Augusta, ME – Kindergarten students in the city of Auburn, Main, about 30 miles southwest of the capital Augusta are going to receive something many adults could only dream of getting, a new iPad. Though is may seem to be a far fetched plan to many, it may actually be an idea many states...
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WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, United State’s President Barack Obama placed a verbal deadline for Congress to rewrite the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. Pres. Obama wants the law to be rewritten before the 2011 school year recommences in September. Pres. Obama stated, to the effect, that he wants every child to return to...
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Madison, WI – A Wisconsin bill passed in the State Assembly today, which among other things, will limit the collective bargaining rights for public workers unions in the state. The bill’s very proposal set off harsh protests mainly from the Teacher’s Union. After three days of debate on the Assembly floor the bill’s future...
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Albany, NY – the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, voiced a recommendation that administrators in the Public Education Department as well as educators themselves agree to a salary freeze this fiscal year which starts on April 1st 2011. However, this is no joke, as Gov. Cuomo proposed this plan in an effort...
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New York City, NY – Justice Cynthia Kern of the Manhattan State Supreme Court issued her ruling today regarding the names of teachers and their ratings being made public. Justice Kern ruled that making public the teacher ratings for 12,000 New York City teachers and their names attached is not going to be arbitrary...
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Dr. Billy Taylor, jazz composer and musician, pianist and composer creations died Tuesday night in Manhattan at the age of 89. Billy Taylor grew to become one of the country’s most enthusiastic promoters of jazz music, and once statted that even he, himself did not fully understand his own personally developed style of music. ...
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Outer Space – This is the first time in 372 years a lunar eclipse will correspond with the winter solstice. The heavens above 1.5 billion people in North and South America, parts of Europe and Asia are going to become a dark hue of crimson tomorrow morning, Eastern Standard Time (EST). A complete lunar...
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