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We need to move education forward, not back
It's not just about the reading, writing and arithmetic. We send our children to school each day so they learn a variety of skills beyond those that just meet graduation requirements. Students need skills that will allow them to be successful no matter...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Employment Opportunities, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Students
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Learning foreign language has advantages outside Martinsville High School classrooms
WDBJ7 ReporterThursday, Ana Santiago, a native Spanish speaker, showed her English speaking friends how to bargain. "We're mostly making a traditional Mexican or Hispanic culture Market," Santiago said. Martinsville High School called Thursday, Dia de Mercado, or...Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Henry County, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Students
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Three Danville High students qualify for national speech tournament
Danville High School qualified three students to compete at the grand national speech and debate tournament of the National Forensic League, which will be held June 17-21 in Birmingham, Ala. The event, the largest academic competition in the world,...
Tags: Brent Spiner, High School Sports, U.S. Congress, Oprah Winfrey, Awards and Prizes
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D303 candidates debate how to set priorities
When voters in St. Charles District 303 pick which of eight candidates will fill the four open seats in the April 9 election, they also may decide on how information from parents is interpreted. Currently the practice is to hold "Summit 303," a series...
Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Finance, Arts and Culture
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Glenridge Middle teacher to retire after 45-year-career
Sentinel School ZoneIn 45 years at Glenridge Middle School, Judy Lister has taught physical education, computers, creative writing and language arts. She taught language arts and history on a team working with at-risk eighth-graders, mentored beginning teachers,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Arts and Culture, Education
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Leon Leyson dies at 83; youngest survivor on Schindler's List
Among the 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler was an emaciated 13-year-old boy named Leon Leyson, who had to stand on a box to reach the machinery in the Krakow factory where Schindler sheltered him and his family....
Tags: Schindler's List (movie), Colleges and Universities, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, Obituaries
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District 99 preparing new English, Social Studies curriculum
The English and Social Studies departments in Community High School District 99 are working together to determine how to best incorporate the state's new learning standards into the curriculum for the 2013-2014 school year. A committee of about 30...Tags: Literature, Fiction, Teaching and Learning, Culture, Teachers
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Edward V.C. Nicol, SSA employee
Edward V.C. Nicol, a retired Social Security Administration public affairs representative who earned the name of "Mr. Meals on Wheels" for his more than three decades of volunteer work, died Jan. 13 of pneumonia at the Presbyterian Home of Maryland in...Tags: Politics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Beirut (Lebanon), Highlandtown
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Getting a grip on grammar
The Baltimore SunIf you are a native speaker of English, you have English grammar in your head, and it has been there since you were a very small child. Unfortunately, the process of translating that grammar into terms for discussion of writing has not gone well....Tags: England, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Students, Authors
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Danville High School forensics team takes second at state competition
Danville High School forensics teams placed second at the Kentucky High School Speech League’s state speech contest, and third at the state debate contest, March 13-15 at the University of Kentucky. Five DHS students came home as state...
Tags: Schools, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, High Schools, University of Kentucky, Arts and Culture
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Foreign language studies could be de-emphasized
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Foreign language studies could be de-emphasized in Michigan under a bill that would drop it as a high school graduation requirement. The Detroit News reports Monday that supporters of the change say it would offer more...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture, Students, Education, Science and Technology
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If they want rules, give them real ones
The Baltimore SunMuch as I am in sympathy with Lucy Ferriss's latest post at Lingua Franca, I fear that something she says may be subject to a dangerous misinterpretation: As I’ve said before, people want rules. Students, for instance, take notice when they...Tags: Arts and Culture
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