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Online Learning: A Useful Tool for the Public Schools System

December 29th, 2011

In the state of South Carolina, online learning and virtual public schools have helped ease the education budget crunch and helped students through challenging courses.  South Carolina currently has five fully online public schools which any student in the state can access. According to an article in The Cheraw Chronicle and The Chesterfield Advertiser, online learning programs have the potential to increase graduation rates, keep budget costs down, and allow students more access to courses.

In this article, South Carolina’s online public schools could help improve the drop out rate for struggling high school students. Many students need the individualized help offer through online learning, or they have mastered the skills set are need the option to move on to more challenging materials. Online learning will not replace the traditional classroom; however, it does offer another tool and option for struggling high school students.

You can read more at The Cheraw Chronicle and The Chesterfield Advertiser. 

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Red Bank Student Chosen for People-to-People

December 28th, 2011

People to People Ambassador Programs, a leader in global educational travel experiences, today announced that Ellen Wilson, a sixth-grader at Red Bank Middle School from Hixson, Tenn., has won a “50 for Fifty” scholarship to travel with a 2012 student delegation.

Ellen received a place on her local Student Ambassador delegation. Fifty full Student Ambassador Scholarships are to be awarded to one student in each of the 50 states to further the organization’s long-term goal of building cultural awareness and global understanding.

“I am so excited to have this opportunity,” said Ellen. “I am most looking forward to staying with another family while I am there to see what their everyday lives are like. I can’t wait to see the differences between their cultures and mine.”

Ellen is a track and cross country runner, as well as a high-achieving student who was recognized on her school’s Star Roll. These are traits that will make her an exemplary student ambassador.

The scholarship sweepstakes was open to full-time students in grades 5 through 12 who entered themselves via an online submission process. As one of the 5

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Last Call: P.A.L Workshop #3 (Fall 2011): What’s The Right For My Child? Options in the Gifted Arena

December 17th, 2011

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Fonterra says free milk for Northland primary schools

December 14th, 2011

Fonterra today announced that a pilot “Milk for Kiwis” scheme would be trialled in Northland schools next year and if it was successful would be rolled out in schools across the country in 2013.

“Milk is an important block for good nutrition.

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California Study Finds That State k-12 Test Predicts Student Performance As Well As SAT

December 8th, 2011

Like most other universities in the country, the University of California requires that students submit scores from either the SAT or ACT exams as part of their application package. These tests have their origins in the efforts of a handful of elite colleges and universities to expand the socioeconomic diversity and enhance the academic promise of their admissions pools; to reduce the number of tests students must take to apply to college and the burden this places on both prospective students and postsecondary institutions; and to provide a means of comparing students who attend different schools with potentially different grading standards. Despite the appeal of a nationally standardized college entrance exam, critics have asserted that standardized college entrance exams suffer from several important flaws.

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News Roundup: C.J. Hinojosa Will Not Enroll Early At Texas

December 7th, 2011

 

 

Baseball America has confirmed reports that blue-chip shortstop recruit C.J. Hinojosa will not enroll early at Texas this winter, as he had previously intended.

“When youre dealing with young kids, things happen,” said Longhorns recruiting coordinator Tommy Harmon.

Hinojosa, a switch-hitter from Klein Collins High in Spring, Texas, is a standout student who tried to shoulder a double course load this fall in order to graduate early, but the academic burden took a toll on him. He remains committed to Texas, but now the Longhorns must hope he gets through the 2012 draft and arrives on campus next fall.

Though Hinojosa has the talent to be drafted as high as the first round, he and his family place a high value on education, and the Longhorns still stand a legitimate chance of landing him.

“A college education is a big part of life after baseball,” Hinojosa told Baseball America in October. “If Im not blessed enough to make it to the  major leagues and last a couple of years there—most careers are done at age 25, 26, and they have nothing to fall back on. I wa

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