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What do we eat? New food map will tell us
Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the ...
Zachary to farm out expelled students
The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from their regular schools. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/107RdtC) that the district's alternative school has been at the Port Hudson Career Academy. Board members have plans to expand Port Hudson's ...
US senator proposes student loan refinance plan
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt burden of millions of students who have borrowed to pay for their education — especially New Yorkers, who average nearly $30,000 in student debt. The New York Democrat announced Sunday the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act, a bill that would ...
Clark County teachers hoping to become 'losers'
Twenty-eight George Rogers Clark High School teachers and staff members are on a mission to become losers. Biology teacher Sara Stone says the group is using weekly weigh-ins and healthy competition to kick-start a weight loss effort at the Kentucky school. Eight years ago, a group of faculty and staff ...
Wayne school board cancels meeting on vandalism
The Wayne County Board of Education has canceled a special meeting that was set to consider whether to pursue charges in the vandalism of a high school. Board members had planned to meet Monday to discuss the vandalism that occurred Thursday night at Wayne High School. State police say windows ...
Interest in charter schools soars in B.R.
The state Department of Education said 35 organizations have submitted applications to start about 100 new charter schools in 19 parishes. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/107J3Sc) the organizations are seeking to open their new schools in 2014, 2015 or 2016. Twenty-two applicants want to start schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, ...
Cell phones stolen from Georgia charter school
Investigators in Mitchell County are trying to solve an unusual theft from a school. Investigator Melvin Ray says someone took about 20 students' cell phones from a locked file room at Baconton Community Charter School. The school's policy is if a child is caught with their cell phone during school ...
State workers anxious as lawmakers debate pensions
An Illinois agency manager might have to delay retirement. A former university secretary wonders if she'll have to cancel vacations. A state office assistant fears he won't be able to afford the medical care his wife needs. Anxiety and anger are growing among state employees and retirees who wonder what ...
Ga. students' weather balloon travels 100 miles
Elementary school students in Athens launched a weather balloon that reached an altitude of nearly 97,000 feet and traveled nearly 100 miles to Sparta. The Engineering Club at Chase Elementary School released the 7-foot helium-filled balloon Tuesday. They tracked it to a dense swamp in a heavily wooded area in ...
Nikiski student gets national honor
A Nikiski Middle-High School student has been recognized as one of the nation's top scholars and will be honored with a medallion for her accomplishments in Washington, D.C, in June. Annaleah Ernst is one of141 high school seniors from across thecountry to be named a 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Ernst, ...
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