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FCAT writing scores rise, third-grade reading marks up slightly from 2012
Florida students wrote better essays on this year's FCAT than in 2012 and third-graders posted slightly higher marks on the state's key reading exam, scores released Friday show. The scores are the first wave of results from the 2013 administration of...
Tags: Teachers, Schools, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Second Towson elementary school overcrowding meeting scheduled
A second input meeting regarding elementary school overcrowding in the Towson area is scheduled for Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carver Center for Arts and Technology, school officials confirmed. Charles Herndon, a BCPS spokesman, said letters...Tags: David Marks, Schools
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Students honored for outstanding citizenship
The 26th annual Elementary Principal’s Citizenship Award Program was held May 16 at Williamsport High School. Students eligible for the award are selected by the principal of each elementary school or a committee appointed by the principal. Each...Tags: Greenbrier, Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Ruth Ann Monroe Primary School program is growing gardeners
holly.shok@herald-mail.comRosa Parada-Reidy knows exactly what she and her 8-year-old daughter Catherine will be doing when school gets out this year — gardening. The mother-daughter duo already has spent time tending to their bamboo, lilac hydrangea and sweet pea plants,...Tags: Nutrition, Colleges and Universities, Schools, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Loyola's Crane, Towson High's Skinner named Unsung Hero Award winners
The One Love Foundation announced Thursday that North Carolina’s Zoe Skinner (Towson High) and Loyola’s Jason Crane (Chesapeake-Anne Arundel) have been selected as the 2013 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award winners. Now in its third...
Tags: Schools, Atlantic Coast Conference, College Sports, Teaching and Learning, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Institute urges more physical activity, in and out of school
It’s common knowledge that Americans don’t get enough exercise – young Americans too. And the Institute of Medicine issued a report on Thursday calling on schools and government at all levels to make sure that all students get an hour...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Department of Education, Schools, Dwayne Johnson, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Our Laguna: D.A.R. hands out youth awards
The Patriots Day Parade was a gift to the city from Laguna Beach Daughters of the American Revolution, and the chapter continues to reward the youth of our city who demonstrate their love of country and service to the community. Throughout the years,...
Tags: High Schools, Teachers, Middle Schools, Schools, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Findings of Baltimore City schools spending audit
Among the expenditures by the city school system that U.S. Department of Education auditors found inappropriate: - $4,352 spent by two elementary schools for dinner cruises at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor - $2,413 spent on fried chicken, potato...
Tags: Inner Harbor, U.S. Department of Education, Schools, Salads, PTA
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Decision to spare 4 schools delights some parents
For weeks that became months, parents at Garvey Elementary School protested its possible closing at community meetings, signed petitions and hoped against hope that they wouldn't have to send their children to an unfamiliar building in their Far South...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Schools, Columbia College Chicago, Rahm Emanuel
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READER SUBMITTED: Naylor Academy Students Learn Financial Literacy From First Niagara Volunteers
HartfordTwenty volunteers from First Niagara recently participated in Junior Achievement's (JA) "JA in a Day" program at Dr. James H. Naylor/CCSU Leadership Academy in Hartford. "JA in a Day" is a day of activities designed to provide elementary school students...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, United Technologies Corporation
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READER SUBMITTED: Kearns Elementary School Students Collect 1,200 Items For Granby Food Bank
GranbyAs part of the second grade curriculum at F.M. Kearns Elementary School in Granby, students recently conducted a week-long food drive to benefit the Granby Food Bank. Lori Hoover, manager of the Farmington Valley VNA's Community Programs Department, which...Tags: Simsbury, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Farmington High Student Named US Presidential Scholar
The Hartford CourantA Farmington High School student is among the elite high school students chosen as a U.S. Presidential Scholar for 2013. Only 141 students from across the country are chosen for this distinction, and Farmington High School senior Tyler Hoffmann is among...Tags: High Schools, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Schools, College Baseball, Literature
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