Posts Tagged Primary and secondary education

NM gets private grant to expand school programs

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is receiving a half million dollars from a Denver-based philanthropic group to expand programs that allow students to receive an associate degree from a college while attending high school.

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Ohio schools vote down competitive balance measure

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio schools have narrowly voted down for a third time an attempt at addressing competitive balance issues between public and private schools.

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Stax’s past influences future musicians in Memphis

In this March 22, 2013 photo, guitarists Kordae Maples, from left, Christian Nelson and Dallas Dodson rehearse a song at Stax Music Academy in Memphis, Tenn. The Stax Music Academy is an after-school program where teenagers from some of Memphis’ poorest neighborhoods learn how to dance, sing and play instruments. The academy’s students play annual shows in Memphis and have toured to Washington, Italy and Australia, helping spread the soulful “Memphis Sound.” (AP Photos/Adrian Sainz)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One by one the teenage singers practice the opening lines to “Boogie Wonderland,” a disco-funk hit from an era before they were born, as dancers work on hip-swinging moves that require perfect choreography.

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