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Crews race to find tornado survivors; 'We will rebuild,' vows Okla. governor
Associated PressEmergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those...Tags: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Teaching and Learning, Students, Human Interest, Janet Napolitano
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Mail Call - May 20
“I don’t understand how the judicial system works, when someone is arrested for drunken driving and kills a female passenger that was in the car, and gets six months probation — and then someone gets 14 months in jail for robbery....Tags: Gun Control, Teaching and Learning, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, Students, Politics
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: Washington, DC, Teaching and Learning, Holidays, Heart Attack, Colleges and Universities
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Washington County schools employee dress code might be left to staff to create
julieg@herald-mail.comThe possibility of a dress code policy for Washington County Public Schools employees recently was discussed by some school board members, but the issue might be addressed without creating a formal policy, the chairwoman of the school board’s Policy...Tags: Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, Work Rules Contract Issues, Employees, Education
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Retired art teacher's work shines on 'Sunday Morning'
janeth@herald-mail.comMichael “Mike” Gouker of Hagerstown has known since his early years that art would be a part of his life. “Art was the thing growing up that I could do the best. It was my interest. I told my sixth-grade teacher I wanted to teach art,&...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Annapolis, Charles Osgood, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Washington County Public Schools salary talks go public
julieg@herald-mail.comTwo officials representing Washington County Public Schools teachers took negotiations for raises public Tuesday, asking the Board of Education to reconsider the school system’s pay increase offer. The school system has offered a step increase,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Education
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Author Judy S. Walter looks to inform youth about Holocaust
Name: Judy S. Walter City in which you reside: Chambersburg, Pa. Day job: Retired teacher Book title: "Nightmare in Europe" Genre: Historical nonfiction Short synopsis of book: "Nightmare in Europe" is a concise, easy-to-understand book about the...
Tags: Washington, DC, Teaching and Learning, Literature, Students, Religion and Belief
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Washington County Public Schools Education Foundation distributes $5,923 in minigrants
julieg@herald-mail.comBrian Ansel and Kris Pearl thought they were going to spend Tuesday morning observing and helping another teacher work with her students at Bester Elementary School, but the pair was surprised when a group of people walked into the classroom with...Tags: Authors, Toys, Teaching and Learning, Engineering, Science and Technology
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Morgan County special levy up for renewal
trishr@herald-mail.comThe Morgan County Board of Education will learn through a special election on May 11 whether it will continue to receive excess or special levy funding to help supplement the county schools. The special levy began 55 years ago and has been approved by...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Judges, Elections, Local Elections, Justice System
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New chancellor named at Penn State Mont Alto
Francis K. Achampong, currently the chancellor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has been named the next chancellor of Penn State Mont Alto, effective Aug. 1. Achampong succeeds David Gnage, who announced last fall that he would retire at the...
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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Washington, DC, China Earthquake (2010), Teaching and Learning, Public Schools, Japan
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