The Smarter Balanced Assessment test will replace DCAS in Nationwide in the 2014-2015 school year. Smarter Balanced Assessment is designed to mesh with the Common Core State Standards, a set of new, tougher academic expectations for students. What does this mean for...
Family Volunteer Day is a day of service that demonstrates and celebrates the power of families who volunteer together, supporting their neighborhoods, communities and the world. Points of Light created the day 22 years ago to showcase the benefits of family...
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation supports over 1,400 college students each year, with annual scholarships of $3.45 million, through two nationally recognized programs. The Scholarship is an achievement-based scholarship awarded to graduating high school seniors each...
Take action against childhood hunger! Enter the Genweration No Kid Hungry art and writing contest and win scholarships and cash for your school! This contest is open only to: Legal residents of the United States who are in 7th through 12th grades at the time of entry....
Benjamin Franklin was the first person to figure out how static electricity works. In his experiments, he used wax, glass tubes, and, of course, people. He had his subjects stand on wax, rub glass tubes, and touch each other, and he observed and recorded the sparks...
