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How One Mom Handled Daughter's Peer Pressure
Jennifer Romero was arrested just almost a week ago for buying marijuana for her 14 year old daughter. Romero's daughter came home from school and told her mom that the peer pressure she was facing to try pot was too much. This mom said she
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Two Toronto Catholic school trustees move to get rid of gay-straight alliances
Toronto :: Canada | 9 days ago
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EDT Two Toronto Catholic District School Board trustees are looking to eliminate Gay Straight Alliances from the city's Catholic Schools. Trustee Garry Tanuan will introduce a motion at a May 23 board meeting that would dictate that Toronto Catholic
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18-y-o woman remanded for fraud
Kingston :: Jamaica | 10 days ago
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An 18-year-old woman accused of using a fraudulent credit card to obtain goods from a popular hardware store along Hope Road, St Andrew, was remanded in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Charged with attempting to obtain goods
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Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy (MGLVA) Now Enrolling Students for 2013-2014 Academic Year
Manistee :: MI :: USA | 10 days ago
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Public Schools, has been approved by the Michigan Department of Education and is now enrolling students in grades K-12 for the 2013-2014 school year...It's important for families to understand that if traditional schools don't seem to be working for
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Education reform's next big thing: Common Core standards ramp up
Boston :: MA :: USA | 11 days ago
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But critics say the methods are unproven and the education reform is moving to fast...In an Algebra I class at Mountain View High School, a freshman girl is struggling with a new assignment: The students are working in small groups to try to find the
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Social networks key to career success
Adelaide :: Australia | 11 days ago
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Nancy DiTomaso, who conducted research on the unemployment disparity between whites and blacks in the US, finds that the driving but unspoken force behind it is often the favouritism that results from social networking. We all know how important
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Wash. tribes combat youth suicide
Washington :: DC :: USA | 12 days ago
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Suicide stalks Indian Country, claiming more lives of native youth than those in any other population, not only in Washington, but nationally. State Department of Health statistics released this month show that in Washington, the rate of suicide
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Is Jamaica ready for Vision 2030?
Kingston :: Jamaica | 14 days ago
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Sunday May 12, 2013 There are four goals that are outlined, the first being that Jamaicans are empowered to achieve their fullest potential...There are various strategies that have been outlined to achieve these outcomes. The outcome of world-class
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St. Helena abolishes corporal punishment
Greensburg :: PA :: USA | 15 days ago
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Helena Parish School Board has stricken a policy that permitted corporal punishment in parish schools. The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/11Y3hir ) the school system's policy now forbids the practice. The change was requested by Superintendent
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The results are in …
Princeton :: IL :: USA | 15 days ago
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45 p.m.CDT Those of us who participated in 4-H when we were young may already know the benefits of the 4-H program. For those who are not so familiar with the program, survey results are now available that provide some insight into the impacts of 4-H
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