K-12
Has it been a year already?
Happy Anniversary to the GFPS Career and Character Education's 4myfuture blog!4myfuture will celebrate their one year blogging anniversary on Feb. 10. 4myfuture is a blog devoted to the Career and Ch...
Posted on 2/9/12 at 7:00 AM
How to Say No to Your Child
There are times when saying "Yes" your child is so much easier than saying "No", but then again that is so much easier. NOT! Are you thinking of long-term outcomes? Children remember more than you thi...
Posted on 2/7/12 at 12:16 AM
Your Young One Can Make a Difference Too!
Raising compassionate children is more important than ever, but in today's world, when children are exposed to so much negativity, parents may be wondering where to begin. Introducing kids to voluntee...
Posted on 11/23/11 at 2:30 PM
Conrad urges federal officials to consider challenges to rural schools
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is urging U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to consider the challenges facing rural schools as the administration develops a new approach to improving the nation's ed...
Posted on 3/1/11 at 1:50 PM
Valentines For Neighborhood
Monday was the start of our Valentine's Day Workshop at the Community Center at Wilder Elementary School . The kids and volunteers have been having so much fun making different Valentines for friends,...
Posted on 2/4/11 at 11:44 AM
Former teacher, legislator, School Board member McCaffrey dies
Joann McCaffrey remembered for outspokenness, work on behalf of minoritiesShe taught for many years in the Grand Forks school system and later part-time at UND, and she once served as a consultant to the governor on educational standards for teachers. She served one term in the North Dakota Legislature, 1977-79, and two terms on the Grand Forks School Board in the early 1990s, resigning about midway through her second term in 1994.
By Chuck Haga , February 09, 2012
Minnesota among 10 states to be freed from fed No Child Left Behind requirements
President Barack Obama today declared that 10 states are free from the No Child Left Behind law, allowing them to scrap some of the most rigorous and unpopular mandates in American education. In exchange, the states are promising higher standards and more creative ways to measure what students are learning.By Ben Feller and Kimberly Hefling , February 09, 2012
L.A. school in sex abuse cases reopens with completely new staff
By Christina Hoag and Greg Risling , February 09, 2012
Bret Weber, Grand Forks, letter: Si hoc comprehendere potes, gratias age magistro Latinae
Professor William Caraher from UND’s history department. In addition to his regular teaching load and his impressive research agenda — including an archeological project in Cyprus — for the past few years Caraher has been teaching Latin classes at UND pro bono publico, which I believe is Latin for “free, professional Latin teaching.”By Bret Weber , February 09, 2012
Linton School Board broke open meetings law, N.D. attorney general says
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the Linton School Board violated North Dakota's open meetings law by discussing business over the telephone without proper public notice.By Associated Press , February 08, 2012
Los Angeles district tries to restore trust in school
By Raquel Maria Dillon , February 07, 2012
Bismarck play proceeds to benefit family of slain officer
Theater students at Bismarck's Horizon Middle School are donating ticket sales from the final performances of "Squad Room" to the memorial fund of slain police Sgt. Steve Kenner.By Associated Press , February 06, 2012
2nd teacher removed from contact with children at Southern California school
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleLos Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy says the teacher was removed from contact with children at Miramonte Elementary School after someone made some accusations against him. Deasy won't provide details but says the teacher is under law enforcement investigation.
By Greg Risling , February 03, 2012
One class taught in two or three classrooms
The high school in Hillsboro, N.D., doesn’t offer an aviation class and the public school in Hatton, N.D., doesn’t offer an auto repair class. But by the start of the next school year, students there and all over the Grand Forks region will have access to such classes and more.
By Pamela Knudson , February 02, 2012
Authorities: Ex-L.A. elementary school teacher investigated, not charged in 1994 
By Greg Risling , February 02, 2012
New Ulm, Minn., school contacts parents after 'rape tag' recess game 
The Journal reports the game is similar to freeze tag, but it involves hip thrusts to unfreeze a person after he or she is tagged. Sprung says teachers and recess supervisors were notified about the game and put a stop to it.
By Associated Press , February 02, 2012
Tim Lamb, Grand Forks, column: GF Schools task force did its job well 
I applaud the efforts by everyone involved in this process. Indeed, it shows strong community support behind our outstanding public education system.
By Tim Lamb , February 02, 2012
Kelly Hogness, Grand Forks, column: Ignore undercapacity, school ‘study’ concludes 
The waste of money isn’t going to be the building of a new school. The real waste has been the contracted studies performed to keep open a few under-capacity schools.
By Kelly Hogness , February 02, 2012
Plan to build new school goes to Grand Forks School Board 
Plan also calls for shifting school boundaries, moving ELL classA Grand Forks School District task force looking at underutilization at some schools and crowding at others formally sent most of the recommendations it had earlier discussed to the School Board on Wednesday.
By Pamela Knudson , February 01, 2012
N.D. first lady promotes early literacy
By Pamela Knudson , February 01, 2012
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