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Shock as school in leafy suburb classed as failing to stretch its ...... |
THE term "special measures" is not one you would associate with Ravensdale Junior School in the leafy suburb of Mickleover.
But shocked parents were yesterday being told the school has become the target of Government inspectors.
Its exam results are good - but it has been accused of failing to stretch its pupils.
It seems to be the result of a new Government "get tough" policy...
Monopolistic daily newspapers scramble to keep readers... |
PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ed Kelley, editor of the Oklahoman in Oklahoma City, said he is scrambling to move his news operation into online video as quickly as possible, even though the bulk of his organization's income still comes from advertising in the print newspaper.
"Two years ago, we didn't think video was even on the horizon," Kelley told a National Press Club forum co-spon...
College president fights campus binge-drinking... |
He hangs a right on Bowery Street, the main drag for off-campus social life at Frostburg State University. A few students are walking - some stumbling - up the hill. On porches and through windows, they are visibly holding bottles. But Grove keeps driving. He's looking for fights, accidents and vandalism.
A night earlier, an FSU student was hospitalized, and earlier this semester another...
Erma Harris, Managing Editor... |
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The Christmas season starts so early these days, it sometimes seems as if Thanksgiving gets pushed aside. Most of us still get together with family and friends and eat until we're miserable, but do we actually pause and give our personal thanks for what we have been blessed with this year?
The Pilgrims are most often c...
“R” Farm House celebrates first anniversary... |
Click to enlarge Two arrested on charges of leaving loaded guns in reach of 3 children 12 minutes ago "R" Farm House celebrates first anniversary 18 minutes ago CUESD, CSEA reach tentative negotiations agreement 24 minutes ago 32nd Orland Craft Fair offers holiday shopping this weekend 26 minutes ago 2009 NAP deadlines for rangeland and other crops 33 minutes ago Convicted sex offender arrested...
Gov.: reprieve for education ends with 2009-10 budget... |
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Pacific University Professor to Appear on NBC s The Today Show... |
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Dr. David Scholnick, Professor of Biology, will appear on NBC's "The Today Show" tomorrow, Tuesday November 25. The segment will feature work Dr. Scholnick has done studying respiratory systems of lowe...
Texas employers add 23000 jobs... |
Sat. November 22, 2008; Posted: 02:26 AM Stocks most likely to rise today. Click here Nov 22, 2008 (The Dallas Morning News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- C PowerRating -- The U.S. economy has been losing jobs all year, but Texas employers added 23,000 jobs in October, the Texas Workforce Commission said Friday.
Assuming that not all the new positions went to out...
See me, hear me... |
At age 14, Rebecca Sandler decided to stop smoking marijuana, but not cigarettes. Or drinking. She, along with her abusive mother and three brothers, was grieving the untimely death of her estranged father.
'IT IS hard for the Orthodox community to see girls leaving religion to explore their own options, so many just deny that this phenomenon is becoming less rare as time goes on,' says...