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100 Best Law School Admission Tips of All Time
Society & Culture  (tags: Law Admission, Legal, Education, School, Tips )

Katie
- 7 hours ago - onlineschool.net
If you're planning on applying or are already in the process of applying to law school, here are some helpful tips that can guide you through the process and make sure you've left nothing to chance.
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In Some Classrooms, Books Are a Thing of the Past
Society & Culture  (tags: school, students, digital classrooms )

Lone
- 35 days ago - washingtonpost.com
AGOURA HILLS, CALIF. -- The dread of high school algebra is lost here amid the blue glow of computer screens and the clickety-clack of keyboards.
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OBAMA'S HOME STATE TROUBLES: Nation's Shortest School Year!
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, Hawaii, President Obama, President Obama's home state, nation, school, school year, budget cuts, school budgets, children, Hawaiian children, school, schoolchildren )

ON VACATI
- 35 days ago - azcentral.com
Not good, Pres. Obama! Not good when you're pushing for more time in the classroom!! Hawaii drastically cuts school year because of budget cuts. Great loss for Hawaiian children.
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25 Speed Reading Secrets Every Student Should Know
Society & Culture  (tags: Education, Students, Reading, Information, School )

Katie
- 39 days ago - onlinecolleges.net
New college students are often shocked by the incredible amount of reading that has to be completed. Use these 25 speed reading secrets to keep up with all the reading you need to do for school.
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PS 636 After-School Program Gives Homeless Kids Chance to Succeed
Society & Culture  (tags: homeless, children, school, help )

Lone
- 42 days ago - nydailynews.com
Budget cuts forced many schools to ax after-school programs, but almost every child at one Brooklyn school is dancing, cooking, fencing or building robots until 6 p.m.
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Police and Schools Promoting Student Safety
Society & Culture  (tags: Society, police, school, college, students, safety, crime, prevention, protection )

Dee
- 70 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y. -- If you are a college kid and cops come knocking, you probably wouldn't be thrilled. But don't worry this time. You're not in trouble.
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Surge in Homeless Children Strains School Districts
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, school, children, homelessness, foreclosure, school districts, report cards, shelters, motels, trailer parks, homeless families )

ON VACATI
- 78 days ago - nytimes.com
more than one million students without stable housing by last spring, has tested budget-battered school districts as they try to carry out their responsibilities -- and the federal mandate -- to salvage education for children whose lives are filled with
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Tell Congress That Students Deserve Healthy Foods ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: children, school, lunches, healthy choices, environment )

Cher
- 92 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Does your school cafeteria serve too much greasy, unhealthy food? Bad food is unfair to you and can risk your health over the long run. But now is the time for you to ask Congress for the healthy school lunches that you deserve
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Sign the Healthy School Lunch Petition ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: kids, school, healthy, lunches, environment, protection, health )

Cher
- 94 days ago - change.org
Parents and other concerned adults, now is your chance to tell Congress that students across the country deserve healthy foods--more vegetables, fruits, vegetarian foods, and healthful nondairy beverages. Sign the petition below and join the healthy
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Urge Congress to Increase Funding for Afterschool Programs ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, kids, school, after school funding, protection )

Cher
- 94 days ago - change.org
Rising fuel costs have already strained school budgets to the breaking point, with some even switching to four-day weeks. Yet with the economy weakening and deficits ballooning, Congress may cut funding to critical afterschool programs at a time when
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In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, classrooms, school, internet textbooks, 21st century education, Beyond Textbooks initiative, web learning, sharing classrooms )

ON VACATI
- 105 days ago - nytimes.com
Students use computers provided by school to get their lessons, do their homework, hear podcasts of their teachers' science lectures. Register for "digital sections" of English, history, science, too. Educators say online textbooks are coming!
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Pancakes Together? Breakfast Can Wait. The Day's First Stop Is Online.
Society & Culture  (tags: Families, morning, breakfast, Internet, email, text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, family time, technology, cell phones, laptops, school, work, children, parents )

ON VACATI
- 105 days ago - nytimes.com
Technology has shaken up plenty of life's routines, but for many people it has completely altered the once predictable rituals at the start of the day. Families check e-mail, text msgs., Facebook & Twitter BEFORE you say g'morning anymore!
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Cat Killings Fuel Dissecting Debate | NBC Miami
Society & Culture  (tags: dissection, cats, debate, PETA, science, school )

Raffi
- 153 days ago - nbcmiami.com
In the wake of the gruesome killings of several cats in South Florida, and the news that the teen accused in the killings dissected cats in a high school class, educators are questioning whether cutting up animal carcasses in school should be
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Clampdown on Disability Bullying
Society & Culture  (tags: disability, school, disabilities, disabled, children, child, society, special needs, bullying, education, prevention, interesting )

Mandy
- 558 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Schools in England are being advised on how to stop the bullying of children with special needs or disabilities.
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Mom Plans March to Protect Kids
Society & Culture  (tags: transportation, school, safety, rights, abuse, children, education )

Sherry
- 593 days ago - cantonrep.com
For years, Bernadine Wade kept quiet about the sexual assaults her daughter endured to and from school in a Jackson Local Schools' van.
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