Archive By Section - Education
More than 150 Bethany College students have earned semester honors for their academic performance during the fall 2016 semester and have been named to the Dean's List.
January 17, 2016
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Education
Newman University officials have announced the students on the Dean's List for the fall semester of 2015. To qualify for this achievement, a student must complete 12 credit hours and have attained a grade point average of 3.5 or better.
January 17, 2016
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Education
A New Jersey suburb of Princeton University, which churns out high achieving high school graduates, is riven with conflict, the New York Times reports, because many Caucasian parents want the academic pressures relaxed, while many Asian-American parents fear that high expectations will be drawn down and a record of excellence eroded.
January 14, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Like the neighbors telling young kids to get off their lawn, colleges students are being told to get off their hoverboards.
January 13, 2016
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
A new study says that a teacher’s demographic matters for students, which may offer a clue as to why there’s been a shift in how black parents provide education for their children.
January 10, 2016
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
Each year Golden Belt Community Foundation helps students realize their dreams with scholarships made possible through the generosity of caring donors. The Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2016-2017 academic year.
January 10, 2016
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Education
Nearly 13,700 academic scholarships have been awarded to Kansas State University students for the 2015-2016 school year.
January 10, 2016
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Education
Ottawa University announces students named to the Fall 2015 Dean's List.
January 03, 2016
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Education
Modupe Marks was a 37-year-old Nigerian immigrant who ran her own spa and hair salon business in New York City when the recession hit in 2008. As her business tanked, she was left dangling without skills or credentials suited to the new economy.
December 30, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Fifteen years of education reformers trying to enforce conformity has demonstrated that there is something to educational biodiversity. Just as genetic variation can save a species, there is value in letting parents and schools experiment with seemingly odd notions, in acknowledging the "unknown unknowns" of education reform. Pushing the range of what is possible can help hone today's mainstream and tomorrow's innovations.
December 30, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Great Bend Middle School announces the November through December Above and Beyond Winners. All of these students were nominated by their teachers because they have gone above and beyond the call of duty in becoming good citizens of GBMS. The students received a certificate and a pizza and pop luncheon with the school administrators.
December 23, 2015
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Education
Each nine weeks Hoisington Middle School faculty and staff choose students who have shown leadership throughout the school. This can include being respectful to adults and students, improving in grades, being helpful in and out of the classroom and just showing leadership qualities. To promote these qualities, students participate in a Leadership Luncheon. On Dec. 16, the chosen students were treated to pizza for lunch.
December 20, 2015
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Education
Roosevelt Elementary School students collected canned goods and money to donate to the Hoisington Food Bank. Pictured are Preschoolers from Kim Specht's room: Colton Staudinger, Brinley Maier, and Reed Ney.
December 17, 2015
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Education
Once a month, a selected group of students from St. Joseph School visits the residents of Woodhaven Care Center. The students entertain the residents in a number of ways from reading with them one-on-one to leading them in games of BINGO to interacting individually with a variety of board or card games.
December 14, 2015
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Education
A study by Stanford Graduate School of Education professor Thomas Dee suggests that delaying kindergarten by one year, known as "redshirting," can significantly reduce hyperactivity and boost attention spans.
December 14, 2015
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
