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2012/05/23 10:14
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NEENAH — SCA, a global hygiene and paper company, will award $25,000 in Environmental Education Grants to K-12 schools where it has operations in North America, including Neenah-Menasha. As part of...
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2012/05/23 09:25
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Romney continues to support the federal accountability standards in the law, however. And he has said the student testing, charter-school incentives and teacher evaluation standards of Obama's "Race...
2012/05/23 08:41
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Smartbox to create 70 Dublin jobs Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 08:56 AM Europe's leading producers of gift vouchers and rewards is creating up to 70 new jobs in Dublin. Recruiting is already underway...
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2012/05/23 08:19
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This isn’t the first time that Booker has sided with Republicans over the leader of his own party. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, jokes with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie during in 2011. (Julio...
2012/05/23 08:00
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After months of discussion as to which schools would participate in the statewide voucher program, three Caddo schools will open their doors to low-income students beginning next year. Evangel...
2012/05/23 07:15
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City parents desperate to give their children the best education available are storming the doors of charter schools — but nearly 53,000 heartbroken kids will be left out in the cold. Savvy moms and...
2012/05/23 07:13
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Munford Middle School is as much like a National Park Service field office as it is like a place of learning. Rustic wood siding covers the school’s façade. Faux stalagmites rise from the entrance,...
2012/05/23 06:58
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Juliet Victoria Rucker, 18, of Bakersfield, celebrates graduating from California Virtual Academies, an online K-12 charter school, Tuesday, at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. The school has more...
2012/05/23 06:39
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Baton Rouge-area private and parochial schools have offered more than 1,100 seats for students who hope to escape troubled public schools using state vouchers, officials said Tuesday. The aid, which...
2012/05/23 06:26
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Priority is given to students in D and F schools. Parents also can apply for students who will be entering kindergarten in the fall if they meet the income requirements, which limit the program to...
2012/05/23 06:26
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The Monroe City School Board will consider charter school applications by the Neville Alumni and Friends Association and Tab N Action, a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk youth, at a...
2012/05/23 06:22
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Glenn Young is an American government and geography teacher at St. Mary’s High School who has been teaching for 38 years. He has held a variety of positions over the years at the Independence Catholic...
2012/05/23 06:17
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Parents unhappy with District 51 budget proposals As a member of local parent group Save Our Students, Sarah Shrader wanted to keep as many District 51 budget cuts as possible from affecting her...
2012/05/23 05:51
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The commission planning the transition to a merged city-county school system gave the unified school board a brief introduction Tuesday to what it has in mind. The Transition Planning Commission will...
2012/05/23 05:46
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Legislation that would authorize the spending of $3.4 billion for public schools moved near final approval Tuesday despite claims that the proposal is seriously flawed. The state House Education...
2012/05/23 05:44
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CHULA VISTA — The Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School is adding a ninth grade, making it the first institution in the Chula Vista Elementary School District to step into the high school...
2012/05/23 05:23
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North Carolina lawmakers this week will introduce legislation that would let corporations send up to $40 million of their state taxes next year to a program that would give low-income children up to...
2012/05/23 05:15
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The votes are in — and it’s a landslide win for charter schools, and for students. A record number of students last month applied for the far-too-few open seats available by lottery at local charter...
2012/05/23 04:25
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Pieces of the Governor's education reform plan are beginning to take effect. The voucher scholarship program which would allow students to leave failing schools to go to private schools has...
2012/05/23 03:28
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A group of parents is defying the state Department of Education by refusing to submit their children to the state mandated I-STEP test. The move is testing the boundaries of state law and putting one...