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Proposed school would advance language study
Students in language immersion programs at public charter elementary schools may have a chance to continue their studies if a proposed middle and high school becomes reality. Currently students at five schools can take part in language immersion programs in French, Spanish or Chinese. The proposed District of Columbia International ...
Patrick restores some funds cut from Mass. budget
Citing improved tax collections, Gov. Deval Patrick's administration on Friday restored nearly $21 million in budget cuts, the bulk of which will go to local school districts. The funds that were restored amount to less than 10 percent of the $225 million in spending reductions that the governor ordered in ...
Money panels close major K-12 budgets
Legislative money committees Friday endorsed major components of Gov. Brian Sandoval's funding plan for public schools, setting a benchmark of $2.8 billion in general fund support for the upcoming two years. The actions by the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means committees largely follow what the first-term Republican recommended ...
Mo. bill allows more time to give up newborns
Parents could give up their babies without legal consequences up to 45 days after birth under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon. Under current law, parents have five days to leave their babies with medical professionals, firefighters, emergency medical technicians or law enforcement officers without repercussions. The bill passed ...
Lawmakers OK scholarships for children with autism
Missouri lawmakers have approved legislation that would require education officials to seek grants and donations to help children with special needs such as autism. Financial resources could be devoted to scholarships or clinical trials for behavioral interventions. Scholarships could be used to help students attend a public school outside the ...
NM gets private grant to expand school programs
New Mexico is receiving a half million dollars from a Denver-based philanthropic group to expand programs that allow students to receive an associate degree from a college while attending high school. Gov. Susana Martinez announced Friday that the Daniels Fund is providing $525,000 for the state to establish more pilot ...
Texas teen develops iTunes app: Widget Tabs
At age 16, Julian Alvarez has an app on the iTunes market and the trappings of a development company. Perhaps most importantly, he has the passion to pursue computer engineering as his lifelong career. Widget Tabs, which allows multiple programs to fill one screen via tabs, debuted in April after ...
2 Minnesota babies sickened by recalled tahini
State health officials say two Minnesota babies have gotten sick from bacteria matched to a recalled sesame paste product. The Minnesota Department of Health said Friday neither child required hospitalization. Both are less than 1-year-old and are recovering. Krinos Foods, in New York, recently voluntarily recalled its Tahini sesame paste ...
Substitute allegedly assaulted student in class
Krotz Springs police were investigating a report that a substitute teacher tore a desk apart and assaulted a 13-year old boy during class at Krotz Springs Elementary School. The boy's mother told The Daily World (http://bit.ly/18QbY3N) that the incident occurred during class Wednesday. Stacey Durham, the seventh grader's mother, said ...
Chinese visitors part of exchange with Ind. city
A group of 30 Chinese citizens — students, teachers and an education delegate — stayed with families and toured elementary schools in Logansport this week where they observed classes, learned about one another and forged friendships through a recently established cultural exchange program. Wang Li and Shi Jin Song, both ...
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