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Jessamine County school district scores in 56th percentile in baseline year of new accountability system
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comIt was a mixed bag of results for Jessamine County as Kentucky left behind an old accountability system and released new scores for schools under a new model. The first year of data in the state’s Unbridled Learning accountability system, which...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Danville school system 2012-13 calendar set
smojica@amnews.comThe biggest difference between Danville’s current academic calendar and next year’s is that Danville students start school five days later in the 2012-13 year, said Chuck Stallard, director of pupil personnel. “The calendar for 2012-...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Martin Luther King Day, Students, Education, Labor Day
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Hamilton: What it takes to be a citizen
A few weeks ago, the federally run National Assessment of Educational Progress issued its latest “report card” on civics education in the United States. You can get a sense of what it found from The New York Times headline: “Civics...Tags: Government, Democracy, Indiana University, Politics, National Government
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Hopkins' global health grade: good, but not good enough
Remember the last time you got a B in a class? Maybe a B was OK, a hard-earned accomplishment in a difficult, GPA-sinking course. Or perhaps a B just wasn't good enough — a subpar finish that left you mentally shaking a fist at other classmates....
Tags: Technology, Teaching and Learning, HIV, Chemical Industry, Education
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Pogge gets top Family Foundation score
In rankings of all 140 General Assembly members released this week by the conservative, pro-life Family Foundation Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, received the lowest score of any senator and Del. Brenda Pogge, R-James City County, was the only local...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Lawyers, Herring, Credit and Debt
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Del. Pogge gets top score on Family Foundation 'report card'
In rankings of all 140 General Assembly membersreleased this week by the conservative, pro-life Family Foundation Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, received the lowest score of any senator and Del. Brenda Pogge, R-James City County, as the only local...Tags: Government, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....Tags: Mental Health, AIDS, Quitting Smoking, Preventative Medicine, Prescription Drugs
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Dr. Edward L. "Mac" McDill, Hopkins professor
Edward L. "Mac" McDill, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins University's sociology department who was also the founding director of the Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools, died April 25 of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Alabama, Schools, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Teachers
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State infrastructure on failing course
The U.S. is an overall D+; Florida, a C-, a smidgen better but nothing great. That's the bad news from the apolitical "Report Card on America's Infrastructure," issued every four years by the objective, well-meaning American Society of Civil...Tags: Government, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Petroleum Industry, Beaches, Regional Authority
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Report: District 15 on firm financial footing
Although expenditures are expected to exceed revenues for the current school year, Palatine-based Community Consolidated School District 15 is on firm financial ground, according to a newly released report card. Completed yearly by the district, the...Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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District 201 starts full-day kindergarten
Community Unit School District 201 school officials recently signed off on a new tuition-based, full-day kindergarten program that is designed to give kids a head start in academics before entering the first grade. School officials said tuition will...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Kevin J. Carey
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Jeb Bush group, ALEC and James Madison Institute to present report card, briefing on “student learning options”
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelReaders can get divergent views of Florida's education reform work — and the work of former Gov. Jeb Bush's educational foundation — tomorrow. One group is set to publicly criticize former Bush's foundation tomorrow afternoon. A little...
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