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Around Your Town: 01/15/11
Teachers union offers compromise on school improvement plan
Minnesota’s statewide teachers union has unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at narrowing the racial achievement gap in public schools, partly by compromising on allowing alternative licensing for teachers.
Read more on Minnesota Public Radio
Dog saved in Mendham Township, NJ house fire that ‘could’ve been worse’
MENDHAM TWP. — Bill Durso [...]
Around Your Town: 11/24/10
Delayed Review
Without attorneys, the CPRB is at a standstill By Chris Young.
Read more on Pittsburgh City Paper
NASA Looks to FIRST to Build the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
FIRST awarded $20 million over five years for hands-on robotics competition events and learning that motivates students to pursue degrees to meet NASA’s competency requirements.
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Around the Town: Experience a movie under the stars in Sedona Friday
DISD Interns Navigate the Legal Profession
Twenty-nine law firms and 31 students from the Dallas Independent School District are participating in the Dallas Bar Association’s 2010 Summer Law Intern Program.
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The way the BBC exploited Jill Dando’s death to boost ratings was just shameful: Super-agent reveals his fury
In part-two of Jon Roseman’s brutally frank [...]
Around Allen: Blues, bikes and boss cars
Halting California welfare would shift costs to counties
County leaders say taxpayers would still have to foot the bill under Schwarzenegger’s plan. The size of the monthly grant to recipients would drop, though. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to save $1.6 billion a year by eliminating welfare is the budgetary equivalent of rearranging deck chairs on the [...]




