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November 8, 2005Learning to leverage the enormous popularity of video games to help students excel was the core purpose of two events held recently in Washington, D.C.The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Summit on Video Gaming and McKinley High School’s “Be the Game” video-gaming summit were meant to demonstrate the pedagogical value of gaming...
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The State of Arizona’s Department of Education is honoring a Tucsonan with one of its highest accolades. La Paloma Academy’s director and founder, Raena Janes (shown), has been given the State’s Excellence in Education Community Award.Janes was honored on November 3, at the Wigwam Resort and Golf Club in Litchfield Park, AZ. She was...
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November 14, 2005Bird flu shot to the top of a lot of people’s worry lists on November 1, 2005 when President George Bush announced his request for $7.1 billion in federal funding to prepare for the possibility of a worldwide avian flu pandemic. The next day, the Department of Health and Human Services issued...
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Tuesday, November 8, was an exciting day for Prescott Valley School’s Youth Chamber of Commerce. Seven members of the club went to the fourth grade class of Mrs. Sue Pappas to teach her fifteen students the basic principles of volunteerism. This was the first of three sessions that the club will be presenting to...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.Royal Field TripForget the iPod, Washington, DC, charter schools are all the rage. Last Wednesday the School for Educational Evolution and Development (SEED), a widely-acclaimed residential charter school of 320 students, received international attention as Prince Charles and his wife Camilla spent the day at the school with first lady Laura Bush, DC...
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December 6, 2005OPEN DOORSThe International School of Louisiana is a public school, but it is far from regular. The gutsy charter school, which was located in two Orleans Parish facilities, had both buildings destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. That didn’t stop it from becoming the first public school to reopen in New Orleans. On Oct....
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The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on the issue of the constitutionality of Ohio’s charter schools. A coalition led by the Ohio Federation of Teachers filed suit in 2001 that argued that charter schools are unconstitutional.According to the Akron Beacon Journal, Charter schools enroll 66,145 students, according to the Department of Education’s...
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Nov 10, 2005SALT LAKE CITY – If you seek a window into conservatism’s current consternations, look into Utah. The nation’s reddest state — last year, and in six of the last eight presidential elections, Utah was the most Republican state — is rebelling against President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law.Only three states have...
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November 23 , 2005FY 2006 Window Opens December 6The Form 471 application filing window for Funding Year 2006 will open at noon EST on Tuesday, December 6, 2005 and will close at 11:59 pm EST on Thursday, February 16, 2006. The filing window will be open for 73 days.On November 22, 2005, the FCC...
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