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In the Classroom - 02/04/2012
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Program to help homeless students - 02/04/2012
Ashland School District plans to join forces with Medford-based Maslow Project to help identify and support homeless students attending its schools.
Copy, paste, caught: Plagiarists beware - 02/02/2012
The student's admissions essay for Boston University's MBA program was about persevering in the business world.
In the Classroom - 01/28/2012
Second-graders in Lynn Fain's class at Walker Elementary School studied illustrators Bob Graham, creator of "Let's Get A Pup, Said Kate," and Helen...
Schools want answers on No Child Left Behind - 01/27/2012
Oregon educators, including Ashland's superintendent, want answers to the many unanswered questions they have about the state's application for a...
Teachers to get new evaluation system - 01/26/2012
Ashland School District plans to begin implementing new standards for evaluating its teachers by the beginning of next school year.
Ashland open to students from other districts - 01/25/2012
Ashland will open its schools to students outside the district, the School Board decided Monday.
'Baby your bees' - 01/19/2012
The fruits of honeybees' labors add to a wholesome human diet and augment our natural pharmacopeia.
Online music lessons catch on - 01/12/2012
About four times a week, before heading to bed, George Gaffoglio retreats to the upstairs bedroom of his Irvine, Calif.
SOU projects get green light - 01/12/2012
Southern Oregon University received the go-ahead from the Ashland Planning Commission Tuesday to build two new residence halls and a dining hall on...
'Whatever happened to …?' - 01/10/2012
Winter break grants Ashlanders — young and old — a chance to catch up with former classmates and ask the ever-curious question, "Whatever...
SOU summer tuition going up 7.3 percent - 01/07/2012
Students at Southern Oregon University will be paying more for summer classes this year
Cultivating health - 01/06/2012
The heart of the Farm to School movement is to get good, fresh food to students, create new markets for local farmers and provide educational...
Ashland Boy Scout Ian Wurfl receives Eagle rank - 12/30/2011
Wurfl's Eagle Scout Project was to design small-animal escape ramps for stock tanks in the Soda Mountain Wilderness.