The story of a dream and a nightmare, a family and its children, and a struggle to stay afloat, are told in a riveting new documentary.Written by HBO Films (the HBO brand), Epic Charter Schools is directed by Richard Wainwright (Pillars of the Earth, The Hobbit trilogy), who returns to the US to follow the epic story of Noah and
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Stuyvens High School senior Jordan Bowerman is one of the most successful high school graduates in the country.He graduated with a 4.3 GPA in his first year at Stuyveants High and then went on to win multiple scholarships and internships at tech giants like Apple and Microsoft.His first venture was a social media company called Stuyvys.com that was sold for
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I'm not going to lie, my first school was the worst.My brother and I spent most of our time in the basement playing with paintballs, and we didn't have much money for the books.I remember we had to go to an elementary school in Chicago that was called the 'Mile High School of the South.'That was where I was born.I
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This story was written by Next Big News editor John L. Tipton, who is also the publisher of Next Big.This story is a collaboration between Next Big and the Center for Education Journalism, which publishes the Next Big newsletter.Contact Next Big
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DENVER—Teachers and other school employees will be able to stay at work Monday if Colorado Gov.John Hickenlooper requests, but they won't have to move to another state, state officials said.State officials have been working on the plan, which is expected to be released soon, for months and have no timetable on when it would be implemented.Hickenloopers office has indicated it
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New York (AP) New York's schools have reopened following a series of closures due to the flu pandemic, with some schools seeing a slight uptick in students.In the latest wave of students who went back to school Tuesday, about 700,000 New Yorkers are back in school, according to the New York State Education Department.The state also said Wednesday that 1,800
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A celebration for Trinity High school graduates has been delayed due to an ongoing lawsuit, and the school has said it would not be able to begin its commencement ceremony until after a settlement is reached with the plaintiff, the New York Post reported.The school in Columbia, S.C., has said the lawsuit could take years to resolve, though the school
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The Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Board of Education have announced that a number of districts will reopen their schools this fall.The new schedule calls for schools to reopen on the last Friday of each month in order to accommodate the holiday week, and is scheduled to take effect on October 1.This is the first time that all
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Australia's first car school driver, who was born deaf, is now on the road.Read moreA group of former car school students at the University of Adelaide have launched the first national training centre in Australia to cater for deaf and hard of hearing drivers.The Australian Council for the Deaf is organising a car school in Adelaide to help people with
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Gaston County schools will not have a high school basketball game this season after it was forced to forfeit its game with the University of Georgia.The decision comes after the district was informed that the Georgia Bulldogs were unable to play on Saturday at the College Park Civic Center due to weather conditions.The game had been scheduled for Saturday, Oct.
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