• RGV High School Baseball Standings – 4/18/24

    Rio Grande Valley High School Baseball Standings as of April 18, 2024. District 31-6A Team District Record Overall Record PSJA High 7-0 25-5 La Joya High 5-2 14-13-1 Mission High 3-4 10-15 Edinburg Economedes 2-5 12-16 Edinburg High 2-5 8-19-1 Edinburg North 2-5 7-19-1   District 32-6A Team District Record Overall Record Los Fresnos 6-1 […]

  • Area schools receive grants to increase security, support mental health

    EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski announced that state funding has been awarded by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to area schools to improve safety and support mental health programs for both students and staff. Schools across the Keystone State, including some in our area, are receiving a major []

  • Grants Pass High School student composes music for coastal festival

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Grants Pass High School student is conducting music that he created for the upcoming Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival in Newport. His piece was one of only a few that was selected and he’s been working on it for the last six months. Nathaniel Lee has composed music before, but […]

  • Sheffield schools: 19 secondary schools issuing the most permanent exclusions including King Ecgbert School

    It is extremely rare for educators to decide that a pupil cannot return to their schools - it is the absolute last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Children must be in education. It is a legal requirement and means if a child is subject to a permanent exclusion from one school then the local authority must arrange full-time education as soon as possible. Nineteen of Sheffield’s secondary schools issued permanent exclusions during the 2021-22 academic year. See if your local...

  • 7 Berks school districts get a total of $2.4 million in safety grants

    Seven school districts have been awarded a combined $2.4 million in competitive grants.

  • Student reportedly forced into Hindu rituals at Chicago school granted class action status

    A former Chicago public school student alleges that her school coerced her into Transcendental Meditation and Hindu practices, including a ritual invoking pagan gods, as part of a program run by the David Lynch Foundation.

  • Edinburgh Steiner School granted permission for new building as part of early years expansion project

    An independent school in Edinburgh has been granted permission to construct a new building on its grounds as part of its early years expansion plans. Edinburgh Steiner School at Spylaw Road in Polwarth has been granted permission by the council’s planning department to create a new single-storey, timber-clad structure along the east boundary wall to house two classrooms, a cloakroom and toilet facilities, to accommodate younger pupils. Council planners said the proposals will “preserve the...

  • Time to vote for school board, school bonds

    By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat Early voting starts Monday for school and city elections. A number of area school districts have places up for grabs on their school boards. Residents can vote for their particular school district’s election at any of the county’s vote centers. Below is a list of the local candidates for the school boards. Pottsboro ISD Vote for none, one or two: Audrea Shea Perdu Mike Springer Casey Shines Doyle Roy Jr. Sherman ISD School Board Trustee Place 1 (three-year...

  • Lockdown lifted on several Nebo School District schools

    SANTAQUIN, Utah, April 29, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A lockdown has been lifted after it was placed on several Nebo School District schools Monday. “Today the Santaquin Police Department received notice of a potential threat in Santaquin,” says a social media post from the Santaquin Police Department. “All Santaquin schools were placed on lockdown and […] The post Lockdown lifted on several Nebo School District schools first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

  • UAB, Birmingham City Schools to Expand Mini Medical School Program

    By Hannah Echols | UAB News Shaundra Blakemore, M.D., and Brian Sims, M.D., Ph.D., were once students in the Birmingham City Schools system who had a passion for science. After college, they transformed their passions into a career by attending medical school at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Fast forward, and they are returning to […]

  • Skip the Ivies for a state school, elite schools past redemption and other commentary

    “If I were advising a friend’s son or daughter facing Decision Day, I’d tell them to pass on the Ivy League and go to a high-quality state school instead,” explains Nate Silver at his Silver Bulletin, with a few exceptions.

  • Holyoke Public Schools receive state funding for electric school buses

    Holyoke Public Schools is one of five school districts in the state set to receive the next round of funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to help fund electric school buses.