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Harford schools using two days to make up for weather closings
Harford County Public Schools officials have taken two days in April scheduled for faculty professional development and converted them to regular school days to make up for earlier closings because inclement weather. April 29 and April 30 had been...Tags: Schools
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Towpath blocked near Paw Paw Tunnel
In January, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park experienced a significant rockslide near towpath mile 155, just downstream of the Paw Paw Tunnel. While investigating the rockslide, numerous other large rock formations were...Tags: Entertainment, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Foods and Beverages, Education, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Casey calls for investment in early education
Daily American Staff WriterU.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on Wednesday unveiled proposed legislation that would provide at least one year of prekindergarten for children, especially children from low-income families and children with special needs. “One of the most important...Tags: Research, Head Start, Crime, Law and Justice, Early Learning, Personal Income
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Imagination Library kicks off at Head Start of Washington County
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comMore than 1,000 children under school age in Washington County will receive one free book a month under the Imagination Library program started by country music singer Dolly Parton. Washington County Public Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox,...Tags: Literature, Libraries, United Way , Arts and Culture, Schools
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Our View: Cuts to preschool are troublesome
The devastation to kindergarten through 12th-grade and community college education has been chronicled heavily throughout the state, but the same cannot be said, we think, for early childhood education. The cuts to preschool and child care in some...Tags: Early Learning, Schools, Education
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Imperial County preschool programs make do with less
Staff Writer, Copy EditorWith more than 20 years of providing child development services in the Valley, Campesinos Unidos was well aware of the need for such services in the community. But the ability to provide state-funded preschool education to low-income families became more...Tags: Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Personal Income, Robert J. Lopez, Education
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Head Start: Assessing what can't be measured
Now that sequestration is upon us, our nation's leaders continue to debate which federal programs provide the best bang for the buck. When they ask how effective Head Start is, many legislators have cited the Head Start Impact Study. It concludes that...
Tags: Teachers, Head Start, Early Learning, Human Interest, Schools
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Boaze to speak at Historical Society meeting
Living history interpreter Raleigh Boaze will speak to the Sharpsburg Historical Society at Sharpsburg Town Hall Tuesday, March 12. Boaze will appear in the persona of a backwoodsman dressed in period clothing and carrying the weapons and...
Tags: Sociology, Culture, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Schools, Foods and Beverages
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Kindergarten registration at Somerset Christian School
Somerset Christian School, a non-denominational private school, will hold kindergarten registration from 1 to 3 p.m. March 12-13. Staff will be on hand to administer kindergarten readiness testing and to give tours of the building. Bus transportation is...Tags: Schools
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Cat in the Hat visits preschool students at Hagerstown church
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comThe Cat in the Hat paid a visit to Spread Your Wings Learning Center Preschool students at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hagerstown on Wednesday but unlike the character in the book, left no mess to clean up. “She read a book to us,”...Tags: Dr. Seuss, Early Learning, Authors, Schools, Education
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Can employers withhold paychecks?
Where does professionalism stand in a company? We, the employees of United Families Inc. in El Centro, have not received pay. Our payday was Feb. 20, and it is now Feb. 27, and our boss has not even bothered to send out a letter or give a call...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Early Learning, Schools, Education
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Somerset County church news for Jan. 26
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersdale, the Rev. Frank E. Harpster III, lists the schedule. Sunday: 9:15 a.m. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. worship, cake and coffee following worship Monday: 6 p.m. Lions Dinner Wednesday: 9...Tags: McDonald's, Epiphany, Entertainment, Fiction, Starbucks Corp.
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Feb 28, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Jan 25, 2013
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