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Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
President Barack Obama left behind scandal-focused Washington on Friday to focus on the country's slowly improving jobs picture. Obama stopped at an elementary school that provides early childhood education. (May 17)
Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley may keep the tobacco industry from going up in smoke. Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, trucks and other machines. (May 17)
Dayton student tears up classroom, assaults teacher
A student at Wright Brothers PreK-8 School was arrested Thursday after he allegedly tore up a classroom and kicked a teacher in the face.The juvenile, whose age was not released, became “overly aggressive” toward classmates during field day exercises inside the school, 1361 Huffman Ave., according to the Dayton police ...
Former school clerk sentenced for embezzlement
A former Warren County Career Center clerk on Wednesday was placed on house arrest for 120 days and ordered to pay restitution of $4,753 she embezzled from the school.Judge Robert Peeler also placed Teresa A. Lindsey, 47, of Wayne Twp., on probation for three years during a hearing in Warren ...
A Unique Orchestra at Your Fingertips
Using laptops, tablets, and six sided speakers, Princeton University's Laptop Orchestra teaches students the art of creating and coding music. It's neither Mozart nor Star Wars. (May 15)
Parent stands in street to block school bus
Dayton Public Schools is investigating an incident Tuesday that involved a woman who said she stood in the path of a school bus to report the driver to district authorities. Police were dispatched to the area of Ridge Avenue and Glenwood Street just after 2:30 p.m. on a call about ...
Teacher's Cancer Fight Imparts Valuable Lessons
A Texas science teacher with pancreatic cancer is using her fight against a seemingly impossible foe to help inspire her students and colleagues. (May 13)
Mom: School failed to monitor girl’s injection
A Lagonda Elementary School student was rushed to the hospital this week after accidentally overdosing on medication while at school, and the student’s mother thinks the district is responsible.The sixth-grader is diabetic and must take daily doses of insulin while at school. On Wednesday, the student accidentally took a fast-acting ...
Huber Heights votes to cut more school staff
The Huber Heights school board voted unanimously Thursday evening to continue the implementation of more than $6 million in cuts by reducing 34 support staff.The reduction will save the district $707,000 next year with the elimination of 33 paraprofessional employees and one clerical employee.“It’s very heartbreaking that we have to ...
Dayton Public Schools appoints new treasurer
The city’s public school district has gone to Troy city schools for its next treasurer with an appointment announced this week.Craig Jones, chief fiscal officer for Troy City Schools since 2010, will become the new treasurer for Dayton Public Schools on July 1, the school board said Tuesday night.In his ...
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