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Parental Engagement Helps Lead to School’s Blue Ribbon Success
Arriving at Anchorage’s Chugach Optional Elementary School last month for a Blue Ribbon School celebration, I was greeted by an excited group of staff, students and parents. During our student-led tour, parent and teacher cooperation were on display amid colorful … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Parent & Family Engagement
Tagged Blue Ribbon Schools, Parent Engagement
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Dancing Educators
Earlier this school year, principals and teachers traveled to Washington, D.C., from across the country to take part in the 2011 Blue Ribbon Schools Award ceremony. Their schools were being honored by the U.S. Department of Education for their overall … Continue reading
Blue Ribbon Schools Ceremony Lights the Way for the Nation
They danced, they shouted, they boogied across the stage, reveling in the highest achievement a school can hope to achieve—National Blue Ribbon School recognition. Principals and teachers from the 2011 Blue Ribbon Schools convened at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, in … Continue reading
Navigating Technology and Art at a School of Contradictions
In the 19th Century, the London Bridge was a marvel of technology and an example of artistic creativity, and nearly a century later, one innovative American town dismantled the original masonry of the London Bridge and rebuilt it to handle … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Innovation, News, Schools and Community, Standards and assessments, Teachers
Tagged Blue Ribbon Schools
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Cleveland Middle School Helps Put ED Tour in Motion
SOLON, Ohio—For a back-to-school sprint through the Great Lakes region, it just seemed to make sense to warm up with a little physical activity. So that’s what Michael Yudin, the Department’s acting assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, did … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Fueled and Fit, Headlines, News
Tagged Blue Ribbon Schools, Let's Move!
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