Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Kids pepper Schock with questions in Princeville

Aaron Schock

They were just two of the rather weighty questions posed Friday to U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Peoria, by fifth- through eighth-grade students at Princeville Elementary School. ...

Alumnus offers insight to Fort Defiance graduates

Rosetta Stone

Keim is a Rosetta Stone executive who gave the commencement address for Fort Defiance graduates and an audience of nearly 2,000 people inside the Commons of Eastern Mennonite University on Saturday. ...

Children from Ecuador share their heritage

Ecuador

West Palm Beach - Kids from Ecuador performing for students at Conniston Middle school in West Palm Beach. It's part of the school's multi cultural day. The group, called Ludoteca, travel the country dancing and speaking about their homeland.In Palm Beach County. They are sharing their heritage at several schools. ...

Holocaust

Holocaust

Photographed at Temple Beth Shalom, from left, Randy Sylvester, Lee Organick and Paul Espora are the winners of the Observance of the Holocaust essay contest.(Full-size photo) ...

Local Fifth Grader Becomes Published Poet

Love Poem

South Mountain student Ruth Finkleman fostered her love of poetry in an interesting way. On a recent field trip to South Mountain Reservation, she and other fifth grade students were asked to create sculptures based on nature sculptures by artist Andy Goldsworthy. ...

Becoming more math-minded with ‘JiJi’

Jiji

Preschool students at College Park Elementary try out the school's new computer-based math programs. (Courtesy Julie McCormick / March 9, 2011) ...

Naperville North counselor, coach charged with sex abuse

Naperville North

A Naperville North counselor and track coach has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse after a parent notified school officials of a possible relationship with a student, District 203 Superintendent Mark Mitrovich said Tuesday evening. ...

Rookie Rugby comes to Canton South Rotary

Rotary Location

Colombo introduced Dan Mathews, a visiting Rotarian from the Canton Club, followed by an abbreviated summary of decisions and discussions rendered from a recent board of directors meeting held on January 29, 2011. ...

Letting parents earn and children learn in Cambodia

Cambodia News

4 February 2011 Cambodia is a popular tourist destination; since 2007, it has seen more than 2 million visitors per year. Children selling books, postcards, small and trinkets dot the landscape and many tourists buy these wares thinking they are doing the children a favor. In reality, tourists are unwillingly contributing to child labor. ...

Woman Found Fatally Stabbed In Manayunk Condo

Ellen Rae Greenberg

PHILADELPHIA - Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a city school teacher who was found stabbed to death in her Manayunk apartment Wednesday. ...

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