Kristen Scanlon, the new principal at Owl Creek Elementary School in Fayetteville, was the winner of a drawing that gave her school 100 tickets to upcoming Broadway shows at Walton Arts Center.
by David Safier In the heady days of the presidential campaign, I had a thought that made my eyes mist over. I imagined President Obama delivering a short speech at the beginning of the school year urging students to do…
New research supports vouchers that allow public funds to pay for special education students to attend private schools.
Wholesale prices dropped sharply in July, and over the past 12 months fell by the largest amount in more than six decades of record-keeping. The Labor Department said Tuesday that wholesale prices dropped 0.9 percent last month.
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Netbook computers are great for students because they are small, lightweight, relatively inexpensive, have built-in wireless networking, are easy to use, and are focused on essential tasks.
In a Room for Debate forum in June on the value of liberal arts master’s degrees, one group of readers — teachers and education administrators — generally agreed a higher degree was well worth the investment. They pointed out that pay …
Apparently some other parents were trying to show me up this year and did their shopping ahead of time. Brown nosers. Even more shockingly, Target had just about everything I needed.
by Rafael Rivadeneira, candidate for House District 41 In Illinois we are blessed to have a great youth population eager to expand their minds and attend school everyday. However, many children and parents are not happy with their …
Children are always excited to learn about something new and this excitement was pretty evident when we informed the kids that we are going to teach them about computers . Many of them heard or seen pictures of a computer but had never …