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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,...
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...
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...
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...
3 UW-Stout students killed in fire were drunk - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
MENOMONIE, WIS. - Three college students who died in a house fire in April had blood-alcohol levels from two to almost four times the legal limit in Wisconsin drunken driving cases,...
2008 Professors of the Year prepare students for lifelong learning - Thursday, November 20, 2008
Four professors being recognized today in the 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year awards share a desire to enable young minds to "grow by doing," instead of just listening to lectures in...
NASA Challenges Students to Design Tools for Moon Rovers - Tuesday, September 30, 2008
WASHINGTON - A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student...
US schools experiment with paying students - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
WASHINGTON- Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money.
They received...
Students: not dumber but dedicated - Monday, August 03, 2009
Tools for university students are much improved and competition is much tougher – of course they do better
According to former head teacher Phil Willis MP, we are dumbing down our...
2,000 Washington State Students Report Signs of Swine Flu - Sunday, September 06, 2009
SEATTLE — At least 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of the H1N1 flu virus, university and local health officials said, in what appeared to be one...
