EDUCATION
Should schools be run more like businesses?
Perhaps you have heard it said that schools should be run more like businesses--that public schools are soft, undisciplined, ineffective and would do well to refocus their attention on the bottom line...
Posted on 2/24/13 at 9:24 PM
Hovercrafts, Children and Other Magic Science
Had I realized I would be explaining the inner workings of a hovercraft to a classroom of adorable first-graders at Gussner Elementary School here in Jamestown, I would have prepared a little bit more...
Posted on 12/2/12 at 7:19 PM
Letting Go, Letting Life
The trek was over. I got back to Zhuhai, my home in China for the past eleven months. But though I was done trekking, I wasn't through with traveling: I had 48 left in China to ready for a long journ...
Posted on 10/6/12 at 9:21 AM
"Real Food" vs Processed Food - Areavoices Digest #89
So as I sat the other day spraying cheese in a can on my snack crackers, I began to think "Can this be real cheese?" Well the answer is "probably not." First clue: any cheese that's spelled with a "z...
Posted on 9/19/12 at 2:16 PM
WI Teacher Resigns Citing Stress, Health Care, Uncertainty
WATCH VIDEO HERE (first published on WIvoices.org) Stephanie Kline resigned from her position as an 8th grade math teacher at New Richmond Middle School in Wisconsin. Her last day of teaching is June...
Posted on 5/31/12 at 9:52 AM
Autism Awareness events conducted
By Gretta Stark , April 12, 2013
‘Science Kid’ project helps classmates learn
By Gretta Stark , April 12, 2013
Somerset heightens autism awareness
April was recently declared Autism Awareness Month in Somerset.By Gretta Stark , April 05, 2013
Seminar focuses on brain development
“Making Connections: Early Brain Development — Play, Learn and Grow,” will be held Monday, April 15, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the New Richmond High School Auditorium.April 05, 2013
Financial help for schools dominant theme at first hearing; regents voting on 2 new chancellors; silo mishap claims Catawba man, more state news
Wisconsin NewsThe need for more public school funding was a dominant theme at the first of four Joint Finance panel hearings being held statewide. Also, UW Regents will vote on two new chancellors at their LaCrosse meeting today, plus stories about another CWD deer being found, snow for northern Wisconsin and Gov. Walkers national travel plans.
April 05, 2013
Fifth-grader takes on school principal role
By By Jackie Grumish , April 04, 2013
Walker may stop appointing judges in Dane Co.; synthetic drug use prompts tribal 'emergency' declaration; more state news
Since his endorsement appears to be a pox on candidates put before Dane County voters, Gov. Scott Walker says he probably won't make appointments when judgeships open in the future. Also, the Mississippi shipping season is at least two weeks late -- and counting due to thick ice on Lake Pepin. Plus stories about the Milwaukee Archdiocese releasing records about abusive clergy members, a counterproposal to school vouchers and a turkey hunting preview.
April 04, 2013
Parent or guardian of a disabled child? 'Transition' resource session set Wednesday
Parents of teenaged special needs or disabled children in St. Croix or Pierce counties are invited to attend a "Parent Transition Resource Night" from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 10 at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in New Richmond.April 03, 2013
Election round-up: Refendums voted up at Menomonie, Cashton; down in Beloit, Columbus; judge who signed recall is bounced; more state news
Wisconsin NewsRead about school referendum outcomes and analysis on several ballot initiatives. Also, state Republican leaders have proposed a package of unemployment reforms aimed at easing a $1 billion debt to federal coffers, and stories about a big dairy expansion and an alleged burglar who says she was sleep-walking if she committed the crime.
April 03, 2013
Leaders complete year of training
By By Jeff Holmquist , March 30, 2013
Teachers organize local ‘cash mob’ gatherings
By Jackie Grumish , March 30, 2013
St. Croix Central book reports go digital
By Gretta Stark , March 29, 2013
Will you be among 1 in 5 to vote Tuesday? State slips again with job creation, more state briefs
Wisconsin NewsIf trends hold true, just one in five Wisconsin voters will vote Tuesday to decide a Supreme Court seat and some 6,700 other local contests statewide. Also, the ALCU alleges schools in Barron and Beloit violated Title IX by separating boys and girls into single-sex classrooms and officials from states and provinces surrounding the Great Lakes will gather in late May to discuss common issues, plus more state news.
March 29, 2013
New Richmond students learn about Mark Twain
In an effort to expose students to who Mark Twain was as a person, New Richmond Middle School hosted Dave Ehlert, a Mark Twain impersonator, on Thursday, March 21.By Jackie Grumish , March 29, 2013
Board discusses Community Commons
Last week’s City Council meeting has much of the New Richmond School Board and district administration stunned and confused.By By Jackie Grumish , March 23, 2013
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