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Layoffs, benefit cuts part of Valley View reorganization
Valley View school board officials have decided to reorganize the district's administrative department, which will include some layoffs along with cuts in salaries and benefits. School officials said the changes will save Valley View Community Unit...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Bank of Montreal, Music, Chicago Tribune
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Online tutoring offers convenient help
Daily American Staff WriterAdministrators at The Learning Lamp have expanded their online tutoring program to any student from kindergarten to 12th grade, and they are hoping the idea catches on with parents who want to give their kids an educational boost. "I think when people...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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Low teacher pay in Lake drives off best and brightest
As a semi-retired teacher who went from one thankless job (law enforcement) to another part time, I can emphatically endorse Lauren Ritchie's assertions in her column Wednesday regarding teacher salaries driving off the best and the brightest people....Tags: Labor Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace
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Community mourns the loss of Imperial High School math teacher
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — A woman in the front row of bleachers at Frank Wright Middle School lifted her glasses to wipe her tears away as she listened to a speech given by Victor Torres, Imperial High School vice principal, at Otto Wurzbach’s celebration of...Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Students, Music
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School districts prep for new standards
Staff WriterIn an effort to prepare students for an ever-changing world, the face of education is undergoing considerable changes across the nation. The common core standards, which have been adopted by 45 states and four territories, are set to not only change...Tags: Susan Bonilla, Teaching and Learning, Students, Dwayne Johnson
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: PTA, Colleges and Universities, Heart Attack, Holidays, Teaching and Learning
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Teachers elect Lewis to 2nd term as CTU head
Tribune reporterChicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, an often controversial leader who took on Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a strike last fall and has been leading the fight against the district’s plan to close schools, was reelected to a second three-year term...Tags: Karen Lewis, Elections, Teaching and Learning, Career and Workplace, Chicago Mayor
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Chess Playing, Networking
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Lou Gehrig's Disease, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Diabetes, Medical Specialization
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Scholarships awarded in honor of Windber teacher
Daily American Staff WriterPhilip Marcinek spent 18 years helping students at Windber Area High School as a social studies teacher and sports coach. Even though he passed away last school year, his legacy is still helping students achieve their dreams. In his honor, his wife, Rita...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Culture, Teaching and Learning, Social Sciences
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FAU president's new salary to cost taxpayers more
Mary Jane Saunders may be stepping down as president of Florida Atlantic University, but she will remain as one of the school's highest paid employees. And her new $276,000 salary will actually cost taxpayers $76,000 more. Saunders, who resigned...
Tags: Board of Directors, Science and Technology, Science, Colleges and Universities, Florida Atlantic University
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