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New Britain School Board Tallying Layoff Numbers
Courant Staff WriterSchool administrators, busy balancing the diminished number of positions with the district's staff, may know as early as this week how many teachers will lose their jobs, Superintendent Doris Kurtz said Tuesday. "It's really heart-breaking because...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Layoffs and Downsizing, New Britain, Unemployment
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Homework
Tribune staff reporterNo, your memory isn't fuzzy and your child isn't just whining: That is a lot of homework, and it is a lot more than you had when you were her age. According to a 2004 national survey conducted by the University of Michigan, kids are spending twice as...Tags: Wilmette, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Public Schools, Penn State University
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City pays honor to history teacher
Thomas Acampora, Maryland's 2008 History Teacher of the Year, was recognized yesterday by Mayor Sheila Dixon and Comptroller Joan M. Pratt. Acampora, 24, who teaches at the Baltimore Talent Development High School in West Baltimore, will represent the...Tags: Sheila Dixon, History, Teaching and Learning, The White House
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Artscape prize winner finds his sea legs in the art world
Sun criticGeoff Grace has been a marine scientist on the Pacific Ocean, a museum educator in Florida, a high school teacher in Overlea and a guitarist in his own band, the Tall Grass. But now as the winner of this year's Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, the...Tags: Baltimore Museum of Art, Artscape, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes
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Cosmetology Educators meet in Orlando
Sentinel Staff WriterBeauty experts are convening in Orlando this weekend. The Cosmetology Educators Association begins its annual conference Saturday at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld. The event, which is expected to attract authors, stylists, bloggers and...Tags: SeaWorld, Teaching and Learning
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"You're not the boss of me!"
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Act of aggression or mark of frustration?
Mindy's reign over the neighborhood went uncontested until I was 8. One afternoon that summer, I bit her. Hard-my teeth breaking the skin in the chewy part of her upper left arm.
Later that day, when...Tags: Northwestern University, Health and Safety at Work, Chicago Public Schools, Punishment, Prisons
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Health education must be part of state's plan
''What is new in this prescription plan is that there is more than lip service to health promotion and disease prevention.'' In January 2007, Gov. Ed Rendell presented one of the most ambitious plans among states to improve the health of their residents....Tags: Executive Branch, Teaching and Learning, Diseases, Medical Services, Government
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Results Mixed On Connecticut Mastery Test
Courant Staff WriterNo one knew exactly what to expect when the state began testing fifth- and eighth-graders in science this spring, part of the annual standardized tests already given in math, reading and writing. But Columbia Superintendent of Schools Richard...Tags: Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, New Britain, School Examinations, Colchester
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Pines Middle School teacher charged with molesting girl, 14
South Florida Sun-SentinelWhen he was confronted by a 14-year-old student who accused him of molesting her, Pines Middle School teacher Russell Pittman apologized, police said. Then he told her he loved her. Police said they have the conversation on tape. Pittman, 46, spent a few...Tags: Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Middle Schools, Prosecution, Pembroke Pines
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Elizabeth Palmer
Sun ReporterElizabeth M. "Betsy" Palmer, a retired educator whose love of walking took her from a department store escalator to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, died Saturday of heart failure at Fairhaven Retirement Community in Sykesville. She was 82. Elizabeth Machen...Tags: Christianity, Roland Park, Teaching and Learning, Towson University, Colleges and Universities
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