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Our View: Greater use of local resources can aid naturalization rates
As Congress considers creating a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States, it should be noted that a sizable number of legal immigrants already here have yet to become naturalized citizens. Of particular...Tags: Naturalization, Conservation, U.S. Congress, Politics, Immigration
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Danville High School Forensics team wins tournament
Danville High School Forensics team won the 25-county Bluegrass Region Speech Tournament of the Kentucky High School Speech League Saturday — the team's fourth straight regional win. DHS won by a large margin, nearly doubling the team score of...
Tags: Schools, Poetry, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, High Schools, High School Sports
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Andree W. Williams, educator
Andree W. Williams, a former Roland Park Country School educator and a gardener, died Jan. 30 of heart failure at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. She was 89.
Andree Louise Wood was born and raised in Fort Thomas, Ky., where she graduated...Tags: Anglicanism, Hospitals and Clinics, Religion and Belief, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Roland Park
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Leon Leyson dies at 83; youngest survivor on Schindler's List
Among the 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler was an emaciated 13-year-old boy named Leon Leyson, who had to stand on a box to reach the machinery in the Krakow factory where Schindler sheltered him and his family....
Tags: Nazi Party, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Los Angeles Times, Obituaries, Schindler's List (movie)
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District 99 preparing new English, Social Studies curriculum
The English and Social Studies departments in Community High School District 99 are working together to determine how to best incorporate the state's new learning standards into the curriculum for the 2013-2014 school year. A committee of about 30...Tags: Teachers, Students, Teaching and Learning, Culture, Social Sciences
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Lynchburg woman earns global recognition for digital business
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIn today's modern world, books aren't the only tool for teaching kids how to read. "American kids have access to amazing technology, when it comes to education and learning how to read," said Isabelle Duston, a Lynchburg resident and entrepreneur....Tags: Cambodia, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), United Nations, UNESCO, Arts and Culture
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Berlin FFA Chapter has eight Keystone recipients
Farm, Field & Garden CorrespondentThe Berlin FFA Chapter has eight Keystone Degree recipients who will receive their honors at the Pa. Farm Show in Harrisburg in January. Dan Miller is the adviser for the Berlin FFA Chapter at Berlin Brothersvalley High School. The eight students...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Travel, Employment Opportunities, Trips and Vacations, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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Glen Ellyn District 41 considers Spanish instruction
The Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education is poised to vote Jan. 28 on a recommendation to start offering instruction in Spanish at all four elementary schools. Katie McCluskey, director of bilingual and English as a second language (ESL)...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Arts and Culture
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Oscars 2013: 'Amour' in, 'Intouchables' out for foreign language
Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in...Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Mads Mikkelsen, Amour (movie), Academy Awards, Austria
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The benefits and challenges of raising bilingual children
The benefits and challenges of raising bilingual children Growing up in Argentina, Monica Fetzer remembers times when she wanted to speak only Spanish. But her parents, the children of German immigrants, spoke German in their home. They sent Monica...
Tags: Schools, High Schools, Loyola University Maryland, Soccer, Sports
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UAF Awarded $1.9 Million for Linguistics Program
Channel 2 NewsThe University of Alaska Fairbanks garnered $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Education for their linguistics program. The awarded money will fund a projected three-year program that aims to improve educational outcomes for Alaska Native students...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Education, Arts and Culture
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Wycliffe Bible Translators ranked 70th on Forbes list
The Religion WorldOrlando-based Wycliffe Bible Translators, the largest Scripture translation organization in the world, is ranked the 70th largest U.S. charity in an annual Forbes report. Wycliffe ranked 108th overall in 2011. For the second year in a row, Wycliffe is...
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