Eighth graders named to Kansas Honor Band
Three Ottawa eighth graders, Ryan Kaub, Kevin McCurdy and Clint Wiseman, were chosen for the 7th and 8th Grade Honor Band of the Kansas Music Educators Association. The event includes a Jan. 6 meet at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School with morning rehearsals and an afternoon concert.
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Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Kansas City school gives free computers to students
Allen Edison Village School in Kansas City's Westport distributes free computers to third through eighth graders, letting about 200 students take them home. Parents receive training and can monitor homework online, email teachers, and use office software to aid learning.
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Wellsville High School
Julie Cooper
Johnson County Community College
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LaChelle Nichols
Allen Edison Village School
Westport
LaDonald
Augusta Nichols
LaChelle
LaDonald Nichols
Kent Luetke-Stahlman
Allen Edison
Victoria Rice
Riee
Edison Schools Inc
New York
Ways Online
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Alaska
Pathways
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Linda Deafenbaugh
Douglas
Pittsburgh
California
William Rukeyser
Woodland
Calif
America
Valley Pathways
seeUonline
Schooldata.com
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Schools lighten backpack loads nationwide
Philadelphia AP report notes schools aim to ease student strain from heavy backpacks. Some buy extra textbooks for home use, others bring chiropractors to teach posture, and Collingswood Middle School bans backpacks inside to reduce back stress.
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Collingswood Middle School
New Jersey
Scott Hoopes
Online K12 School Aims to Deliver Full K-12 Education
Washington AP reports a new generation of online schools, led by for profit K12, offering kindergarten through 12th grade with lessons via the Internet. Enrollment begins next fall with growing adoption across public and private programs and a wide range of curriculum and costs.
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William Bennett
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Florida Online High School
California
Pennsylvania
Valley Path
U S Students Lag In Global Math Science Study
U S eighth graders improved from 1995 to 1999 but trailed peers in 38 nations in 1999. Fourth graders in 1995 led, while Japan Singapore and other Asian nations topped most categories. Scores: U S math 502 science 515. 1995 figures were 492 and 513.
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State Farm Insurance
William Goodling
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House Education and Workforce Committee
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Belgium
Finland
Hungary
Korea
Netherlands
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
United States
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