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21-May-2012

Free Bicycles Help Keep Girls in School in Poor Indian State
The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually, too much for Indian teenager Nahid Farzana, who decided she was going to drop out. Then, the state government gave her a bicycle.

School Kids Urge Crayola to Rethink Recycling
A group of California grade school students wants Crayola to start a recycling program for spent plastic markers, but the company doesn't appear ready to make such a move.

California Teens Eat Fewer Calories in School
High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.

Key to Charter School Quality is Keeping Pressure on Authorizers
The key to charter school accountability and quality is keeping pressure of the groups authorizing the schools to let only successful operators start schools and closely monitor performance once the doors open, according to a panel of experts.

Program at Elementary School Aims to End Bullying
Fourth-grader Leila Linker has seen bullying at her school and she doesn't like it, especially when a bully is targeting her friend.

She remembers one time in particular when a friend was crying because some other girls were making fun of her in the lunchroom.

West Milford Cchool District to Cut Cords Starting June 24
The local school district will begin the installation of a wireless network to blanket its facilities June 24.

West Milford Board of Education President David Richards said the board's focus on improving technology to better district instruction, safety, and sustainability will be greatly assisted by the $400,000 system for the district. Wireless networks have become increasingly utilitarian as touch screen projectors and tablets have become the tools of the teaching trade – and a strongly-felt presence in West Milford's classrooms.

Teacher-Developed Apps Fill Lesson Gaps
Facebook and Angry Birds were two of the most downloaded apps last year, but that doesn't mean Web and mobile applications are all play. There are tens of thousands of educational apps aimed at teaching high school students everything from physics to Japanese.

High School Authors Read Books to Kids
Joseph Maddox is already a master of word choice, and he’s only a junior in high school.

On Friday, MacArthur High School students visited Stevenson School to read to the children’s books they had written and illustrated themselves as part of their advanced composition class. Joseph’s was about Maxx, a country dog who decides to visit the big city.

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