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Lunch workers study how to get kids to eat healthy
DENVER — There will be more whole grains on school lunch menus this year, along with a wider selection of fruits and vegetables and other healthy options. The challenge is getting children to eat them. “We don’t want healthy trash cans. We want kids who are eating this stuff,” said Kern Halls, a former Disney…
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Kids, no kids? One or four? When couples disagree
NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Budd fell for his high school sweetheart all over again when they reconnected after college. Both were 25 when they married. He just assumed they’d have kids one day, something he had always wanted, but it wasn’t until his father died 14 years later that he even broached the subject with his wife.…
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Science a bigger draw than cartoon characters at kids’ science fair
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mention of Disney Channel’s “Phineas and Ferb” may be what drew thousands to Peterson Air Force Base’s Patriot Park on Saturday, but it wasn’t what kept them there. Nearly 2,000 youngsters and parents turned out…
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Science a bigger draw than cartoon characters at kids’ science fair
Mention of Disney Channel’s “Phineas and Ferb” may be what drew thousands to Peterson Air Force Base’s Patriot Park on Saturday, but it wasn’t what kept them there. Nearly 2,000 youngsters and parents turned out for the base’s first science fair, which featured activities like paper-rocket launching, underwater robot racing and ice cream making using…
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50 Shades of Grey marketing phenom goes mainstream
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK (AP) — You’ve bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those “Fifty Shades of Grey” books a time or three. You know who you are. Well, no need…
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50 Shades of Grey marketing phenom goes mainstream
NEW YORK (AP) — You’ve bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those “Fifty Shades of Grey” books a time or three. You know who you are. Well, no need to skulk about at naughty shops or the hardware store as Fifty Shades of Consumption makes it further into the mainstream. Stuart Weitzman and Marc…
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2012 TCAP: Writing scores fall in most area districts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) scores in writing for 2012 seemed to surprise some officials. The percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced in writing in fourth and sixth grades dipped significantly across the state.…
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2012 TCAP: District officials share thoughts on tests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School districts get their assessment test scores about 10 days before they are released to the public. While analysis of scores and other data is ongoing, here’s what local district officials are saying about their…
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2012 TCAP: Writing scores fall in most area districts
Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) scores in writing for 2012 seemed to surprise some officials. The percentage of students scoring proficient and advanced in writing in fourth and sixth grades dipped significantly across the state. Smaller drops were noted in fifth and ninth grades. Scores mostly improved, if barely, for third, seventh, eighth and 10th…
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2012 TCAP: District officials share thoughts on tests
School districts get their assessment test scores about 10 days before they are released to the public. While analysis of scores and other data is ongoing, here’s what local district officials are saying about their TCAP scores:ACADEMY SCHOOLDISTRICT 20Superintendent Mark Hatchell had a lot of good things to say about results, including “stable increases” across…