In an effort to help underprivileged Columbia youth get the supplies they need for going back to school, Staples is partnering with DoSomething.org and American Idol winner Jordin Sparks to encourage teens to make a difference in the lives of others.
DoSomething.org is an organization that inspires teens to spark change in their community by serving [...]
Archive for July 18th, 2008
Teens promote donations of school supplies
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School Bus Drivers Voting on New Contract
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First Student bus drivers will be voting on a new contract tonight at 6 p.m. at Carpenter’s Union Hall off of Bernadette Drive.
First Student Manager Denise Apperson said the new contract is between the drivers and First Student. She would not provide any other information except for the contract [...]
Education: A New Vision
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A New York Times article talks about a woman’s plan to make education an all encompassing force.
Randi Weingarten was elected for presidency of American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a national teachers union. She criticized the No Child Left Behind law as “too badly broken to be fixed.”
She outlined “a new vision of schools for the [...]
Amount of pressure on students?
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In an article I have been working on this week, I went to Shepard Elementary School and stayed with a kindergarten summer school class for the day. The students (who were 4 and 5 years old) amazed me by how much they knew already and how well they behaved.Debi Kupferer, the teacher, said students are [...]
