Archive By Section - Education
March 27, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Great Bend High School graduate Peter Marston, a senior majoring in accounting at FHSU is among the 22 students who will serve as VIP Student Ambassadors for the 2016-2017 academic school year at Fort Hays State University.
March 27, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Local students are among the 60 who have been selected to serve as New Student and Family Orientation Leaders for the 2016 spring and fall semesters at Fort Hays State University.
March 27, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Great Bend High School Band held their large ensemble contest at the GBHS Gym on March 10, with both Varsity and Junior Varsity Bands receiving I ratings. Mr. Bill Clausing from St. John was the adjudicator/clinician and said many favorable comments. The Varsity Band performed "Where the Black Hawk Soars," and "Light Eternal." Selections the JV Band played were "Park Street Celebration" and "Water Music Suite." On March 16, 60 band members and 11 sponsors went to Branson, Mo. where they performed at the Clay Cooper Theatre through the Branson Live on Stage organization. They received a standing ovation ...
March 27, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
All A Honor Roll
March 27, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Western journalists covering President Barack Obama's historic trip to Cuba put Cuban president Raul Castro on the spot Monday, forcing Castro to respond to questions about human rights abuses and political prisoners.
March 25, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Even as higher-ed reformers in the U.S. ratchet up doubts about the value of a humanities degree, a high-profile push is underway in Hong Kong to expand liberal arts offerings in the city's eight universities, wrote Ben Wildavsky for Hechinger Report.
March 23, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Parents who thought that the lead contamination in the water supply of Flint, Michigan, was someone else's problem might want to think again, according to a new report by USA Today.
March 22, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Lincoln Elementary School has received a $2,500 donation from America's Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.
March 16, 2016
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Special to the Tribune
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Education
Anders Ericcson is a psychology professor at Florida State University who has become the authority on the subject of expertise. His research attracted wide attention in 2008, when Malcolm Gladwell’s book "Outliers" popularized the “10,000-hour rule,” which held that any discipline — from playing the piano to jiu jitsu — takes 10,000 hours to master.
March 16, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
The University of Missouri, which was wracked with highly publicized campus protests last fall that led to the resignation of the system's chancellor, is now struggling financially, faced with a shortfall in freshman admissions.
March 15, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
On March 6, the Parnassus Club held their annual piano and voice auditions at the Barton Community College Fine Arts Building.
March 13, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
The Hoisington Middle School has released the Honor Roll for the 3rd nine weeks.
March 13, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Jefferson Elementary Principal Art Baker introduced Jordan Brough to the USD 428 Board of Education on Tuesday, where he was recognized for winning this year's local spelling bee.
March 12, 2016
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Susan
Thacker
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Education
Nike founder Phil Knight is donating $400 million to the Stanford Business School, an announcement that has sparked new questions over endowment arms funneling ever greater sums to a tiny handful of the nation's most elite private universities.
March 07, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
