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Business Digest
Howard Community College will hold a free open house for those interested in a career in hospitality and culinary management from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 26 in Room 401 of the Rouse Company Foundation Student Services building on the college campus. The...Tags: Economic Policy, Health and Safety at School, Corporate Officers, Medicaid, Colleges and Universities
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People on the Move
Diane Schumacher, athletic director at Howard Community College, has been named Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. She is one of 30 athletic directors from four geographic regions to receive...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Clarksville, Physical Fitness, Life Time Fitness Incorporated
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Reform with rewards
Should schools follow the rules of the marketplace in how they pay the people who teach our children? It's a question educators across the country are asking as they consider pay-for-performance incentives designed to reward teachers and principals who...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Prince George's County, School Examinations, Examinations
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Florida schools earn record number of A's and B's
Sentinel Staff WriterIt's crowded at the top this year. Florida's nearly 2,900 public schools earned a record number of A's and B's on the 10th annual school-grades report card released Tuesday. The results had Central Florida educators celebrating. Joy in Central...Tags: State Budgets, Poinciana, Orange County (Florida), Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
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For some, waterfront NYC living means a houseboat
Associated Press WriterGloria Weiss was living in a small SoHo apartment in the 1980s when one of her young students told her that he lived on a boat. The teacher wasn't quite sure whether or not to believe him, so she decided to accept an invitation to check it out for...Tags: Fraud, SoHo, Corporate Crime, Robert Moses
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Choke-ing on history
The Virginia GazetteA low-budget Hollywood movie about a historical interpreter has to be a good thing for Colonial Williamsburg, right? Only if you accept the notion that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Victor Mancini is the main character in the movie &#...Tags: Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Film Festivals, John Warner
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Audits fault 3 school districts for failing to bid on contracts
carl.macgowan@newsday.comThree Long Island school districts have been called out by the state's top fiscal watchdog for failing to seek competitive bids on contracts to supply services such as tutoring and building maintenance. Officials of the Longwood, East Quogue and...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Contracts, Long Island, Accounting and Auditing
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Bird-watchers, sign up for survey
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Lake County Parks and Trails Division is seeking experienced bird-watching volunteers to help conduct a summer bird survey from 7 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Ferndale Preserve off County Road 455 in south Lake. Experienced birders must be able to...Tags: Nature, Lake Apopka, Lake County (Florida), Clermont, Rotary International
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A Noise Within will move to Pasadena
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe former Masonic Temple in downtown Glendale is an old, decrepit and some say haunted building -- a venue perhaps more suited to Hollywood horror flicks than the plays of Shakespeare, Beckett or Molière. For nearly 17 years, the nine-story structure on...Tags: Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Architecture
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ESU official under investigation
Of The Morning CallA high-ranking administrator at East Stroudsburg University has been placed on administrative leave while state officials investigate allegations of misconduct made by a student. Isaac W. Sanders was suspended with pay on July 2 from his position as vice...Tags: Colleges and Universities, East Stroudsburg University, National Government, Prosecution, Government
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