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
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
Wisconsinites outraged over omission of slain cop’s name; Many GOP lawmakers oppose school aid freeze; 150 cats taken from one house; More briefs
Wisconsin NewsOver 6,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that slain Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena be added to a national memorial for fallen officers. Almost 50 Wisconsin school districts are getting less in revenues than they did 10 years ago and two-thirds of those school systems are in Republican Senate districts. That could explain why a number of GOP senators have come out against their governor’s plan to freeze state school aid in the next budget.
March 21, 2013
SHS celebrates third annual Polar Daze
By Gretta Stark , March 15, 2013
Third-graders raise money for Kids Club Fund
By Gretta Stark , March 15, 2013
SCC chooses next superintendent
The St. Croix Central School Board has chosen Timothy R. Widiker, current principal in the Webster School District, as its next superintendent. He will replace David Bradley, who is retiring at the end of the school year.March 15, 2013
Budget woes worry western Wisconsin schools
By By Jeff Holmquist , March 14, 2013
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