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Windsor School Board Vice President Resigning
Courant Staff WriterAdam Gutcheon, vice president of the Windsor Board of Education, is resigning from the school board. The resignation is expected to take effect at the end of this month when Gutcheon moves to New Haven. He is a second-year law student at Quinnipiac...Tags: Government, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Quinnipiac University, National Government
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Young piano students part of a chosen few
Four local piano students performed in the Tidewater Music Teachers Forum Annual Honors Recital, held at Old Dominion University in Norfolk this spring. Bryce and Shelby Cuthriell, and Alex Lorenzo, all of Smithfield; and Luke Harris of Carrollton...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Smithfield, Carrollton, Old Dominion University, Teachers
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'Hampton, My Hampton'
Sylvia "Chris" Bartlett of Hampton composed a school song for Machen Elementary in 1985 when she was a teacher there. More than two decades later, she stood on the stage in Machen's gymnasium, leading students in the anthem. "It was so heartwarming to...Tags: Government, Emancipation Oak, Hampton University, Literature, Blackbeard
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Numbers don't lie: Girls equal to boys in math
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERSGirls do as well as boys in math, debunking old beliefs that female students just don't "get" numbers, according to a new national study. Recent Florida test scores back up the findings. The national study, to be published today in the journal Science,...Tags: Colleges and Universities, George Bush, Academic Progress, Seminole County, Orange County (Florida)
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Faulty School Projections Prove Costly To Taxpayers
Courant Staff WriterPortland's combination middle-high school was built big — so big that the district is considering renting out space in the building. Based in part on the town's projections that the school's population would balloon to 1,070 by 2008, state...Tags: Colchester, State Budgets, Laws, Middletown, House Building
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Report: Girls are equal to math test
Chicago Tribune reportersDesiree Epps-Davis, 14, says she struggles every day to convince some teachers at her Chicago public school that she is just as good at math as the boys in her class. Now a major new study has proved her right. Researchers comparing the math scores of 7...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Chicago Public Schools, Family, Technology, Curricula
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Hornsby guilty of corruption
Sun reporterAfter four years of investigations, two trials and a determined effort by federal prosecutors, former Prince George's County schools Superintendent Andre J. Hornsby was found guilty yesterday of six of the 22 counts of corruption with which he was...Tags: Punishment, Sales, Prosecution, Imperial and Royal Matters, Corporate Crime
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SEC Notes: Tebow wants to work on decision-making
Sentinel Staff WriterTim Tebow is going to the NFL. Relax. It's just for research. Instead of relying on his shoulder-lowering ways this season, Tebow plans to channel what makes certain NFL quarterbacks great. "That's what separates Tom Brady and Peyton Manning from every...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, National Football League, Urban Meyer
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Wantagh boosters ahead of plan on fundraising goal
john.hildebrand@newsday.comBarely a month after launching their fundraising campaign, Wantagh parents and other school boosters say they have collected more than half the record $650,000 sought to save district sports teams and extracurricular activities. The more than $334,000...Tags: Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Long Island, Family, Curricula
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Villaraigosa seeks to build Latino support for Obama
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen a Spanish-language radio ad slammed presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama for just discovering the "importance of the Latino vote," his campaign called on Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to knock the attack down. Villaraigosa issued a public...Tags: Values, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Racism, Dupont E I Nemours & Company
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