Anatomy instructor Shidfar Rouhani conducts a lab session in University of Western States’ new facility.A key instructional laboratory at University of Western States was a rotting mess, with low-hanging ceilings, lab waste being handled in 5-gallon buckets, and no place for students to change into or out of surgical gear before or after working on [...]
Alternative school moving to Mobile County Training in Plateau
MOBILE, Alabama — The Mobile County school system is moving its alternative school from Chickasaw to Plateau. Mobile County Training School, a middle school on Whitley Street, will host the alternative school, known as The Pathway, according to system officials. The school takes in middle school students who have received long-term suspensions for misbehaving. Donnie [...]
To improve education results, don’t limit the work to schools, Oregonians tell Sen. Jeff Merkley
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley visits with students at a taxpayer-funded SUN School summer camp at Gilbert Heights Elementary, run by Camp Fire. In a formal Senate hearing convened at the school minutes later, he heard testimony about the importance of private partners like Camp Fire in raising student acheivement.Schools alone cannot be expected to raise [...]
Best Buy installs new computer for local club
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama– Order was restored Tuesday at the Sparkman Boys and Girls Club when a Best Buy representative replaced the computer that was stolen from the center a little more than a week ago. On June 30, Joel Lewis, director of the Sparkman club, said he found the front door shattered and the brick used [...]