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Allegany College marks beginning of campus renovation project
Daily American Staff Writer @DAPeteBosakThe Somerset County Campus Foundation for Allegany College of Maryland held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for a $2.7 million renovation that will add distance learning capabilities, slash utility bills and offer more to the community. "We're basically...Tags: Environmental Issues, Rentals, Students, Education, Somerset County (Maryland)
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FCAT scores stay flat for third-graders, rise in writing for fourth grade
More than half of the third graders in Broward and Palm Beach counties are performing at or above grade level in math and reading, according to FCAT results released today by the Florida Department of Education. But this year, these scores might not...
Tags: Dania Elementary School, Science and Technology, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Students, Rick Scott
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FCAT writing scores rise, third-grade reading marks up slightly from 2012
Florida students wrote better essays on this year's FCAT than in 2012 and third-graders posted slightly higher marks on the state's key reading exam, scores released Friday show. The scores are the first wave of results from the 2013 administration of...
Tags: Students, Science and Technology, Education, Orange County (Florida), Teachers
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A gift, and now grief
LAS VEGAS — He was just a kid from the neighborhood who never had much. Mature for his age, the eldest of 11 children, Marcos Arenas always knew his blue-collar father was just scraping by. So the iPad was precious, a gift for his 15th birthday...
Tags: Students, Pawnbrokers, Theft, Apple iPad, Personal Income
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Boone High teacher, longtime senior class advisor, retiring after 44 years
Sentinel School ZoneAfter advising dozens of senior class leaders and teaching for more than four decades, Sarah Kittrell is retiring from Boone High School in Orange County. Known as the white-haired "Mama K" by recent students, Kittrell has taught at Boone since 1969....Tags: Students, Education
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U.S. Education Secretary Talks School Safety In Hartford
The Hartford Courant— Local students gathered in a town hall meeting Friday asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan his opinion of armed guards in schools, how much standardized testing is too much, and a long list of school security issues. "The...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Elizabeth Esty, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Public Schools, Chris Murphy
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Ghanian-Americans Launch Outreach Program
The Hartford CourantImmigrants from Ghana have an advantage over people who come here from many other countries because Ghanians arrive speaking English. That doesn't mean, however, that young West Africans from Ghana don't get bullied in school. Their English doesn't sound...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Students, High School Sports, University of Hartford, Swimming
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Daugaard looking for new student regent
South Dakota’s early citizens thought higher education to be so important that they amended the state constitution in 1896 to establish the Board of Regents One of the board’s nine seats is reserved for a state university student. The...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Students, University of Virginia, South Dakota State University, Executive Branch
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Chicago film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh wins Cannes prize
CANNES, France — A sharp, nearly perfect 21-minute movie about a 6th-grade girl caught in a tug of war between divorced parents, “Needle” was shot last summer in Chicago by School of the Art Institute film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh....
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Students, Movies, Cannes Film Festival, Arts and Culture
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Valley View may have new online teaching program soon
A new online teaching program may be implemented soon to help assist Valley View high school students who are lacking in the core areas of reading and math. Rachel Kinder, an assistant superintendent for the district, recently told the Valley View...Tags: Students, School Examinations, Colleges and Universities
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'Needle' Wins Cannes' Cinefondation Prize
Variety"Needle," from U.S. film student Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, has nabbed the top prize at Cannes' Cinefondation, whose jury was presided by New Zealand-born multi-hyphenate Jane Campion. Ghazvinizadeh, a student at the School of the Art Insitute of Chicago,...Tags: Romania, Education, Students, Movies, Belgium
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Maize teacher charged with making criminal threat
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA Maize High School teacher made his first appearance in court Friday. Prosecutors charged James Stiverson with one count of making a criminal threat. He accused of making threats against a school administrator during a Maize High School soccer game....Tags: Criminals, Education, Teachers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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