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The Last Word with Nick Ferrara
The Baltimore SunFormer Maryland kicker Nick Ferrara had one of those striking freshman seasons that commands attention and raises expectations. The New Yorker scored 80 points in his first season, converting 18 of 25 field goal attempts -- including 7 of 10 from 40...Tags: Randy Edsall, Clemson Tigers, Ralph Friedgen, Maryland Terrapins, Long Island
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Cops: Teacher allowed student to do body piercings in class
A Northern York County High School teacher was charged with allowing a student to pierce others in a classroom, Carroll Township Police said. Carroll Township Police allege that on April 16, April Beard, 34, allowed a student to pierce Beard's ear and...Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Prosecution, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Pines to vote to contract with Charter Schools USA to manage schools
Parts of the city's nationally recognized charter school system may be privatized as early as this week and more than 300 teachers could lose their jobs. Students, parents, and teachers fear that this change will lower the quality of education at the...
Tags: Public Officials, Schools, Broward County Public Schools, Aventura, Broward County
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New teacher training study decries California universities
A new front is opening in the education wars as a report released Tuesday derides California's teacher training schools as among the worst in a nation full of substandard programs. The study by a controversial Washington, D.C.-based policy group singles...
Tags: Schools, School Examinations, Academic Progress, Teach for America, University of California, Berkeley
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Highland Park history: Better Homes in America program spurred homeownership
Some say the years following World War I was a great turning point in 20th Century America. As Europe lay in ashes, the United States emerged as a world power. Americans of all means enjoyed a degree of wealth and prosperity they'd never experienced...Tags: High Schools, Schools, World War I (1914-1918), Education, Chicago Tribune
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Dist. 203 still studying drug tests for athletes
Naperville Unit District 203 is continuing to explore random drug tests for high school athletes, but the program will not be in place when students return in August. Administrators on Monday asked for more time to research such tests before making a...
Tags: Mental Health, Teaching and Learning
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Sources: Hartford Board Unlikely To OK Extension For Kishimoto
The Hartford CourantWill Superintendent Christina Kishimoto get the contract extension she wants? Urging Mayor Pedro Segarra and the board of education not to "cast a cloud of uncertainty" over the city schools' reform plans, Kishimoto has asked the board to approve a two-...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Colleges and Universities, University of Hartford, Charter Oak State College, Politics
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Dems target Rigell over looming student loan interest rate hikes
With interest rates on student loans set to double a group of students affiliated with a Democratic Party organization called on U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, to act to stop the rate hike. If Congress doesn't take action the interest rate for...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Loans
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Teacher accused of having sex with students submits not-guilty plea
The Winter Park-area man accused of having sex with two students when he taught at Lyman High School waived his appearance at an arraignment Tuesday and instead submitted a written not-guilty plea. Scott Kimbrough, a 39-year-old math teacher, was...
Tags: Longwood (Seminole, Florida), Seminole County Sheriff's Office, Science and Technology, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials
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Here's a teacher I'd want for my children
I don't know what her students' test scores are like, or what her principal thinks. But I do know that if I had a child in third grade, I'd want someone like Kaylie Gomez to teach her. Gomez is a rookie teacher at a tiny charter school in South Los...
Tags: Schools, Colleges and Universities, Education, Science and Technology, Charter Schools
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Grace Maria Miller-Chatman: A passion for teaching, talent for mentoring
Grace Maria Miller-Chatman, an honored Jones High School graduate and a teacher at nearby Memorial and Carver middle schools, had set a goal for herself early in life: For all that she had gotten from family and community, she would give back more. In...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Florida, Nova Southeastern University, Human Interest, Orlando
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One-man rebellion: Sonny Vaccaro takes on the NCAA
Sonny Vaccaro can get lost in his words, the stories tumbling clumsily from one into the next, and if you aren't careful, the conversation can really end up in the desert. But when he's on point, when he knows exactly what needs to be explained, his...Tags: Sports Illustrated, French Open, Tracy McGrady, Jesse Owens, Basketball
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