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Centuries-old dry farming technique popular again in wake of drought bc-dry-farming(sh) | By: EDWARD ORTIZ | National (AN), Western News (WN) May 17, 2013 1:30 PM By EDWARD ORTIZ A centuries-old farming technique called dry farming -- once the order of the day in California's Central Valley -- is once again drawing the interest of some of the region's farmers. The technique is as simple as it is risky. Dry
Calif.'s water delivery system in peril over worker shortages bc-water-workers(sh) | By: JON ORTIZ | Western News (WN) May 16, 2013 1:25 PM By JON ORTIZ California lacks enough trained workers to efficiently run and maintain its complex water delivery system, a problem that is costing taxpayers extra tens of millions of dollars each year and has consequences for cities and farms state
Memphis plans to fire record number of teachers bc-memphis-teachers(sh) | By: JANE ROBERTS | National (AN), Education (LS) May 16, 2013 1:10 PM By JANE ROBERTS Two years after a stepped-up emphasis on teacher performance that stemmed from a $90 million investment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Memphis City Schools plans to fire the largest number of teachers in its history. The d
Students will read more nonfiction under new core standards bc-read-newstandard(sh) | By: JEAN COWDEN MOORE | National (AN), Education (LS) | Photos: SH13E091READNEWSTANDARDS, SH13E092READNEWSTANDARDS May 10, 2013 2:15 PM By JEAN COWDEN MOORE Students from kindergarten through high school will soon be reading more nonfiction -- biographies, speeches, even a government publication on insulation -- under new national standards that are changing what and how children l
Calif., other states begin teaching core standards bc-core-standards(sh) | By: BY DIANA LAMBERT | National (AN), Education (LS), Western News (WN) May 9, 2013 2:50 PM BY DIANA LAMBERT For generations, first-grade students learned how to add using math tables and flashcards. But these days, Carolyn Goehring employs plastic cubes and circles drawn in purple crayon. Rather than ask students to remember that five p
Textbook sales profit stands up, but problems linger bc-sell-textbooks(sh) | By: TERESA F. LINDEMAN | National (AN), Education (LS) May 2, 2013 1:25 PM When Supap Kirtsaeng moved to the U.S. in 1997 to study math at Cornell University, the citizen of Thailand realized that he could get textbooks cheaper back home. He asked friends and family to buy low-priced copies of foreign edition English langua
Fourth-grade teacher uses online avatars to help students learn bc-edu-avatars(sh) | By: LANCE SHEARER | National (AN), Education (LS) | Photos: SH13D246EDUAVATARS, SH13D247EDUAVATARS, SH13D248EDUAVATARS Apr 29, 2013 1:05 PM The world that today's fourth-graders will be launched into, when they begin their adult lives, will be different in ways we can't hope to guess now. Along with math, science and English, today's students are learning another entire subject -- techno
America's big week of teachable moments bc-bignews-learn(sh) | By: CAROLYN McATEE CERBIN and DANIELLE ALBERTI | National (AN), All Other News (AA), Special (LL) | Photos: SH13D181BIGNEWSLEARN Apr 19, 2013 4:17 PM Ricin. Pressure cookers. Anhydrous ammonia. Chechnya. It's been a busy week for Americans trying to understand the big events unfolding across the country. News events are teachable moments. But usually the learning comes in increments. War breaks ou
400,000 Calif. farm workers could get quick legal status under accord bc-cal-farmworkers(sh) | By: PETER HECHT | Western News (WN) Apr 19, 2013 1:49 PM As many as 400,000 California undocumented farm workers may get a fast track to legal status under a potential landmark accord between the agricultural industry and the United Farm Workers union. The agreement, hashed out with key guidance from U.S.
Colorado River is most endangered, conservation group says bc-rivers-threat(sh) | By: BRIAN MAFFLY | National (AN), Western News (WN) Apr 17, 2013 3:21 PM Along its 1,450-mile journey through western states, the Colorado River's flow is blocked by more than 100 dams that generate power and supply water to nearly 36 million. These obstructions and withdrawals have played a key role in the economic devel
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