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Virginia House panel OKs pre-Labor Day school openings
A House of Delegates committee has given its overwhelming endorsement to a proposal to repeal a Virginia law that compels schools in tourist areas to open after Labor Day to accommodate hotels and vacation resorts.
Del. Bob Tata's bill, backed by Gov....Tags: School Examinations, Labor Day, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Apodaca: Academic competition partly to blame for cheating
Are we raising a generation of cheaters? By many indications, it would appear so. We hear stories, seemingly on a daily basis, about kids displaying varying levels of academic dishonesty. Just last week, three students at Palos Verdes High School made...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Holly Hunter, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, William Hurt
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Mich. gov. ties school cash to scores
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is tying lots of strings to the extra cash he's offering public schools, universities and communities in next year's budget.
To get a share of the 1 percent increase being offered to K-12 schools in...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation
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Around Town: And second prize is two 7-Eleven stores
Recent local developments have given rise to a new basis for the local slogan (“We're No. 2!”). The slogan is often applied to education, now that LCHS is No. 2 on some, but not all, standardized test results applicable to public secondary...Tags: San Marino, Theft, School Examinations, Bank Robbery, Crime, Law and Justice
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Our View: Funding for Academic Decathlon keeps high achievers in the mix
We enthusiastically agree with an Imperial County Office of Education official who commended local school districts this weekend for keeping the Academic Decathlon funded in such an inhospitable climate of deep cuts to school budgets. It seems as...Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Students
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Are schools focusing too much on PSSA testing?
By KASSIE TRESISE SCTC I don't think that schools are pushing too hard for good scores on the PSSA. I sometimes I think that they don't stress the importance of passing enough. In order to graduate high school, you need to pass from one grade to the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Conservation, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Government
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Stripping the stigma from student homelessness
Jessica Anderson's report on the rising number of homeless students in Maryland highlights a problem that has remained off the radar of many policymakers, school staff and the public ("State's student homeless population doubles," Jan. 22). As advocates,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Social Issues, Academic Progress, Students, Schools
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Senate committee votes to require ultrasounds before abortions
RICHMOND – Women would have to undergo an ultrasound and be offered the results of that procedure before they receive an abortion in Virginia under a bill approved Thursday by the Senate Education and Health Committee.
As a part of the state's...Tags: Social Issues, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Ray Charles, Politics, Mamie E. Locke
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New director has big plans at Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Elaine Tuttle Hansen will never forget stepping into her first college class after years of feeling out of place as a smart kid in her small Massachusetts hometown.
"It was like, 'Oh my God, there are people out there like me,'" she says.
It's a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning, Conservation, Students
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