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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...
Report: 90,000 NYC students miss 1 month school - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
NEW YORK - A new report says that more than 90,000 elementary students in New York City missed at least one month of classes during the last school year.
The report released Tuesday...
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...
Student numbers dip at Asheville Middle School - Sunday, July 20, 2008
ASHEVILLE – Asheville City Schools officials are trying to figure out why students are leaving the school district after elementary school.
According to enrollment data, some of the...
Police investigating report of student rape at Seattle middle school - Thursday, June 19, 2008
Seattle police are investigating a reported rape at a Southeast Seattle school in which a student says she was attacked by a boy who forced her into a school restroom at gunpoint.
Seattle...
UW regents approve 5.5% tuition increase - Friday, July 10, 2009
Madison - Students attending four-year schools in the University of Wisconsin System will see a 5.5% base tuition increase along with jumps in student fees and room and board rates,...
School mistakenly tells some students they're in - Thursday, December 18, 2008
EVANSTON, Ill. - Some students who thought they'd received the best present of all this holiday season from Northwestern University instead got the computer equivalent of coal in their...
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...
Texas can make college affordable with political will - Sunday, June 08, 2008
Not long ago, students planning to attend a Texas college or university typically worried only about the letters that spell SAT or ACT, the college entrance exams. These days, another...
Shots fired at Chicago school bus; 2 students hurt - Wednesday, January 14, 2009
CHICAGO - Authorities say shots have been fired at a school bus on Chicago's west side, but no students were hit.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the Wednesday...
