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Beacon College biology educator Kirk A. Stowe is buggy about insects
LEESBURG — Insects are Kirk A. Stowe's thing. Stowe, an assistant biology professor at Beacon College in Leesburg, can't get enough of them. He was at Trout Lake Nature Park in Eustis recently sharing his knowledge with others. "Here in...
Tags: Science and Technology, St. Louis, Biology, Colleges and Universities, Science
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Lake school cutbacks would mean fewer students get busing
Two years ago, Lake Minneola High School parents successfully lobbied the School Board for courtesy busing for children who otherwise would cross a busy road and walk a partly unpaved pathway to school. Now, faced with a $16.3 million budget shortfall...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Students
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Washington County teachers being held accountable for student achievement
julieg@herald-mail.comWhile debate continues over whether local or state education officials should determine how teachers are evaluated, teachers in Washington County Public Schools will have a new evaluation model for the coming school year that will hold them accountable...Tags: Human Interest, Finance, Common, Economy, Business and Finance, Music
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Inventions abound
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentSOUTH BEND -- After three years of lifeguarding at local pools, Connor Crane and Adrian Villalobos figured there had to be a better kind of rescue tube than the slick, tapered, easily worn equipment they were issued. So they invented one. The Riley...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Music, Music Industry, Science and Technology, Track and Field
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Efforts to rise up bring a free car for senior
South Bend TribuneI have always enjoyed visiting Rise Up Academy because the staff and students are always so warm and receptive to my visits. Last week, once again, I wasn’t disappointed. The high school security guard who has been trying to motivate students to...Tags: Human Interest, Services and Shopping, University of Notre Dame, Stroke, Vehicles
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It's not just about the bully
Kwame Nuako, a panelist in a post-film discussion following the spring public screening of the documentary “Bully” in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s Browning Cinema at the University of Notre Dame, took a deep breath before...
Tags: University of Notre Dame, Teachers, Health and Safety at School, Separation of Church and State, Geography
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Sixth-graders end year with movie premiere
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentNILES -- It was an one-of-a-kind movie premiere night recently at Brandywine Elementary School as sixth-graders arrived in style in borrowed luxury cars to watch the first showing of their movie, “The Mystery of the Haunted Library Notes.”...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Movies, Students
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Students test career options
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentWalt Jaqua, who has been in the Internet technology field for more than 30 years, knows computer training can become obsolete as fast as last year's netbook. So Jaqua started the Computer Support Services/Networking Fundamentals program in Career &...Tags: Values, Religion and Belief, Ethics, Students
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South Bend schools get call to action
South Bend Tribune"I'm here because silent voices can't be heard," Gladys Muhammad said. "We're tired of discriminatory practices." One by one, Muhammad and a group of others approached the podium at a recent South Bend school board meeting to speak to the board and...Tags: Human Interest, Environmental Issues, Separation of Church and State, Conservation, NAACP
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Can we import success?
South Bend TribuneChris Chatmon said educational strategies for serving those furthest away from opportunity ultimately benefit all students. "If the system fails," he said, "you have to have targeted strategies. When you do that, it uplifts the entire system." Chatmon...Tags: Human Interest, Students
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Bear finds new home in Aberdeen
The South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired has a new mascot. The school isn't dropping the Pioneer name, which has been used for decades, but a stuffed black bear named Sir Black-Beary has become a fixture. "It's a more tangible...
Tags: Holidays, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Auction Service
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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Racism, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Justice System, Gays and Lesbians
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