate diplomas and certificates Dec. 20. The recipients of IB diplomas and their current colleges are: Shaina Alvarez (Hood College), Laura Bell (University of Maryland), Madison Bondoc...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), High School Sports, Bowie, Colleges and Universities, Washington County (Maryland)
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Anchee Min's American story
When I started reading Anchee Min's latest memoir, "The Cooked Seed," I presumed there would be many commonalities between her life journey in America and mine. We both emigrated from Shanghai — Min came over to the United States as a student in...Tags: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Arts and Culture, The Home Depot, Chicago Public Library, Immigration
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Critic questions air-regulator's doctorates
A critic of the region's air-quality agency is questioning the academic credentials of a board member empowered to vote on the fate of the fire rings in Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. Clark E. Parker, who sits on the South Coast Air Quality...Tags: Science, Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues, University of California, Los Angeles
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School reform doesn't work
In their commentary ("Six steps for post-Alonso school reform," May 14), Thomas Wilcox, Diane Bell-McKoy and Laura Gamble use many lofty and idealistic sounding words to promote their vision. However, it bears noting that education "reformers" are well-...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Charity, Students, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Education
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Starbucks Corp., Viral Diseases and Infections, Biotechnology Industry, Genetic Condition
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California frogs once used for pregnancy tests carry deadly fungus
Frogs that were imported for pregnancy tests and set loose in California carry a deadly fungus responsible for wiping out vast numbers of amphibians worldwide, scientists have found. Populations of African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) have thrived...
Tags: Science, Ecosystems, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Biology
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