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DENVER — Legislators are analyzing how Colorado schools punish students in order to determine whether changes are needed to policies they say lead to thousands of youth being unnecessarily sent to law enforcement each year.

A panel created by the Legislature this year will begin meeting Monday to look at schools’ zero-tolerance policies, some of which were created after the Columbine High School shootings and gang violence in 1993, during the so-called “Summer of Violence.”

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KINGSFORD — Several of Kingsford’s student athletes suffered concussions last year.  But trainers used science to evaluate head injuries in a new way.

All student athletes are required to take a baseline test before the season.  If they suffer another concussion, they must pass the test and be cleared by a physician before returning to action.

“We can see their marked improvement,” said Kingsford Athletic Trainer Lane Linedman.  ”It gives us a number and a standard to go off of as opposed to kind of treating these kids with a blanket approach.  It gives us a more specific angle to come at.”

While the benefits can been seen on the field, Lindeman said they are being seen in other places as well.

“It makes a big difference clinically, but even moreso what we’ve seen in the first year is the fact that we’re bringing this many kids in, and it really has helped to raise awareness,” he said.  “The education aspect is the most important thing.”

Testing also takes the pressure off the coaches from trying to diagnose a concussion on the fly.

Kingsford was one of the first schools in the U.P. to i

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. () -– UC Riverside’s Sweeney Art Gallery & Culver Center of the Arts present The Great Picture: The World’s Largest Photograph & The Legacy Project, an exhibition in three parts that tells the tale of the
successful campaign to make the world’s largest camera and photograph.

The photo’s mammoth scale of 32 x 111 feet earned it a place in Guinness World Records, and made it a photo history landmark.

“It is also an exploration of the 172-year-old conflict between painting and photography, and the more recent waning of traditional, analog, darkroom photography in the wake of digital dominance,” says Tyler Stallings,
artistic director of the Culver Center of the Arts and director of the Sweeney Art Gallery.

The two-story atrium at the Culver Center of the Arts provides a rare opportunity to present such a gargantuan photograph. The Great P Read full post…

Area school districts aren’t planning to ask voters to pass a property tax increase to offset the loss of state funding that is looming as the Texas Legislature struggles with a budget deficit.

The Legislature is meeting in special session to pass a budget cutting billions of dollars that would have gone to public education. The Senate has passed a budget cutting $4 billion from education. The House of Representatives is working on a budget.

Even with the flow of state money for education being cut back dramatically, there is little talk of asking taxpayers in the Big Country to raise the property tax rate to $1.17 per $100 valuation, the highest rate allowed by the state.

Only two school districts in Taylor County, Trent and Eula, already have the highest property tax rate allowed by the state, according to Taylor County Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Richard Petree.

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With the push for 20 million more college graduates in America, there is increasing pressure on institutions to produce more degrees. As one might surmise, this is producing a “gaming” situation, where not all degrees will be alike.

First is the proposal from some to give anyone who has 120 credits, regardless of what credits they are, a bachelor’s degree. Second is the use of dual enrollment courses to give students college credit while in high school, with the goal of getting an associate’s degree very quickly.

While both arguments can be made, and while they would increase the number of “college graduates,” it certainly doesn’t do anything tangible to help the economy.

With regard to the former, a collection of credits for a bachelor’s program can be somewhat meaningless for the development of knowledge and expertise. If those credit

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Activities:

Geography: The story takes place in Madrid, Spain. Familiarize your child with a map of the world or a globe. Show your child where Spain is on the map and then have the child pick out the country and the city. Look up the Spain’s flag, size of country and population. You may want to introduce your child to some Spanish words and food.

Nature Study: Ferdinand loves to sit under a cork tree and smell the flowers. Check out a book from the library or use the internet to explore flowers. Visit a garden or the garden area of a home improvement store to show your children flowers in person and hopefully smell some and decide which they like the best.

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