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Tag Archives: education
History Of Occupy Philadelphia
We started with this article: Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Yourself! The rest is in reverse chronological order: Free Friends Of Occupy Philadelphia Sunday, December 11th, 2011 Tags: American history, free, freedom, Friends, liberty, Occupy Philadelphia, Occupy Wall Street, Pennsylvania, Quakers, Religion, Revolutionary War, USA, William Penn Why I Occupy Friday, December 2nd, 2011Tags: City Hall, [...]
Posted in Business, Center City, Communities, Education, Environment and Green, Events and Happenings, Food, music, Opinion, Philadelphia Also tagged art, Ben and Jerrys, business, charity, citizens, economy, government, homeless, Jesse Jackson, movement, music, musicians, Occupy Philadelphia, Occupy Philly, Pennsylvania, protest Leave a comment
Great Moonbuggy Race
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 100 student teams from around the globe will drive their specially crafted lunar rovers through a challenging course of rugged, moon-like terrain at NASA’s 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race in Huntsville, Ala., April 9-10. Some 1,088 high school, college and university students from 20 states and Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, [...]
Ryan Reaching Out
Archbishop Ryan High School is reaching out to the cause of childhood cancer. The faculty and school community are donating to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to honor the life of Jesenia Perez, the 11 year old sister of junior student, Jessica Perez. Jesenia was diagnosed with cancer at age nine and received treatment at St. [...]
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Lessons Learned From Previous Recessions
The recession beginning in December 2007 led to the largest overall job losses and increases in unemployment rates since the early 1980s. Evidence from the four recessions since 1980 provides a possible road map of the pattern of recovery from the most recent recession. The intensity, duration, and depth of past recessions varied widely across [...]
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TEC-SMART, Workforce Development and Green Initiatives
Troy, NY — Hudson Valley Community College: In 2009, Hudson Valley Community College is expecting record enrollment for the third straight academic year. The college will likely enroll approximately 13,500 students this fall. The college offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs in four schools. Tuition for the 2009-2010 academic year is $3,100 for [...]
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PA Mom Arrested For Grade Tampering
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that agents from the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation have filed criminal charges against a Huntingdon County woman accused of using her position as a high school secretary to alter grades and test scores in order to enhance her daughter’s class standing. Corbett identified the defendant [...]
Is There Life On Mars?
??? ?? ????? ?? ????? Ambler, PA — Is there life on Mars? There will be, and it will be Earthlings. At least, that is what the crowd at the Wissahickon High School was informed by Stepehen Davis of the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). Mr. Davis is the director of the Ares rocket project. [...]
Dean Kamen Asks Children to Consider Global Climate Solutions
Dean Kamen Asks Children Worldwide to Consider Global Climate Solutions through the 10th Anniversary Season of FIRST LEGO® League -Milestone season set to be biggest ever with 135,000 children in 40 countries exploring robotic solutions to climate conditions- by FIRST Manchester, NH – As concern for the global environment increases, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged children, climate change, environment, FIRST robotics, global warming, LEGO, robots 1 Comment
Daisy Fever Spreading Like a Weed
San Diego, CA — In their first trip to the Western Regional FIRST competition, the robot from Ambler, PA is breaking ground. The Ambler / Wissahickon robot, Miss Daisy, proved to be force to reckon with. In one of the most exciting sporting events these kids have ever seen, Miss Daisy bloomed advancing through the [...]
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