2 school districts join suit against Indiana teachers union [The Indianapolis (Ind.) Star]
Schools struggle to cut class size without moving students [The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune]
Some fear St. Paul’s Open School will change too drastically in face of No Child Left Behind [St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press]
Sweeps debate grows [Capital Journal, Pierre, S.D.]
Hanover adjusts to flat [...]
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Issues in Education
Posted in Elementary Schools, High Schools, Issues in Education, Junior High, Middle Schools, Regional, tagged attendance, Capital Journal, charter schools, class size, No Child Left Behind, Richmond Times-Dispatch, St. Paul Pioneer Press, tardiness, teacher's union, The Indianapolis Star, The Tampa Tribune on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Boone County Retired Teachers Meeting Notice
Posted in Announcements, Discussion, Elementary Schools, Events, High Schools, Issues in Education, Junior High, Middle Schools, Missouri, National on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Boone County Retired Teachers meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. on November 17 at the Peachtree Catering & Banquet Center on 120 E. Nifong Blvd. in Columbia. The event will be followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m.
The meeting’s speaker will be Karen Taylor. She will present a program about ‘The Imagination Project’.
Some of [...]
Gentry Middle School to host fall festival
Posted in Announcements, Events, Middle Schools, Missouri, Regional, tagged fall festival, Gentry Middle School, PTSA on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gentry Middle School will host their annual fall festival from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday at the school, located at 4200 Bethel St. The event is open to Gentry students and families.
The festival is sponsored by the school’s Parent Teacher Student Association. PTSA president Diane True said the festival will include a carnival with [...]
Issues in Education
Posted in Issues in Education, tagged admissions, Chicago Tribune, Curriculum, English Language Learner, ESL, federal stimulus money, Los Angeles Times, non-traditional education, The London Times, The New York Times, The Oregonian, violence on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Schools Are Where Stimulus Saved Jobs, New Data Show [The New York Times]
Portland primed to get hip-hop high school [The (Portland) Oregonian]
Many L.A. students not moving out of English language classes [Los Angeles Times]
Jonathan Harvey: ‘Violence is nothing a teenager should ever get used to’ [Chicago Tribune]
Jewish school JFS in Supreme Court to deny it [...]
Issues in Education
Posted in Discussion, Elementary Schools, High Schools, Issues in Education, National, tagged Charlotte Observer, early childhood education, H1N1, magnet schools, New Haven Register, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police, preschool, security, swine flu, The Buffalo News, The New Tribune on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Swine flu has hit local schoolchildren early and quite hard [The Buffalo (N.Y.) News]
Research shows value of preschool for poor [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
A new era for Tacoma police, students [The (Tacoma, Wash.) News Tribune]
Swine flu shuts down Guilford H.S. [New Haven (Conn.) Register]
Harding plea: Keep students here [Charlotte (N.C.) Observer]
Cedar Ridge Elementary Craft Bazaar to Raise Funds for Student Field Trips
Posted in Elementary Schools, Events, Missouri, tagged Columbia elementary schools, columbia public schools, Elementary Schools on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the midst of corresponding permission slips and transportation plans, field trips can be an annual highlight for students, a day starred on the school year calendar far in advance. Field trips serve as a step outside of the everyday routine – a morning or afternoon out of the classroom, a lunch outside of the [...]
CPS, Ronald McDonald House to Benefit from Superior Garden Center Event
Posted in Announcements, Events, Junior High, Missouri, Regional, tagged columbia public schools, Ronald McDonald House, School Board, Superior Garden Center on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Oct. 24, Superior Garden Center will celebrate “Make a Difference Day” with its 15th annual Tree Days. This year, both Columbia Public Schools and Ronald McDonald House will benefit from the event.
According to a press release, the center “will give customers two free trees when they purchase three trees. One of those will be [...]
Issues in Education
Posted in Issues in Education, tagged Technology, Curriculum, technology in classrooms, charter schools, Hartford Courant, Steamboat Pilot and Today, The Miami Herald, The Commercial Appeal, Sioux City Journal, email, New Leaders for New Schools, teacher's union on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mother Suing West Hartford Board Of Education After Child’s Toe Was Injured In Classroom [Hartford (Conn.) Courant]
Stagecoach charter school delayed 1 year [Steamboat (Springs, Colo.) Pilot and Today]
Broward teachers union says school district blocked e-mails [The Miami Herald]
New Leaders for New Schools promises to woo slew of principals [The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal]
Event to help [...]
“Once upon a midnight dreary…” Smithton Middle School Performs “Poe’s Prose”
Posted in Events, Middle Schools, tagged Smithton Middle School, theater program, theatre on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lights! Camera! Action!
Smithton Middle School will be performing “Poe’s Prose,” a compilation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories and poems, on Halloween weekend in the school’s cafeteria.
The cast, consisting of 20 sixth and seventh graders, will present Poe’s famed short stories the “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Masque of the Red Death” as well as [...]
Homecoming at Rock Bridge
Posted in Events, High Schools, tagged Bruins, Homecoming, homecoming game, homecoming queen, Rock Bridge High, Rock Bridge High School, Rock Bridge High School Homecoming 2009, Speedo race, tradition, tricycle race on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you wanted to name some of Rock Bridge High School’s homecoming traditions, the Speedo run would be a good place to start.
The homecoming football game Friday night, Oct. 9, at Rock Bridge brought many green and yellow blankets as well as plenty of hot chocolate. Despite the cold weather and the cancellation of the [...]
