WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » students http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Sat, 18 May 2013 20:12:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Bedford Students Lead the Way to Better School Communications http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-students-lead-the-way-to-better-school-communications/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-students-lead-the-way-to-better-school-communications/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:22:19 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=57953 Steps For Success is the brainchild of the New Bedford Student Committee for Educational Progress, a local group of New Bedford High students who are doing something to improve communications and to help modernize aspects of our local schools!

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-students-lead-the-way-to-better-school-communications/feed/ 0 TSM Let's Hope MLK Day is Celebrated in Minnesotta http://wbsm.com/lets-hope-mlk-day-is-celebrated-in-minnesotta/ http://wbsm.com/lets-hope-mlk-day-is-celebrated-in-minnesotta/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:12:09 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=49592 In case you forgot, back in 2011, Red Wing High School in Minnesotta, actually allowed something called WIGGER DAY! 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/lets-hope-mlk-day-is-celebrated-in-minnesotta/feed/ 0 devinhull1990,flickr South Carolina Teacher Arrested After Having Sex With Two Underage Students http://wbsm.com/south-carolina-teacher-arrested-after-having-sex-with-two-underage-students/ http://wbsm.com/south-carolina-teacher-arrested-after-having-sex-with-two-underage-students/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:08:02 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=45839 Kinsley Wentzky was just a English teacher to most, but the married teacher was keeping some secrets that have landed her in trouble.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/south-carolina-teacher-arrested-after-having-sex-with-two-underage-students/feed/ 0 WISTV Carney Acadamy Hosts "Reading Is Fundamental" Program http://wbsm.com/carney-acadamy-hosts-reading-is-fundamental-program/ http://wbsm.com/carney-acadamy-hosts-reading-is-fundamental-program/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:09:57 +0000 Jim Phillips http://wbsm.com/?p=32610 Dozens of volunteer readers visited classrooms Tuesday at Carney Acadamy in New Bedford, as part of the "Reading Is Fundamental" program. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/carney-acadamy-hosts-reading-is-fundamental-program/feed/ 0 TSM Is Florida Student Goal Plan Based On Race? [POLL] http://wbsm.com/is-florida-student-goal-plan-based-on-race-poll/ http://wbsm.com/is-florida-student-goal-plan-based-on-race-poll/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:13:34 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=23335 Is the new normal for educating our children going to be based on expecting a little more from the THAT group and a little less from THAT group?

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]]> http://wbsm.com/is-florida-student-goal-plan-based-on-race-poll/feed/ 0 MSNBC New Bedford High School Implements Hi-Tech Upgrades http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-high-school-implements-hi-tech-upgrades/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-high-school-implements-hi-tech-upgrades/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:57:57 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=18262 New Bedford High School students and teachers have stepped into the 21st century.

Twenty classrooms at the high school have been outfitted with interactive Promethean white boards, along with laptop computers, and other interactive technologies

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-high-school-implements-hi-tech-upgrades/feed/ 0 Mayor's Office SAT Scores Plummet As More Students Take the ACT http://wbsm.com/sat-scores-plummet-as-more-students-take-the-act/ http://wbsm.com/sat-scores-plummet-as-more-students-take-the-act/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:00:34 +0000 Amy Sciarretto http://tsminteractive.com/?p=143362 The average national scores on two out of the three sections of the SAT exam, which is the standardized test students take in order to get into college, trended down for the class of 2012.

That could have to do with the fact more students in the class of '12 took the rival ACT exam than the SAT this year, the first time that has ever happened.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/sat-scores-plummet-as-more-students-take-the-act/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Fairhaven Has Improved MCAS Test Scores http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-has-improved-mcas-test-scores/ http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-has-improved-mcas-test-scores/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:06 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=16278 Southcoast school districts performed well on the recent MCAS exams. One of the districts that showed overall gains in their math and english scores was the Fairhaven School District.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/fairhaven-has-improved-mcas-test-scores/feed/ 0 wvulibraries, flickr A Mixed Bag of Results From Local MCAS Tests http://wbsm.com/a-mixed-bag-of-results-from-local-mcas-tests/ http://wbsm.com/a-mixed-bag-of-results-from-local-mcas-tests/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:18:39 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=16169 Most school districts across the Southcoast saw increases in student proficiency on the 2012  MCAS state test in math, while performance on the english test was more of a mixed bag.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/a-mixed-bag-of-results-from-local-mcas-tests/feed/ 0 Barcelona GSE, flickr Opportunities For Suspended Or Expelled Students http://wbsm.com/opportunities-for-suspended-or-expelled-students/ http://wbsm.com/opportunities-for-suspended-or-expelled-students/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:08:58 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.production.townsquaresites.com/?p=7304 A new state law regarding expelled students is drawing reaction from local education officials.

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