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First Stages; How to Build An Energy Kite When I stopped by the hardware store to find materials for building our Energy Kite, I looked for canvass tarps, and noticed a stack of drop cloths; the kind that painters use for floor covering while painting. After looking at what the...
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This little six-minute presentation (sound not required, although it's nice sound) certainly gives you a bit to think about--and shows why you'll have a lot *MORE* to think about tomorrow. (Although exponential growth *NEVER* holds up...we hope.)
http://www.scottmcleod.org/...
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Well, the teachers unions are at it again putting the education of our children in the caboose of the union powered Crazy Train and this time it is the Delano Elementary Schools that are in the crosshairs. The union is telling prospective teachers not to go to work there, trying to get existing...
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Just the thought of mixing sex and 12-year-old girls is making some people queasy about mandatory human papillomavirus vaccinations.
Through a Republican governor’s order, Texas girls must now receive the HPV vaccine before entering sixth grade unless their parents opt out. In...
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Here's an interesting concept--a national training center (akin to military academies) for those in public service:
http://www.uspublicservicea...
The mission of the United States Public Service Academy is to build a corps of civilian leaders who have the moral character, academic...
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Newsflash from the world of sports
It was revealed today that Team BCSD, better known as the bellicose five, has a new rookie player, Don Vereen. He was moved up from the Detroit minor league ( a past president of the Westchester Kiwanis) by Scout Abernathy who is known for spotting...
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bcsd school teachers, families, and their supporters will picket bcsd schools friday morning, mostly likely 15-30 mins before school starts. this would be anywhere from 7-8 am at most sites - just ask your child what time school starts. this is an informational picket to let parents know...
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Lisa Schencker, the Bakersfield Californian's education reporter, recently started a blog called "Your Child's Education" and her posts are generating a lot of interest. In reading some of the comments, I was inspired to share one of my plans for education that - similar to...
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received this from my pop today via email. please read and consider.
dad wrote: Please read. If you agree, please send on.
Good evening.
As you are aware the BCSD Board of Education will be selecting an "appointee" to serve the remainder of trustee Ken Weir's term of office. ...
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It seems that the government is being more prudish than its people.A study was just released, saying that most Americans favor comprehensive sex education over abstinence-only education, regardless of their political bias.According to a story by Reuters:Of the nearly 1,110 U.S. adults they...
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Hello Bakersfield!
My name is Sonja and I'm a student at the University of New Hampshire. I'm studying your fine newspaper to analyze how print has changed with the Internet.
Bakersfield has done some pretty cool interactive stuff with its web site.
I'd love to hear what readers think about...
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The article in its entirety can be read here. Bill Moyers is president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy and a veteran journalist. He delivered these remarks in San Diego on October 27 to the Council of Great City Schools , an organization of the nation’s largest...
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Mr. and Mrs. Average Taxpaying Citizen:
You need to know that a new commercial industry was created thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act.
It starts by setting goals and standards of testing so high that many urban schools with a varied population of students will fail to meet all of the...
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I was nervous. I had studied the issues - all those I could think of that members of the audience might bring up. I took notes and challenged myself as to my position on every topic mentioned on the news or in the newspaper regarding education. Waiting at home made the tension...
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As the clouds and rain outside show, fall is upon us and soon winter will follow, which means flu season is around the corner. But as opposed to past seasons of stuffy noses and vomiting, some school nurses are using this one to emphasize good hygiene habits in the event that bird flu does comes...
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Remember when greasy pizza, birthday parties every week and snack machines in the hallways were the norm in school? Well, that seems to be coming to an end as schools rush to address the high incidence of obesity and diabetes in children today.
Below is a story I wrote, that was published...
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