Students share thoughts on opiate addiction
What do high school students think about the nationwide heroin problem, which often starts for them with prescription painkillers?
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Obituary: Tiffany & Brittany Coffland; shot by father
16-year-old twin sisters were shot to death by their father in St Charles, IL, and he then turned the gun on himself.
Storm that brought 5.2″ to Moline now a nor’easter
A winter storm tracked through the Midwest and joined a low-pressure zone from off Florida to become a classic late-winter nor'easter.
Close to water, “senioritis” takes on new meaning
Seniors at many high school often take a planned but unscheduled day off to relieve the stress that comes at the end of high school.
Some schools close on “Day Without Women”
A general strike and a few closed schools marked International Women's Day in the US this year, following Trump's election.
For want of a snow day at winter’s warm end
Warm winters like this leave students & teachers wanting that random day off for snow. It just hasn't happened, but there's an upside.
A new idea for lunch: make it your way
Students at a Md. high school will have tastier lunches to choose from, thanks to efforts by the school district's food service workers.
25 years of data show no gains from vouchers
Vouchers are shown to be ineffective in yet another long-term study. When will we learn that taking funds away from public schools is a bad idea?
The question: Boost or boot vouchers in Maryland?
Should Maryland increase the funding for vouchers that help public school students attend private schools or throw the program out?
Comments posted on civil rights data collection
Comments for the Civil Rights Data Collection at the US Dept of Education are now closed. Let's see what the dept does with the massive data collection effort.