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Pell Grants Could be Cut 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:29 PM 03/20/10 - More education funding could soon be slashed. The popular Pell Grant is facing a $19 billion budget gap. - (Full Story) Director of Legacy Academy of Excellence Leaving 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:25 PM 03/20/10 - A Rockford charter school could soon be getting a new leader. - (Full Story) Massive Cuts, Student Protests at Harlem Schools 0 Comments Last Updated: 7:29 PM 03/20/10 - About 100 students voiced their opposition to more than 150 Harlem School District staff cuts. (Full Story) Freeport School District Comes to a Contract Agreement 0 Comments Last Updated: 4:49 PM 03/19/10 - The union that represents bus drivers in the Freeport School District has a new contract. (Full Story) U of I College of Medicine Students FInd their Matches 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:14 PM 03/18/10 - After four long years of hard work, 55 students finally learn where they will spend the next 3-6 years of their medical training. (Full Story) Galapagos Charter School Hiring 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:37 PM 03/18/10 - A handful of teachers will soon be starting their first day at a local charter school and you could be one of them. (Full Story) "This is Madness" Asks for Underwear Donations 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:36 PM 03/18/10 - About 4,500 children in the Rockford school district lack underwear or socks every year, and now a non-profit organization is trying to reduce that number. (Full Story) Freeport Schools Better Off Than Peers 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:52 PM 03/17/10 - In a time when thousands of teachers across the country are without job security, Freeport School District 145 is avoidng a "reduction in force". (Full Story) 10 Teachers Laid Off in Oregon School District 9 Comments Last Updated: 8:58 PM 03/16/10 - Students in Oregon took to the streets protesting nearly a dozen cuts in their district. (Full Story) More Headlines...

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Sponge Painting In this activity, children sponge-paint a cloud effect on their walls.