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Successful Online College Degree
by Jullie Harvard.IntroductionAccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, the numbers of students taking distance or online education classes are continue growing at a phenomenal rate. And online courses have become an excellent way for busy professiona...
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Miami Schools Teach Entrepreneurship
by Stacy Andell.National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Funds Programs in Miami SchoolsThis summer, 126 students from Miami Schools entered a six-week training session and contest to learn about entrepreneurship. Funded and run by the National Foundation f...
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Orange County Schools Build Civic Education with Disney
by Stacy Andell.If it wasn’t a big enough perk to grow up next door to the Magic Kingdom, Orange County high school students are also being sought out by nonprofit organizations in their area. As part of Disneyland’s 50th anniversary celebrations, high school st...
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Chicago Schools Opens Its First Virtual Elementary School
by Patricia Hawke.The Illinois State Board of Education has approved the state’s first virtual public elementary school, the Chicago Virtual Charter School. The Board acted against State Superintendent Randy Dunn’s recommendation to disapprove the Chicago schools ...
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California Educators Retirement System
by Patricia Hawke.The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CSTRS) is the second largest public pension fund in the nation, providing retirement, disability and survivor benefits to California schools educators. Over 776,000 kindergarten through community co...
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High Sugar Sodas To Be Phased Out Of Dallas Schools
by Patricia Hawke.An agreement was reached this past spring with Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes to eliminate all non-diet soda and other sugary drinks from most public school vending machines, unless they have a nutritious value, such as juice and lo...
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Houston Schools Support Mcreynolds Middle School
by Patricia Hawke.On the evening of August 31, a meeting was held for the parents, students, teachers, staff, business partners, and other community members of McReynolds Middle School, a member of the Houston schools that is located on the east side of the city. Hund...
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Golf Schools Provide A Way Out
by Andy West.Many Americans find themselves forced to choose between poverty and risking injury in a dangerous job. As Nick Helms, a San Diego Golf Academy student who lost his father in a mining accident, has found, an education in golf can provide a path out of...
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Mayor Villaraigosa Shares Control Of The Los Angeles Schools
by Patricia Hawke.Last month, I wrote in an article about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposing a legislative bill to take control of the Los Angeles schools (see Los Angeles Schools Strongly Opposed to Takeover by Mayor Villaraigosa). Reform Bill 1381 pass...
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Detroit School District Makes Connection to Minorities
by Stacy Andell.The Detroit School District is making an effort to connect to the minority students and minority businesses in the community. Detroit School District Makes an Effort to Attract Minority Businesses The Detroit School District’s Department of Contrac...
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San Antonio Schools Create New Programs
by Stacy Andell.San Antonio Schools Creates Program to Prepare Freshman for Future SuccessBeginning this school year, Ninth grade students in San Antonio Schools will have more resources in helping them gain success in academic studies, college, and future careers. ...
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San Jose Schools Changes School Nutrition and Limits Junk Food
by Stacy Andell.Changes for the 2006-2007 School Year at San Jose SchoolsFollowing in the footsteps of both federal and state trends to limit junk food and provide better nutrition to students, San Jose Schools will implement new some changes starting in September 2...
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Long Island Schools Improve in the 2005-2006 School Year
by Stacy Andell.Long Island Schools Meet State and Federal StandardsLong Island Schools had over 30 schools not meet the New York State Standards for the 2004-2005 school but this year the number of schools rose dramatically. Schools that succeeded this year that ha...
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Detroit Schools Excel in National Competitions
by Stacy Andell.Detroit Schools Win Awards in the Academic Games Leagues of America CompetitionSchulze Elementary, representing the Detroit Schools, has won several awards, in this year’s Academic Games Leagues of America Competition. The elementary school had sev...
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Atlanta Schools Have a Busy and Productive Summer
by Stacy Andell.Summer GRAD (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams) ProgramsStudents from Atlanta Schools have been very busy this summer. The GRAD projects and programs aim to insure that Atlanta school students make to graduation and then on to university. Several GRA...
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New Denver Plan of the Denver Schools Is Ready to Launch
by Patricia Hawke.The Denver Schools have a new roadmap to reform — The Denver Plan. After making the Plan public, the Denver schools then solicited comments from principals, teachers, parents and the community at large. Thirteen public meetings were held across the...
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Cincinnati Schools to Improve Teaching
by Stacy Andell.Teacher Advancement ProgramThree Cincinnati Schools have volunteered to take part in a new program next school year that is aimed to improve the school’s instructional strategies and increase professional development. The aim of the program is to i...
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Charlotte Mecklenburg School District’s CMS-TV3
by Stacy Andell.The Charlotte Mecklenburg School DistrictThe Charlotte Mecklenburg School District is the main school district for the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The Charlotte Mecklenburg School District is composed of one hundred fifty schools: ninet...
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Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Program
by Stacy Andell.Educational Program ServicesAll Pittsburgh Schools Early Childhood Programs cover five days a week, for at least six hours a day. The goal of the program is to ensure that preschool children develop the skills that they will need for attending kinder...
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Orange County School Uses New Strategy
by Stacy Andell.Tesoro High School Gym Teacher Helps Teens Stay FitJohn Gipe used to be overweight in high school. He heard his teachers call him heavy and he knows how obese students in the Orange County Schools feel. Gipe has been teaching physical education for o...
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International Baccalaureate in Washington Schools
by Stacy Andell.Shephard Elementary School Immersion ProgramWashington D.C. Schools are eager to begin a new language immersion program at the primary school level. Beginning in August of 2006, pre – Kindergarten students of various foreign language backgrounds wi...
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Children College Scholarships
by Stacy Andell.Take Stock in Children College Scholarships for Orlando Schools and Seminole County Public SchoolsBy Stacy Andell for www.schoolsk-12.com An Overview of the Take Stock in Children College Scholarship Program Take Stock in Children is a statewide scho...
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Advantages Of Homeschooling
by Low Jeremy.Homeschooling is one alternative that is becoming really popular these days, growing at about seven to 15 percent every year since it has broken ground several years ago. To date, there are about two million children undergoing the program.Although t...
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Philadelphia Schools Gains New Institute For Teacher Diversity
by Patricia Hawke.The Philadelphia schools need to improve the effectiveness and diversity of their teacher workforce. Currently, 85 percent of their students are African American, Latino and Asian, but they have only 38 percent teachers of color.After discussions ini...
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10 Tips For Preparing For Your Next Exam
by John Daye.Need help with your next exam? Get pro-active and prepare for success ahead of time with these 10 study tips.1. You need a dedicated study area. That means you need to find a good place to study that’s quiet, has plenty of room to spread out books ...
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