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Students learn from poets at White House workshop

by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | May 16, 2011 | Education

First lady Michelle Obama hosted a daytime poetry workshop for students from across the country. The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities found education in the arts helped re-engage students in danger of falling through the cracks at school....

Students and teachers connect with music through “Strumming and Drumming”

by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | May 11, 2011 | Education, Topics

Students and teachers played drums and ukuleles at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters to share the benefits of music education and explain the importance of the role it plays in their lives.

State of Preschool report ranks North Dakota in bottom 10

by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | May 2, 2011 | Education

The 2010 annual State of Preschool report from the National Institute for Early Education Research found North Dakota in the bottom 10 states for failing to fund statewide prekindergarten programs. Arne Duncan Address

Young Safety Patrollers honored on Capitol Hill

by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | Apr 22, 2011 | Education

Seven Safety Patrollers from across the country received AAA Lifesaving Medals on Capitol Hill for saving the lives of five children and one adult within the past year.

Students share health studies at competition

by Tobias Burns & Lempereur | Apr 20, 2011 | Education

High school students from across the nation entered the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition to present scientific research in Washington over the weekend. Topics ranged from the impact of living arrangements on hypertension to the differences between males and...
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