Md. board advances concussion safety once more
New regulations regarding concussion safety for student-athletes have been permanently published by the Maryland State Board of Education.
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Online tool may help kids find books for the summer
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Illinois students are being encouraged to access a free online tool designed to promote summer reading and keep students' brains active before school resumes in the fall.
Bach to blues, our emotions match music to color
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Some work at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that many people associate the same colors with the same emotions produced by music, depending on its character.
Md. parents recognized for school involvement
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Annette DiMaggio of Queen Anne's County has been named statewide winner of the sixth annual Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Awards program.
IL football preseason has new heat acclimatization rules
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The Illinois High School Association has approved new guidelines for heat acclimatization, which should help Illinois student-athletes reduce heat illness and injury during preseason football.
PARCC releases test blueprints for ELA and math
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The test blueprints for PARCC assessments, which will affect both Illinois and Maryland in the 2014-15 school year, have been released after more than a year of review.
Dew drops keep cicadas' wings fresh and clean
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Get ready for the cicadas to return this summer in Maryland, and all it takes is a few drops of morning dew to keep their wings fresh and clean.
Md. state board updates emergency guidelines
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The Maryland State Board of Education updated a guide for emergency planning in its 24 school systems, providing new instructions for how schools should mitigate violent and traumatic events.
Eggs show an evolutionary link between dinosaurs, birds
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It's not Jurassic Park but real life, as two scientists have found evidence, among fossil dinosaur eggs, that dinosaurs are perhaps more closely linked to birds than to reptiles.
Plainfield Central – Singin' in the Rain – April 19-21
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Students at Plainfield Central HS were expected to perform in a musical this weekend, but the storms over the past week caused every school in the district to close today. We still don't know if the show will go on.