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Schoolhouse Beat: The Blog

Archive for May, 2008

Flip flop

Filed under: — Mike @ 3:39 pm

In the Orange County (Fla.) district, like many across the country, the daily schedule for schools has been along these lines: High schools start first, elementary schools a little later in the morning, and middle schools later still. Large districts stagger the start times mainly so that buses can be used more efficiently–the same driver […]


Wildcats in the House

Filed under: — Mike @ 11:02 am

The Wildcats, as millions of tweens and teens know, are the singing and dancing kids from Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2. Now they’re making High School Musical 3, which means the house they’re in is East High School in Salt Lake City, where filming takes place.
Some students are excited that Troy […]


A local premium?

A call to use locally produced food is gaining momentum in Colorado high schools, The Denver Post says. Some students say they find homegrown beef can be more palatable–if pricier–than what cafeterias used to serve. However, some school systems say the higher costs of locally produced beef and the bureaucracy associated with food-service operations (for […]


Divorced from his job

Filed under: — Mike @ 3:15 pm

Kent Gramm, a professor at Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian liberal arts school in the suburbs of Chicago, has resigned effective the end of this semester, The New York Times says. Why? He’s getting divorced.
The school has everyone sign an agreement to uphold certain biblical standards of behavior, and divorce for reasons other […]


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