Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Academic Progress published by Tribune Company sources.
Displaying items 1-12 of 2934
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
•
Next >
-
No football players here: Glossy Penn State trading cards highlight academics, not athletes
Associated Press WriterSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) _ Perennial college football powerhouse Penn State University is promoting glossy trading cards similar to those collected by sports fans. Only, there's no card for Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno or any of his Nittany...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Government, Joe Paterno, Global Change, Al Gore
-
Annapolis High meets federal test standards
For the first time in six years, students at Annapolis High School have met federal testing benchmarks, placing the embattled school on a path toward independence from local and state monitoring, Anne Arundel County school officials announced yesterday....Tags: School Examinations
-
Day set aside for the finer points of safe walking
Linda Kennard does everything she can to keep her kids safe - all 30 to 40 of them. The crossing guard teaches the newcomers walking to Rodgers Forge Elementary School the rules: no sticks, no running. She places orange cones on the traffic-calming...Tags: Transportation, Essex (Middlesex, Connecticut), Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Road Transportation, Law Enforcement
-
Galapagos expels citizens as a flood of tourists threatens islands
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA few weeks ago, 19 Ecuadorean citizens detained on these world-renowned islands were marched onto a plane and sent back to the continent under armed guard. Their crime? Illegal migration. So far this year, the government has expelled 1,000 of its...Tags: International Organizations, United Nations, Government, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Population
-
Mattingly, and Manny, have helped Dodgers hitters
Los Angeles TimesThe offensive awakening of the Dodgers can be labeled a 3-M production: Manny, Mattingly and Maturity. If, as an extension of manager Joe Torre, the work of hitting instructor Don Mattingly - Donnie Baseball at 47 - has been overshadowed by the mass...Tags: Jeff Kent, Values, National League, Frank McCourt, Major League Baseball
-
Teams vie for playoff position in Fall Ball Classic
Special to the ForumThe Plantation Fall Ball Classic Softball Tournament enters a pivotal fifth week of play Sunday at Plantation Pop Travers Park and Central Park, with teams looking to position themselves for a championship run. The City of Plantation hosts the annual...Tags: Softball, Debbie Smith, Central Park, Multi-Sport Events
-
Communication breakdown costs West Boca
Sports EditorSamantha Goldmacher and Katrina Polglaze had similar explanations when asked why the West Boca girls' junior varsity volleyball team wasn't able to pull out the third game of its best-of-three matchup against Martin County. "Talk, talk, talk," said...Tags: Chicago Bulls, Teaching and Learning, Volleyball
-
Whitaker rips Hokies' staff
247-4642Ike Whitaker said Tuesday he feels Virginia Tech's coaching staff treated him unfairly by suspending him indefinitely and that he was told by coach Frank Beamer to transfer after this academic year. Beamer put Whitaker, a junior wide receiver from...Tags: Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech, Prosecution
-
Police Athletic League program benefits underprivileged youth
Jeff Souffrant has been booted from five schools in six years, spent two months completely homeless, enrolled in after-school anger management classes and brawled in countless gang fights. Then, at age 15, he found Police Athletic League of Pembroke...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Advanced Training, Clubs and Associations, Gang Activity
-
Teacher of the Week: Deta Bush Abercrombie
School: Eustis High School. I teach individual, dual and team sports, personal fitness, life management, volleyball, aerobics and first-aid injury care and prevention classes. Education and experience: I attended Coffeyville Community College in Kansas,...Tags: Family, Hobbies, Colleges and Universities, Country Music, Volleyball
-
Mattingly and Manny have helped Dodgers hitters
Special to the Los AngelesThe offensive awakening of the Dodgers can be labeled a 3-M production: Manny, Mattingly and Maturity. If, as an extension of manager Joe Torre, the work of hitting instructor Don Mattingly -- Donnie Baseball at 47 -- has been overshadowed by the mass...Tags: Jeff Kent, Values, National League, Frank McCourt, Major League Baseball
-
Foreclosure prevention seminar open to all
South Florida Sun-SentinelIt takes place in Deerfield Beach, but the upcoming workshop on foreclosure prevention is open to anyone with a problem mortgage who can drive to Deerfield Beach Middle School on Oct. 18. Statistics just released for the month of August by RealtyTrac.com...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Boca Raton, Credit and Debt, Real Estate Buyers
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Newsday
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 7, 2008
|Story| Newsday
Oct 8, 2008
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Original site for Academic Progress topic gallery.
