Schools back graduates with 3 year warranty
Fort Zumwalt high school seniors will graduate with a three year warranty backing their diplomas. Other districts, including Plymouth Carver in Massachusetts and Prince George's County in Maryland, offer job skills classes and guaranteed training, while Blue Springs prints the guarantee on the diploma.
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Fort Zumwalt
Fort _Zumwalt
Bernard DuBray
Bernard Sidman
Plymouth- Carver
Massa
Chusetts
Prince George’s County
Maryland
Missouri
Blue Springs
Welfare costs rise for teen-led families in 1989
A Center for Population Options report shows the federal government spent over 21.5 billion dollars on welfare programs for teen-ager headed families in 1989, up 1.7 billion from 1988 due to inflation, expanded Medicaid, and more teen births. The study urges stronger teen pregnancy prevention and access to contraception and services. It notes long term impacts on education and poverty and cites state and city costs in seven locales.
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Washington
Center For Population
U S Students Rate American Schools Higher Than Japan
U S students show more confidence in public schools and pursue more business economics and computer courses than Japanese peers in a Gallup survey of 750 American and 790 Japanese junior and senior high students. The report notes higher math and English confidence in the United States and broader computing emphasis, with experts cautioning the results may reflect perception bias.
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New York
U.S
Gallup International
Teachers Strike Over Dignity Not Money In New Orleans
About 3,000 New Orleans teachers walked out on Sept 17 over health insurance costs and working conditions. They cite toilets, supplies, discipline gaps, and parental attitudes as core issues, while district officials cite budget limits and car leases for administrators. Salary scales range from 19,455 to 35,111 with demands for raises and insurance aid.
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New Orleans
Mike Stone
McMain Magnet Secondary
United Teachers of
New Orleans Parish
Lafayette
Williams
Everett Williams
Frank Fudesco
Henry Joubert
Ann Legaux
Fannie Williams Middle School
Experts advise tips to prepare children for kindergarten
Experts across the country share practical steps for parents to ready preschoolers for school. Set aside daily 15 minute talks to build vocabulary, widen horizons with outings, encourage daily reading, play counting games, and use everyday tasks to reinforce concepts like size and shapes for early literacy and math readiness.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Army deserter hides as high school student in Illinois
Edwardsville Principal Lawrence Busch recalls a 25-year-old U.S. Army deserter posing as 17 or 18 and enrolling at Edwardsville Senior High for four days in September. The man, Doyle R. McMahan of Sevierville, Tennessee, used the name Russ Jackson and claimed USC recruitment. He left after guardianship doubts, then was found in a stolen Kentucky car. Police noted he had escaped military custody and was living with an Army buddy’s family. motive remains unclear.
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Edwardsville, Ill
Edwardsville Senior High
Lawrence Busch
Russ Jackson
Busch
Doyle R. McMahan
Seviervile
Tenn
McMahan
Venice
Calif
University of Southern California
Edwardsville
Kentucky
David Bopp
Bopp
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