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Education Department gives Alaska, 2 more states waivers

...exchange for the waivers, states have had to show the Education Department they had their own plans to prepare students and...California districts has requested a waiver from the Education Department. The coalition of 10 school districts, known...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-21/education-department-gives-alaska-2-mor
State
Historical Sports: Matt Newhouse

...was recently hired by Blaine County School District to replace Casey Kelly in the Wood River High School Special Education department while she takes a family medical leave in the coming year. Newhouse's most recent teaching assignment prior...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2012-12-27/historical-sports-matt-newhouse
Sports
JDHS recognizes 12 students

...and for those things I wish to honor her with this student recognition." Tom Gagnon, a teacher in the Special Education department, nominated sophomore Jordyn Vinje."Jordyn has made an amazing turn-around in how she approaches new learning...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-01-27/jdhs-recognizes-12-students
Neighbors
State taking steps for NCLB waiver

...waiver, Hanley said it was important that things be done "right, not just fast." Among other things, the state education department was awaiting a decision from the board of education on new standards for K-12 education, a decision that came...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-06-12/state-taking-steps-nclb-waiver
State
New science teacher enamored with Kenai life

...a classroom, but he said he's been teaching "in one capacity or the other" since 1998."I worked in the education department at a children's museum. It was awesome," Leslie said. "It's a really neat kind of education too. The...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-09-17/new-science-teacher-enamored-kenai-life
State
Empire Endorsements for the Oct. 2 Municipal Election

...member and brings with her knowledge of how the state operates. She is a program administrator in the state's education department. Destiny SargeantDestiny Sargeant was the second to jump into the school board race. She served on the board...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-09-26/empire-endorsements-oct-2-municipal-e
Opinion
Prison yard greenhouse complete

...in a previous interview that he envisions the greenhouse being an educational opportunity run by the prison's Education Department so inmates can learn about horticulture, master gardening and landscaping.LCCC is a state-operated adult correctional...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-11-12/prison-yard-greenhouse-complete
Local
Rotary growing a greenhouse at LCCC

...details quite yet, but he envisions the new greenhouse as being an educational opportunity run by the prison's Education Department so inmates can learn about horticulture, master gardening, landscaping and the like.And because it's located...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-12/rotary-growing-greenhouse-lccc
Local
Outside editorial: For-profit colleges are feeding the student loan crisis

...load. This information will give students and their parents more information with which to make decisions.The Education Department needs to do its homework and perform a statistical analysis that offers a reasonable basis for cutting off poorly...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-13/outside-editorial-profit-colleges-are
Opinion
House Finance Committee discusses school funding

...flat-funding conversations, but we don't see flat spending."Hanley presented committee members with a graph of the Education Department's general fund that shows annual increases of funding dating to 2004 that outpace inflation. That graph showed...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-03-27/house-finance-committee-discusses-schoo
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