http://www.dailyindependent.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_303134438.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_303134438.html School districts may not have to continue taking financial hits from high absenteeism caused by influenza outbreaks. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_300232947.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_300232947.html One of the leading violinists in the world was in Ashland on Tuesday to perform with a group of college students Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:50:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_292095055.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_292095055.html Eastern Kentucky schools are good examples of how the United States can regain its lead in education, the state’s top education official said Friday. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_291000924.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_291000924.html It was an assignment Tom Sawyer would have loved.It involved bringing forbidden materials into the classroom and using them to re-tell his own story.The students in Kim Dearing’s sophomore English class at Russell High School brought their cell phones in and used their text-messaging features to write new lines of dialogue between characters in the classic novel of boyhood mischief. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_287101847.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_287101847.html Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was in Russell Wednesday morning to talk about a new state-wide dental initiative that will train dental professionals to work with patients younger than 6-years-old. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_271200138.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_271200138.html Every Wednesday night after she and her parents have supper at her grandparents' house, Logan Prysiaszniuk heads downstairs to her workshop. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_263235449.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_263235449.html Valerie Ellis is standing in the middle of Hudson’s Bay, about five feet from a visitor in the vicinity of Kamloops, British Columbia. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:54:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_264065407.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_264065407.html Students at Mason County Area Technology Center have installed a wind generator. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_259214558.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_259214558.html Teachers at Hager Elementary really care about the kids and the kids like them right back, third-grade teacher Linda Mahanna was telling a visitor Wednesday. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_211235044.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_211235044.html Feed the Children delivered nourishment for children hungry for knowledge as well as food on Thursday. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_203234217.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_203234217.html Reilly Barker, 10, of Ashland, pushed a purple fabric square through a sewing machine, practicing neat, straight stitches. Across the room, Geri Willis pulled tangled thread out of a stalled machine. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_196232958.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_196232958.html Greenup County elementary school students discovered a lost spaceship on the planet of Saturn Wednesday morning. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_191231404.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_191231404.html Every week, teachers at the Ramey-Estep High School sit down with treatment staffers who work with the troubled youths who live on the campus and go to the school. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_186225839.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_186225839.html A girl peddled her bike furiously in a conference room at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington on Tuesday. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_184141913.html http://www.dailyindependent.com/schools/local_story_184141913.html The Kentucky Board of Education has named four out of state applicants as finalists for commissioner of education.