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Schools struggle to pay for English-learner program

Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
10, 2008 12:00 AM Arizona public schools have struggled with how to pay for a new state program teaching immigrant students English, especially since ...


Districts see rise in school job applicants
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
10, 2008 12:00 AM A downturn in the economy has meant an uptick in job applications for Southeast Valley school districts. Human-resources departments are ...


YMCA's Director to Join Schools
Washington Post - United States
By Kameel Stanley The Loudoun County school system has hired the executive director of the county's YMCA to be its new outreach supervisor, replacing an ...


School scores an imperfect start
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
"Adequate Yearly Progress" is the hot bureaucratic buzz phrase for determining whether an elementary or secondary school is doing its job. ...

Too many hot dogs on school menus? (and other news)

Too many hot dogs on school menus?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A Washington, DC, organization is calling on school districts to get hot dogs, pepperoni and other processed meats out of school cafeterias. ...

New GI Bill assistance offers tuition coverage

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Under a less generous version of the bill, veterans are more likely to enroll in community college or a for-profit school than a state university, ...

School district cut from moment of silence suit
Houston Chronicle - United States
Rick Perry and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, where the couple's three children still go in the suburbs of Dallas. ...

Fitch Rates Milwaukee, Wisconsin's $210MM School RANs 'F1+'
MarketWatch - USA
CHICAGO, Aug 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'F1+' rating to the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's $210000000 school revenue ...


Black Students Showing Strong Gains, Charter Schools Research Finds
MarketWatch - USA
Results from four studies show Black students in public charter schools making important gains and outperforming their counterparts in traditional schools ...


Police: Alabama Teen Planned Mass School Attack, Plotted to Burn ...
FOXNews - USA
Police say a north Alabama high school student wrote out plans for a mass killing and tried to get others to provide weapons for the plot, which included ...


Students return to Corona High School
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
4, 2008 12:56 PM For some Corona del Sol High parents, the first day of school brought traditional worries about new teachers and classes as well as ...

School budgeting by '65% solution' more popular in South
USA Today - USA
Conservatives and libertarians nationwide tout the "65 percent solution," an enticing, simple — and some say deceptive — school budgeting concept, ...


Kansas Highway Patrol to inspect Durham school bus fleet
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Kansas Highway Patrol is conducting its annual inspections of more than 500 Durham School Services buses, the primary transportation provider for ...


Clemson named home to happiest college students
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The school posted the ranking on its Web site. And a glowing student was on the phone to talk about it within minutes of a reporter's request. ...

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Advice To Teachers

There are certain things which you cannot discuss
in front of a class of sixth graders. The sperm whale
garners a giggle, whether it is navigating the open
ocean far from the land of the platypus and wombat,
or near icebergs where fairy penguins reside.

Never preface the ornithology section of the book
with, “Class, I would like to give you the bird.”
And do not introduce the spotted redshank on the same
day as the woodcock. Woodpeckers can be touch and go,
particularly the hairy or the red-cockaded.

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