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The Big Cram for Hunter High School

seen at 2009-01-03 08:21:20 - www.nytimes.com

Wednesday was the final day of test-prep boot camp for a group of 11-year-olds preparing to take the Hunter College High School admissions exam.

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On Education | Amagansett: Making Sense of School Consolidation

seen at 2009-01-02 02:12:33 - www.nytimes.com

East End residents argue that folding smaller school districts into larger ones may not be the best thing for students or municipal budgets.

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Law on Flu Vaccinations May Be Tested

seen at 2009-01-03 02:48:32 - www.nytimes.com

The Dec. 31 deadline for parents to obtain flu vaccinations for their children has passed.

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The Debt Trap: Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students

seen at 2009-01-02 19:23:51 - www.nytimes.com

As concern about student debt rises, promotional relationships between schools and banks have sounded alarm bells.

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Schools fail special needs rule

seen at 2009-01-02 15:20:59 - bbc.co.uk

A union says many schools do not comply with a new rule about special educational needs co-ordinators.

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Teachers sound school bell fears

seen at 2009-01-02 00:13:53 - bbc.co.uk

School bells which ring too loudly could be damaging the hearing of pupils and staff, a teaching union warns.

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Risky times ahead

seen at 2009-01-02 15:52:55 - bbc.co.uk

Mike Baker s look at the issues coming up in 2009

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Fairfax Schools Chief Wants to Keep Grading System

seen at 2009-01-03 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

A long-awaited Fairfax County school system report released yesterday found no conclusive evidence that the county s tough grading policy hurts students chances of gaining admission to college but said it could hamper their ability to get into honor

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Officials Look to Slash Frederick Sports Budget

seen at 2009-01-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

Frederick County school officials are looking at eliminating varsity swimming and all freshman sports to save money in the next fiscal year.

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With Obama s Rise, Hawaii School Adds to Its Distinctions

seen at 2009-01-03 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

HONOLULU -- When President-elect Barack Obama visited the lush campus of his old high school for a game of basketball in the waning days of his vacation this week, he returned to no ordinary Hawaiian school, but one with a rich history of teaching th

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State Short-Changed Montgomery Schools

seen at 2009-01-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

An accounting error in Maryland s budgeting process cost the Montgomery County school system $24 million in lost revenue in the current fiscal year, and some of the money was mistakenly distributed among the state s 23 other school systems, officials

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Montgomery College Chief Faces Delicate Balancing Act

seen at 2009-01-02 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

Even before the financial meltdown, Maryland s largest community college was turning away thousands of students each year because there were too few seats in classrooms and too few dollars for financial aid. Now, Montgomery College President Brian K.

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Suitland High School Football Coach Nick Lynch Dies in Car Accident

seen at 2009-01-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

Nick Lynch, the Suitland High School football coach and athletic director and one of the most respected figures in Prince George s County athletics, was killed early yesterday morning in a two-car collision about a mile from his Brandywine home.

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States Passing Laws to Combat Cyber-Bullying

seen at 2009-01-01 00:00:00 - www.washingtonpost.com

LOS ANGELES -- In California, a hateful Internet campaign followed sixth-grader Olivia Gardner through three schools. In Vermont, a humiliated Ryan Halligan, 13, took his own life after being encouraged to do so by one of his middle-school peers. And

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Heating oil theft closes school

seen at 2009-01-06 13:36:01 - bbc.co.uk

A theft of heating oil is behind one of 20 school closures in freezing temperatures across Wales.

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