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5/25/2021 Year-long student projects culminate in positive change Ava Aniello drops off donations at the North Providence Animal Shelter as part of her year-long Project-Based Learning research at Ricci Middle School. NORTH PROVIDENCE – Students at Ricci Middle School are taking their lessons outside of the classroom and into the community, where they’re making a difference with a series of year-long projects. Eighth-grade social studies teacher Teresa Connors first applied the concept of project-based learning in her classroom in 2017. The idea is for students to select their own year...

The Hutchinson News A third Hutchinson USD 308 elementary school has been approved for launch as a redesign school. After an hour-long presentation to the Kansas State Department of Education with ESSDACK looking on, Lincoln Elementary School staff were given the formal go-ahead from the department to go forward with their redesign efforts. Or to use KSDE parlance, Lincoln received the go-ahead for a “launch” of its redesign. Lincoln started studying the redesign process in the fall of 2019. In 2020, the school was approved by KSDE to be an Apollo II school. “As a part of this process, ...

STAFF REPORT SACRAMENTO—Even through the challenges of remote learning and the COVID-19 pandemic, California teachers continue to find ways to bring out the curiosity, excellence, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in students. Today, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond honored six exceptional mathematics and science teachers, naming them as finalists from California for the 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). “This has been a year full of significant challenges for students—personal, economic, and soci...

New principal hired at DI-S DEER ISLE — Deer Isle-Stonington High School will have a new principal for the new school year, according to School Union 76 Superintendent Christian Elkington. Laura Davis, who is currently the dean of instruction at Thurgood Marshall Middle School in Nashville, Tenn., has been hired. Davis will replace Dennis Duquette, who is leaving at the end of the school year to pursue other opportunities. The Community School District 13 School Board unanimously approved the hire at its April 20 meeting. “Davis has more than ten years experience in small progressive high...

Sullivan University teaming up with NASA for out of this world culinary competition Share Updated: 6:51 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Share Updated: 6:51 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. REPORTER: SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY SHIPS ARE COOKING AND JUDGING THE TOP 10 RECIPES ON OUR CULINARY PROGRAM. THE TOP ONE WILL BE SENT TO SPACE. >> WE ARE COOKING IT EXACTLY HOW THE STUDENTS PUT IT TOGETHER. REPORTER: HIGH SCHOOL COOKING TEAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE COMPETING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH THE NASA HUNCH CULINARY CHALLENGE. >> THE ...