Super Saturday welcomes nearly 300 (Eden Daily News)

The Virginia Association of Student Financial Administrators hosted the 8th annual Super Saturday workshops at 21 sites across the commonwealth, including Danville. The purpose was to provide free help to college-bound students in completing the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Students must fill out the college-required forms to qualify for federal grants and loans.

Residency program would pair future educators with experienced mentors … - Springfield News Sun

WASHINGTON — A third of newly hired teachers leave during their first three years. Almost half leave during the first five years. Districts that have adopted teacher residency programs, similar to what Gov. Ted Strickland is proposing for Ohio …

Pen is mightier, easier to use than the sword - Brazoria Facts

Let’s start this morning with a trivia question. In the movie “Casablanca,” how does Humphrey Bogart make his entrance? And extra points for what he is specifically doing. The answer will be provided in due course. Today’s title came from …

Pakistans boy genius bags 22As in A-Levels - New Straits Times

LONDON: One ambition was fixed in Ali Moeen Nawazishs mind as he made his way through school in Pakistan. He wanted to win a place at Cambridge. Sitting seven A-levels might easily have done the trick, even though he had started studying some of the …

Programs offer gateway to technical careers, college (Houston Chronicle)

Once considered a less rigorous pathway for students with no desire to pursue a degree, vocational education now can be a career gateway for any student.

Programs offer gateway to technical careers, college - Houston Chronicle

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Pakistans boy genius bags 22As in A-Levels - New Straits Times

LONDON: One ambition was fixed in Ali Moeen Nawazishs mind as he made his way through school in Pakistan. He wanted to win a place at Cambridge. Sitting seven A-levels might easily have done the trick, even though he had started studying some of the …

On the Job: Vo-tech schools, apprenticeships can be paths to work - Salt Lake Tribune

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Ore. son of imprisoned ex-CIA spy planned college - KCBY

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The son of an imprisoned ex-CIA spy facing charges of passing along secrets to the Russians with his father was planning on returning to college to earn a mechanical engineering degree. Nathaniel Nicholson has been accused of …

Minnesota health care: Condition critical - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Health care has become an engine of Minnesotas economy, creating one in seven of the states jobs and spinning off a thriving industry of medical research and technology. But today health care outlays are growing at the slowest pace in more than a …

Police initially focused on mom in babys death - Des Moines Register

It was an 8-year-old boys account of what happened the morning 7-month-old Alexis Gilbert died that led investigators to focus on Matthew Elliott, a West Des Moines police officer testified Friday. Police initially centered their attention on …

Minnesota health care: Condition critical - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Health care has become an engine of Minnesotas economy, creating one in seven of the states jobs and spinning off a thriving industry of medical research and technology. But today health care outlays are growing at the slowest pace in more than a …

Health officials urge college not to cut Omak nursing program (The Wenatchee World)

OMAK — Health care officials from around Okanogan County are asking Wenatchee Valley College not to make cuts to the nursing program at its Omak campus to help balance its slashed budget.

Suspect in shooting arraigned - Jackson Sun

A Memphis man charged with shooting a teenager at a local bowling alley gave police a written statement admitting he shot the teen, according to an affidavit of complaint. LeDarren Hawkins, 20, was arraigned Friday on a first-degree murder charge in …

St. Paul cop doubles as high school hoops coach - KSTP

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Even though he has led Johnsons boys basketball team to the past five St. Paul City Conference titles and three Class 4A state tournament appearances, Vernon Simmons insists he never intended to become a high school coach …