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Education and Scholarships |
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| Sabrina Avedisian: Home schooling has given me tremendous opportunities |
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HOME SCHOOLING provides amazing opportunities for students. At the age of 12, I planned to squeeze four years of high school into a two-year-period by studying through the summers. |
| The Miracle Worker |
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"There are several things that make a school work well, but by far, the most important is having an excellent leader." MiShawna Moore is the principal for two schools: Sanders-Clyde Elementary, the success story, and Fraser Elementary, a school with a woeful tale of low test scores and high poverty. |
| Five high-schoolers recognized for top ACT scores |
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The students -- all seniors -- took the exams in the fall, but were honored this month after the scores were made public. via KTIC
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| Column: All Catholic schools strive for excellence |
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"The Catholic community here has in fact made education one of its highest priorities." During his pastoral visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI took time to meet and address Catholic educators representing every diocese in the country. |
| Mid-Columbia Partnership: Providing Options for Home schooling Parents |
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"I think our families are finding out that the traditional classroom is not a great fit for everybody and so it's nice that there are different options." A local organization is helping parents who homeschool their kids. The Mid-Columbia Partnership program continues to grow.
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| La. standardized school tests a mixed bag |
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"Our districts have much to be proud of and so do our kids" The youngest students taking Louisiana's standardized tests did worse in three out of four subjects than they did last year, and only fifth- and ninth-graders did better in every subject, results released ... |
| Oratory Prep School offers courses |
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Interim Head of School Marlene Kostka has announced a number of courses will be offered this summer for enrichment at Oratory Preparatory School, 1 Beverley Road, in Summit. via Courier News Online
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| Five myths about college |
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Congratulations! You've spent thousands of dollars on test-prep books and enrichment camps and sunk hundreds of hours into applications, to say nothing of enduring countless sleepless nights -- and it all ... via The Courier-Journal
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