| Union Co. students graduate from DARE
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. -- More than 130 elementary students said "no" to drugs, alcohol and smoking on Friday. The students at Indian Trail Elementary School graduated from the DARE anti-drug program. Its controversial because some studies show it doesn't work, but that hasn't stopped Union County from drilling the message home to its students. All 135 students at Indian Trail Elementary marched to support a drug-free life Friday. Theyre the new soldiers in the war on drugs. "Because we're in war, I want the boys and girls to understand the harmful effects of drugs, said DARE officer Margaret Derange. .
Welborn Baptist Foundation - Local agency offers more than $3 ...
Kids learn, play and grow in the care of providers utilizing the early childhood resources of 4C of Southern Indiana, which received a $515,000 grant from the Welborn Baptist Foundation last year. Victims of rape, child abuse, domestic violence, child molestation and neglect will benefit from $200,000 in support to Holly's House, the advocacy center in development at the old North Park Library. .
The value of a college education
SIOUX CITY -- In his Friday column, Dean Krenz argues that a college education may not be necessary for many and implied that the only purpose of college is career preparation. To the contrary, a college education should prepare one to be a lifelong learner and an informed and active member of the communities in which one lives.A college education should facilitate critical thinking, effective communication skills, and the ability to work with other people, often from diverse backgrounds. This type of education personally benefits students, as well as preparing them for a variety of careers.Krenz stated that professors are paid outrageous salaries for a few hours of work. Faculty salaries may be outrageous, because they are so low, but this statement shows that Krenz is unfamiliar with higher education, at least at small, private residential campuses like Morningside.
16 schools remain in probe of possible TAKS cheating
Only 16 of the more than 700 Texas schools flagged for possibly cheating on the TAKS test remain under investigation and officials have found no evidence of wrongdoing anywhere, the Texas Education Agency announced Wednesday. In the Houston area, four charter schools remain under suspicion: Alphonso Crutch Life Support System, Gulf Shores Academy, Jesse Jackson Academy and Children First Academy of Houston. All Houston Independent School District campuses are now cleared, as are schools in Clear Creek and Alief. Five of the 16 schools are in the Dallas ISD. The state paid Utah-based Caveon Testing Security about $530,000 to analyze test answer sheets and identify campuses with abnormal improvement, testing documents with too many erasure marks or classrooms where too many students gave identical answers.
District performance scores online today
Lafayette Parish district scores will be online at theadvertiser.com after they are released from the Louisiana Department of Education. The District Performance Score is a roll up of individual student scores on the LEAP tests, the iLEAP tests and the Graduation Exit Exams as well as attendance and dropout rates. .
Top Muskogee teachers named for February
Cynthia Mask, Anita Pearson, Michelle Behrens and Marybeth Flusche were named Muskogee Education Association Teachers of the Month for February. A three-way tie resulted in Mask, Pearson and Behrens being selected from Ben Franklin Science Academy. Flusche is a member of the faculty at the 7th and 8th Grade Center. .
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