El Mirage will pick up tab for adult residents to obtain their GED (The Arizona Republic)
Any resident who is at least 25 years old will be able to take free classes toward a general equivalency diploma at the El Mirage Adult Basic Education Academy.
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A third of state high schools now have police officers in campus patrol (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Over the past decade, a program to put police officers in schools has expanded to a third of the states high schools and is moving into middle schools.The states 54 prevention resources officers counsel, teach and patrol. They watch fo...
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Last Added (Sedona Red Rock News)
Big Park Community School was one of 10 Arizona schools to receive a $1,000 grant from McDonald’s last month. The McDonald’s/AZ PTA Go Active! Academic Award, which is given for innovative programs promoting physical fitness, selected Big Park, thanks to physical education teacher Kortney Zesiger.
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Hamilton County: Local schools award more diplomas (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
More students have graduated from Hamilton County Schools each year since 2004, despite relatively flat enrollment, according to numbers released Thursday by the school system.
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Mozambique: Local Schools Vulnerable to Human Trafficking (AllAfrica.com)
Mozambican schools are highly vulnerable to trafficking in children, the country's former first lady, Graca Machel, warned on Wednesday.
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KHS team wins adult spelling bee (Kinston Free Press)
Could you correctly spell vicissitude, rastafarian or bistelfink in an adult spelling bee contest? For 22 local teams, that was the challenge Tuesday night at the Global TransPark Education and Training Center.
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Hamilton County Schools Graduating More Students Each Year (The Chattanoogan)
More students are graduating from Hamilton County Schools than ever before, officials said on Thursday.
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Namibia: Private Schools Urged to Give Free Tuition to 10 Percent of Students (AllAfrica.com)
THE Ministry of Education is to change its funding formula to allocate money to the 13 regions according to the number of schoolchildren in each region.
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Botswana: Ministry Urges Distinction Between Discipline and Punishment (AllAfrica.com)
The Ministry of Education says in its Pastoral Policy that schools should distinguish between punishment and discipline.
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Class Acts: Marion Community Schools (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
Marion Community Schools, along with the Grant County Special Education Cooperative, and Carey Services are proud to announce a transition fair. This event will be sponsored by the Vocational Rehabilitation School-to-Work Grant.
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