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Upcoming May Events
*Wiggle, Squiggle, Giggle and Read 4th Annual Free Learning Fair and Celebration of RED (Read Every Day) Thursday, May 2nd 2013 from 5:30-7:30 PM Join us from 5:30-6 for Free Pizza! Starting at 6:...
Posted on 4/28/13 at 8:03 AM
North Dakota Legislators - did you have sex before marriage?
I was unaware that North Dakota legislators put a law in place in 2011 (that became effective in July 2012) that requires K-12 schools in North Dakota to include in sexual health curriculum "instructi...
Posted on 1/17/13 at 11:38 PM
Confidence
Confidence: Its often the only thing separating success from failure. Its also an asset that tends to accumulate in a person, so those that have been around longer have a greater potential to have c...
Posted on 4/22/12 at 3:56 PM
Facebook and Internet Safety from Local Students
I received the monthly newsletter recently from Central High School in Grand Forks. There was a great page with tips for parents and teens on Facebook and Internet safety from the Grand Forks Youth Co...
Posted on 4/12/12 at 3:02 PM
Honor Flight Update
The Grand Forks Public School System will be presenting a check to representatives of Northern Valley Honor Flight tomorrow. Students throughout the Grand Forks Public School System raised more ...
Posted on 3/23/09 at 6:36 AM
State Superintendent-elect Kirsten Baesler, Mandan, N.D., letter: Public schools, America’s greatest institution 
Our children deserve the chance to succeed and prosper regardless of their cultural or economic backgrounds. I am convinced that public education is crucial to building the best life possible for all of our children.
By Kirsten Baesler , November 14, 2012
K-12 EDUCATION NOTES: Walters appointed to associate principal... GFPS career and tech department honored 
By Herald Staff Report , September 17, 2012
No mill increase for Grand Forks schools 
A proposed budget asks for the same tax rate the Grand Forks Public Schools has had for three years, plus some extra funding, was approved by the School Board on Monday.
By Jennifer Johnson , September 11, 2012
Grand Forks schools open with additions 
By Jennifer Johnson , August 20, 2012
AMA supports requiring obesity education for kids
The American Medical Association last week put its weight behind requiring yearly instruction aimed at preventing obesity for public schoolchildren and teens.By Lindsey Tanner , June 25, 2012
C.T. Marhula, Grand Forks, letter: School choice within GF’s public system 
K-12 education now is at the forefront of national discussion.
What can we do in Grand Forks? We could have real choice in the public elementary school system.
By C.T. Marhula , September 30, 2010
OUR OPINION: Minnesota can learn from D.C. school reform 
OUR VIEW: The Washington, D.C., school district’s new contract with teachers is a model of realistic but very meaningful reform.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , June 05, 2010
Jeff Van Wychen, St. Paul, column: State’s school-funding woes show up in EGF 
With the election of a “no new taxes” governor and an all-too-compliant Legislature, the state was unable to maintain its commitment to K-12 education. As a result, per pupil state operating dollars for K-12 education fell.
By Jeff Van Wychen , April 26, 2010
Annie Davis, Grand Forks, letter: Four-day week could help teachers, students 
The Principals’ Partnership, which is sponsored by Union Pacific Foundation, has found benefits to having a four-day school week. Some statistics suggest that the student dropout rate declines, staff and student attendance go up and the school districts save a lot of money.
By Annie Davis , April 14, 2010
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: A welcome ‘Race to the Top’ among schools 
Achieving the kind of change that the education secretary is promoting would be a great gift for the country, especially when so many states are being forced by budgetary pressures to skimp on their commitments to education.
By David Broder , March 27, 2010
Alan Torgerson, East Grand Forks, letter: Applause for Olbergs of Red Lake Falls 
I applaud the Olberg family in Red Lake Falls, Minn., for taking their children out of the dangerous Prussian-modeled school system.
By Alan Torgerson , March 27, 2010
Bemidji school district: No charter students in its extracurriculars 
Parents have choices in Bemidji, and that’s good, say Bemidji School Board members. But that means attending charter school eliminates those parents' children from Bemidji School District extracurricular programs.
By Brad Swenson , March 13, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Woman pleads guilty ... Man faces trial ... Bad air closes library ... more 
A woman accused of taking part in a police standoff in Stark County, N.D., that ended in a barrage of gunfire has pleaded guilty to two lesser charges.Jacquelin Mink entered the plea Friday to charges of reckless endangerment and conspiracy to commit robbery.
December 21, 2009
Voters approve consolidating Valley, Edinburg school districts 
Voters in Edinburg and Valley school districts voted overwhelmingly Tuesday by a 73 percent majority to consolidate next summer into one district in northeast North Dakota.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 24, 2009
N.D. math scores about same as 2007 
New math test results show no significant change for North Dakota fourth-graders and eighth-graders since 2007, though they scored higher than the national average.
By Associated Press , October 14, 2009
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