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Black students in South performing better on tests - Tuesday, July 14, 2009
ATLANTA - A new government study shows black students in many Southern states are improving test scores in math and reading, but not enough to narrow an achievement gap with their white...
New York Students Improve in Reading and Math - Monday, June 23, 2008
Reading and math scores for New York students in grades three through eight improved significantly across the state this year, with particularly sizeable gains in the large urban areas,...
BHS to get new student laptops - Thursday, June 25, 2009
BIDDEFORD — This fall, Biddeford High School freshmen and sophomore students, as well as some upper class students, will have new Apple laptop computers at their disposal.
After considering...
At 15, Snohomish student is too young to drive, but not to attend the UW - Thursday, June 26, 2008
SNOHOMISH -- The last-day-of-school assembly was largely about transitions: from grade to grade and school to school.
Half the students would remain at Snohomish High and half would...
Middle school critical to students' success in high school - Thursday, June 26, 2008
More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...
Students take a step for safety in surveying their walks to school - Thursday, October 09, 2008
Garfield Elementary pupils note broken sidewalks, speeding motorists and other hazards in hopes that Santa Ana will correct them.
On the first day of class, Chris Marx asks his fifth-grade...
New California dropout data will track individual students - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The public today could start getting a better picture of how many California students are dropping out of school. For the first time in California, dropout rates will be measured based...
Students find recycling pays - Tuesday, December 30, 2008
ALBANY —— A recycling program implemented by 10 eighth-graders has not only cut school waste in half, it has won them a national award and has made the city take notice.
The Desmond...
CSU students could pay 20 percent more - Friday, July 17, 2009
California State University tuition may rise 20 percent this fall to help make up a $584 million reduction in state funding, Chancellor Charles Reed said Thursday.
If approved by CSU...
Teacher who taped student to chair to keep job - Monday, June 09, 2008
OAKRIDGE, Ore. — The third-grade teacher who taped a disobedient child to a chair last month will be disciplined but not fired, the Oakridge School District said.
What type of action...
