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Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis - Sunday, September 21, 2008
Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis, including a second case at a Greenlawn high school, the school districts said.
A Division Avenue High School student has viral meningitis,...
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...
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...
Students Hit With $15 Fine For Using Cell Phones in School - Tuesday, July 14, 2009
When students in Abilene, Texas, return to class in six weeks they better not be caught using their cell phones.
Schools across the country have been cracking down on cell phone use...
Student discipline shows racial trend - Thursday, June 25, 2009
A disproportionate number of African-American students in some Michigan school districts are being suspended and expelled, according to a report released Wednesday.
The American Civil...
State girl student dropout rate higher than national average - Sunday, June 15, 2008
KOLKATA - Although several steps are being initiated by the state government to impart primary education to all, the annual status report on education shows that the state’s average...
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,...
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...
1 in 4 students in state drop out - Friday, July 18, 2008
Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
The report, based on...
Milford official proposes student alcohol testing - Friday, July 11, 2008
MILFORD, Conn. - Milford's superintendent of schools is proposing that students be subjected to breath testing for alcohol at school functions.
Superintendent Harvey Polansky is asking...
