Sunday, May 19 2013 9:00 PM EDT2013-05-20 01:00:42 GMT
(ABC News)--Accidentally butt dialing someone is embarrassing or inconsequential to most, but for two Fresno, Calif., men, their cell phone mishap landed them in jail. The call, which went to 911, startedMore >>
Accidentally butt dialing someone is embarrassing or inconsequential to most, but for two Fresno, Calif., men, their cell phone mishap landed them in jail...More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:43 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:43:25 GMT
CHICAGO (AP) -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensiveMore >>
As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes...More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 5:02 PM EDT2013-05-19 21:02:59 GMT
(ABC News)--Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony today to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer responding to a home invasionMore >>
Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony today to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer responding to a home invasion call...More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:22 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:22:23 GMT
Newport News, VA—A Master Police Officer with the Newport News Police Department has been arrested and charged, after he reportedly exposed himself on the front porch of a residence last month. On Sunday,More >>
A Master Police Officer with the Newport News Police Department has been arrested and charged, after he reportedly exposed himself on the front porch of a residence last month...More >>
RICHMOND, VA. (AP) - Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation.
The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency gaps between low-performing and high-performing schools.
The annual measurable objectives replace the adequate yearly progress targets of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In June, the state received a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education for certain provisions of the federal law. The numbers are based on the performance on state standardized tests.
Based on the new "ambitious but achievable" benchmarks, education officials are directing 485 schools to develop and implement improvement plans to raise achievement levels for certain races and other subgroups such as economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities.
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