COUNTY
NEWS ONLINE - FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016 - NATIONAL GIVE SOMETHING AWAY DAY
Enrolling Preschoolers in Head Start
The Kids Learning Place is continuing enrollment for the Head Start
preschool program for Fall of 2016, call before it is too late. Head
Start is a comprehensive early childhood development program that
serves low-income children from ages birth to five years and their
families at NO COST. It is a federally funded program operated by
Council on Rural Services in Darke County. Children who attend
Head Start programs are involved in school readiness that includes
literacy, language, science, mathematics, and... Read
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NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
School's Out, And For Many Students, So Is Lunch
Avery Lill
During the school year, about 30.3 million children receive free or
reduced-price lunches at their public schools. But in the summer, only
2.6 million of those students receive a free or reduced lunch. That's
fewer than 10 percent. When school is out, free... Read
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OSU EXTENSION, DARKE COUNTY
Ohio Hosting North American Manure Expo Aug. 3-4
From Sam Custer
The North American Manure Expo is about to land in Ohio. The big event,
covering the serious business of using farm animal manure to help grow
crops, while doing it safely and greenly, is Aug. 3-4 at the Molly
Caren Agricultural Center in London, about 25 miles west of Columbus.
“Manure is an excellent source of nutrients for the crops we grow... Read
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LEARNED BEHAVIORS
Acting Stupidly
By Kate Burch
Human beings very early learn and begin to implement behaviors that
will help them to minimize risk and optimize safety. Some
examples: infants who are just beginning to crawl possess depth
perception and an awareness of danger of falling so that they will not
venture onto a sheet of glass covering a depression; at eight or nine
months, infants... Read
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INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
Why Academics Were Ignored
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education
Just over a week before Britain's referendum on European Union
membership, Paul Whiteley, a professor in the University of Essex’s
department of government, was scheduled to take part in a BBC Norwich
debate alongside three other academics to fact-check... Read
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OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Draft Revised Standards in ELA and Math Available for Comment
The Ohio Department of Education opened an online survey today allowing
individuals and groups to comment on proposed changes to Ohio’s
Learning Standards in English language arts and mathematics. The survey
is part of an effort that began in February to improve and... Read
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EDISON STUDENT COMMENTARY
The Brexit Vote
By Heather Lee
The historical vote took place on June 23rd and Britain voted to leave
the European Union. Brexit mirrored the state of many economies all
over the world, the U.S. included. People are frustrated with the
status quo in politics. The reasons that the Brits’ voted to leave the
EU are almost identical to the reasons people are supporting Donald
Trump. The Brexit campaign has... Read
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FROM
THE EDITOR... ON THE INSIDE - FRISDAY, JULY 15, 2016
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