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In Baldwin Community Schools, students had been returning from summer break having lost more than six weeks of learning--two weeks more than is typical. The district is located in the [...]

Alexandria Public Schools leaders re-envisioned classrooms a few years ago when planning a new high school at their central Minnesota district. The educators were driven, in part, by students who [...]

When Cory Notestine moved to Alamosa, a southern Colorado town founded by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, he saw many barriers standing in the way of student success. The [...]

Students ease stress with stretches in elementary school yoga sessions. In another district, students taste vegetables they've never tried before after growing produce in a school garden. Elsewhere, more students [...]

In rural Washington state, an occupational therapist might drive three to four hours to see a student--that is, if a district can find one to hire. Last year, an occupational [...]

A Georgia school system partnered with local manufacturers to create German-style apprentice programs that teach skills through project-based learning. A district on Florida's west coast expanded manufacturing internships with help [...]

When only 13 percent of sophomores at the Grandview School District in Washington passed the state math exams six years ago, administrators decided to develop their own curriculum. For instance, [...]

At Nashville's Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School, a female student distressed by the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, wrote rap lyrics that became the song 'Hands Up, Don't [...]

More districts are adding seat belts to their bus fleets, following the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's 2015 recommendation that 'every child on every school bus' needs a seat belt. [...]

Facing a ballooning teacher shortage in recent years, Clark County School District in Nevada launched a social media and email recruiting strategy, sending messages to self-identified school teachers over LinkedIn [...]

E-Rate funds kept at least one district connected to the internet through testing--and opened the door for a 1-to-1 initiative rolling out this fall. The Lafayette Parish School System in [...]

The article focuses on the approach of several school counselors in the U.S. to help students achieve colleges and careers. It discusses the career of school counselor Cory Notestine of Alamosa School District in Colorado who was awarded with the 2015 Counselor of the Year award by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) due to her partnership with state and community colleges in the city to broaden experiences of students who were suffering poverty.

The article reports that Coweta County School System in Georgia partnered with manufacturing firms such as Grenzebach Corp. to launch a three-year apprentice program. Mark Whitlock, chief executive officer (CEO) at Central Education Center, talks about misconception related to the program. It mentions Pinellas County Schools' in Florida pre-apprentice program which makes effort to coordinate internships.

The article discusses about the educational institution Magnet school and the changes it experiences in the millennium era. Topics discussed include a comprehensive profile of the Magnet school and an assessment of its educational programs as presented by the professional association Magnet Schools of America and an overview of the educational programs offered by the Stratford STEM Magnet High School and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.