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More exploratory options for District 303 kids
St. Charles middle school students will have more choice and control over their exploratory classes next school year after administrators say they took parent suggestions to shift the exploratory curriculum. Currently, students in sixth through eighth...
Tags: Students, Music, Consumers, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology
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District 202 preparing for new educational standards
A big change is coming to Plainfield public schools next academic year, and district officials want to make sure students — and their parents — are ready for it. Starting next fall, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202's...
Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)
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Daschle reflects on life, both in and out of Senate
Tom Daschle's latest book is, in simplest terms, a contemporary explainer of the U.S. Senate, its history and how it works. In "The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government," the Aberdeen native reminisces that had he not worked his way up...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Healthcare Policies, U.S. Senate, Government Health Care, Fiction
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Our View: Greater use of local resources can aid naturalization rates
As Congress considers creating a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, it should be noted that a sizable number of legal immigrants already here have yet to become naturalized citizens. Of particular...Tags: Politics, Immigration, Environmental Issues, Migration, Conservation
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Andree W. Williams, educator
Andree W. Williams, a former Roland Park Country School educator and a gardener, died Jan. 30 of heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 89.
Andree Louise Wood was born and raised in Fort Thomas, Ky., where she graduated...Tags: Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Arts and Culture, Roland Park
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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: Judaism, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Obituaries
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Lynchburg woman earns global recognition for digital business
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIn today's modern world, books aren't the only tool for teaching kids how to read. "American kids have access to amazing technology, when it comes to education and learning how to read," said Isabelle Duston, a Lynchburg resident and entrepreneur....Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), United Nations, Arts and Culture, UNESCO, Cambodia
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Columbia Digest
Public speaking The Patuxent Toastmasters Club meets twice a month to give participants a chance to practice public speaking and leadership skills. Meetings will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 and 20, at Oliver's Carriage House, 5410...Tags: Entertainment, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Arts and Culture, Culture, Wii
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Berlin FFA Chapter has eight Keystone recipients
Farm, Field & Garden CorrespondentThe Berlin FFA Chapter has eight Keystone Degree recipients who will receive their honors at the Pa. Farm Show in Harrisburg in January. Dan Miller is the adviser for the Berlin FFA Chapter at Berlin Brothersvalley High School. The eight students...Tags: Employment, Environmental Issues, Employment Opportunities, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Career and Workplace
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Glen Ellyn District 41 considers Spanish instruction
The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education is poised to vote Jan. 28 on a recommendation to start offering instruction in Spanish at all four elementary schools. Katie McCluskey, director of bilingual and English as a second language (ESL)...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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Oscars 2013: 'Amour' in, 'Intouchables' out for foreign language
Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in...Tags: Entertainment, Michael Haneke, Amour (movie), War Witch (movie), Kon-Tiki (movie)
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The benefits and challenges of raising bilingual children
The benefits and challenges of raising bilingual children Growing up in Argentina, Monica Fetzer remembers times when she wanted to speak only Spanish. But her parents, the children of German immigrants, spoke German in their home. They sent Monica...
Tags: High Schools, Arts and Culture, Loyola University Maryland, Schools, Sports
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