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Manufacturer and distributor of printable school and office stationery, photo paper, display board and crafts supplies offers a discount program of up to 25% for schools and universities. Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) May 09, 2013 Geographics announces a new Education Discount Program for all educational institutions. All schools can save between 15% and 25% on each order, depending on the order value. By creating a regular user account and filling out a short form, users can get approved within...

GREENWOOD, S.C., July 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To facilitate low-earning/dropout students or adults who were not able to complete their high school diploma, Woodfield High School, an accredited online high school, announced today a 33% discount promotion along with free shipping on its High School Diploma. The offer commenced two days ago and is valid till July 31st, 2011. The discount promotion marks an exclusive opportunity for students who want to earn a High School Diploma and can apply...

Survey Finds College Students Believe Saving the Planet is Important, But They Think Paper is Still Essential for Life's Big Moments TICKER SYMBOL UFS (NYSE, TSX) MONTREAL and FORT MILL, SC, May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Most college students in a new nationwide poll rank themselves as environmentally conscious and two-thirds believe going paperless helps the environment, but they draw the line at electronic copies for key documents - especially when it comes to college...

A Colorado farmer who was drafted into World War II just as he was going to get his high school diploma says he has finally obtained the sheepskin at age 84. Takeshi Murata of Greeley, Colo., says he was awarded a diploma from the University of Northern Colorado in June, 66 years after Uncle Sam plucked him as he was about to graduate from Greeley's College High School, KUSA-TV, Denver, reported Monday. He got the degree from UNC because Greeley College High, which no longer exists, was...

A Maine mother said her son's school superintendent denied him a diploma for bowing and blowing a kiss on the graduation stage. Mary Denney said her son, Justin, was told by Superintendent Suzanne Lukas at the Bonny Eagle High School graduation ceremony to get off the stage without his diploma after he took a bow and blew a kiss to his mother from the stage, WMTW-TV, Portland, Maine, reported Tuesday. Denney said she and her son were both required to sign a code of conduct before the Friday...

To the average person on the street, "graduation rate" means the number of high school seniors who actually receive their diplomas; e.g., 200 seniors, 200 diplomas, equals 100 percent; or 200 seniors, 150 diplomas, equals 75 percent. However, to the bean counters under No Child Left Behind, calculating the graduation rate is not that simple. They use a formula based on the number of graduates with a regular diploma, the number of "dropouts," the number of graduates with a special-...

By David Harrison david.harrison@roanoke.com 777-3523 Slightly more than half of Roanoke students graduated on time with a standard or advanced high school diploma this spring, according to new information released Wednesday by the Virginia Department of Education. This is the first year that state officials have released data under the more accurate cohort method of calculating graduation rates. It shows that 51.6 percent of the city's high school seniors graduated in four years with...

By Shanna Flowers shanna.flowers@roanoke.com 981-3220 In June, thousands of Roanoke-area high school seniors adorned themselves in colorful caps and gowns and reveled in the pageantry of pomp and circumstance. At commencements or other ceremonies for graduates, school administrators and principals saluted their students and waved many of them off to colleges and universities across the country. But as some of those high school students settle into college life, a disappointing reality...

By Hank Bostwick and Sarah Geddes It is more important to do the right thing than to be fully accredited. That is the approach taken by Rita Bishop, superintendent of the Roanoke City Public Schools, and that is the policy the state should adopt when linking school accreditation to graduation rates. Instead of recognizing schools with high rates of graduation alternatives, Virginia should take a page out of Bishop's book and promote diploma graduation. Roanoke has two strong leaders in...

By Keegan Kyle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 1--PUBLIC INVESTIGATOR: TAKING TIPS, CHASING LEADS, SOLVING PROBLEMS In a city like Milwaukee where hundreds of high school students drop out every year, there's a market for businesses to offer quick-fix diplomas. That's why Midwest Adult Academy set up shop at 6114 W. Capitol Drive and started selling high school equivalency tests for $150. Just take home a few tests, return them with a passing score, and congratulations! Shariamor...