10/16/2008
Corzine, educators seek solutions to state's growing high school dropout rate (The Star-Ledger)
With one in five New Jersey high school students dropping out - and maybe twice that in some urban districts - Gov. Jon Corzine and other top officials launched a campaign today to help devise some solutions. But the challenge...
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10/16/2008
Join the live Prep Talk high school sports chat at 7 p.m. (The Buffalo News)
Do you think your favorite high school football team is ranked too low in the polls?
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10/15/2008
NJ tackles high school dropout rates (Asbury Park Press)
Though New Jersey's high school graduation rate is among the best in the nation, officials today launched a yearlong effort to further reduce the state's 17 percent dropout rate.
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10/16/2008
Hackettstown High School, Centenary College continue Scholars Program (The Warren Reporter)
HACKETTSTOWN -- Centenary College and Hackettstown High School officials recently met to sign a formal agreement for the two organizations to continue their relationship in offering the Hackettstown Scholars Program to Hackettstown High School students. This program, previously called the...
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10/16/2008
Normandy High School Students May Have Been Exposed To HIV (FOX 2 News St. Louis)
There is a frightening situation as a number of students at Normandy High School may have been exposed to HIV. Doctors from the County Health Department will meet with parents to discuss the potential crisis. Many students and parents are extremely concerned.
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10/15/2008
New Jersey Tackles High School Dropout Rates (FOX 5 New York)
New Jersey's high school graduation rate is among the best in the nation. But state officials have launched a yearlong effort to further reduce the state's 17 percent dropout rate. Governor Corzine and other state officials were in Newark Wednesday to kick off the "New Jersey High School Graduation Campaign" initiative.
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10/15/2008
Court likely to reinstate murder conviction in Ballard High School shooting (Seattle Times)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely today to reinstate the murder conviction of the driver in a gang-related drive-by shooting outside Ballard High School in 1994.
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10/15/2008
Irmo High School evacuated because of suspicious odor (The State)
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the main building of Irmo High School after a strange odor was reported by maintenance workers. Hazmat investigators went inside at about 1:40 p.m. to determine the source of the odor, Irmo Fire Marshal Jeff Allen said. Investigators say a pipe burst in a classroom wing near the science labs in the main building, a Lexington-Richland 5 spokeswoman Michelle ...
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10/15/2008
10 Years On, High-school Social Skills Predict Better Earnings Than Test Scores (Science Daily)
Ten years after graduation, high-school students who had been rated as conscientious and cooperative by their teachers were earning more than classmates who had similar test scores but fewer social skills, said a new study.
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10/16/2008
More allegations of problems at Edison High School (KSEE 24 Fresno)
An anonymous letter sent to school officials that touched off the investigation into grade changes for an Edison High School football player contains many other serious allegations. KSEE 24 News obtained a copy of the letter, which also makes accusations of insurance fraud, theft of funds, setting up of phony classes to pump up the grades of other student athletes, and employment of a convicted ...
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