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Written by David Moltz - USAToday
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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Article Source: USAToday
Community college transfer students are no longer being courted only by the usual suspects. More private institutions, of every ilk, are aggressively recruiting students from two-year colleges, hoping to bolster and diversify their enrollments and capitalize on the belt-tightening of regional public universities.
"I see more and more privates getting out there and recruiting transfers, whereas there really weren't that many out there even just a few years ago...
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Written by Jennifer Epstein - USA Today
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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Article Source: USA Today
The allergic student of even a few years ago might have had to take chances, pester cooks about ingredients or just skip eating anything made in a public kitchen altogether. But as allergies seem to have become more common — and as allergy sufferers and advocates have become more aggressive in lobbying for accommodations – dining services officials are beginning to act. Many college and university dining halls have adopted signs that point out common allergens, while others offer frozen meals and special items like gluten-free bread so students with allergies can have the social experience of eating with their friends.
A few others, including Brown University, College of the Holy Cross, and Franklin and Marshall College, have gone even further, opening allergy-free kitchens and offering made-to-order meals prepared by specially-trained cooks.
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Written by Vanessa Miller - The Daily Camera
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 |
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Article Source: The Daily Camera
At most schools, climbing on lockers, jumping from balconies and scaling walls while balancing on railings will get land you in detention.Not at Boulder's Fairview High School.
A relatively new "parkour club" has gotten permission from Fairview Principal Don Stensrud to practice the physical discipline inside the school. And Stensrud is working with the Boulder Valley School District to prepare a legal document that would hold the students responsible for any property -- or bones -- they break.
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Written by GITIKA AHUJA and LARA SALAHI - ABCNews
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 |
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Article Source: ABCNews.com
Kids Take Healthy Eating Habits Home From School Programs
As an elementary school nurse, Stephanie Miklosey saw the effects of the childhood obesity epidemic right before her eyes.
At Philadelphia's John Welsh Elementary, Milkosey saw students who had a range of obesity-related conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma. "When you start that young, they've got bigger health risks," she said. "It starts younger. It gets worse."
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Written by Amanda Paulson - CSMonitor
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
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Article Source: CSMonitor
Many schools have cut back on recess as they try to meet requirements for student learning. But in a new Gallup survey, principals cite benefits from recess.
Recess isn’t just about play.More than 80 percent of elementary-school principals believe that recess has a positive impact on academic achievement, according to a new Gallup survey released Thursday. The support for recess comes even though testing pressures have led to cutbacks in the amount of playtime in US schools.
Two-thirds of the principals in the Gallup survey also say that after recess, students listen better and are more focused in class. And almost all the principals agreed that recess has a positive impact on students’ social development and general well-being.
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