The Delaware Gazette

James Forrest Wisecup

James For­rest Wise­cup, 82, of South Charleston died Fri­day evening (March 23, 2012) after a short illness.

Panel says problem schools hurt nation’s security

WASHINGTON — The nation’s secu­rity and eco­nomic pros­per­ity are at risk if America’s schools don’t improve, warns a task force led by for­mer Sec­re­tary of State Con­doleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the for­mer chan­cel­lor of New York City’s school system.

Delaware agency serves the disabled

Corbett in front of the Delaware Creative Housing office. (Gazette | Dustin Ensinger)

It started with a used wheel­chair donated by Michael Corbett’s mother-in-law and mor­phed into the Delaware Cre­ative Hous­ing and Cre­ative Liv­ing System’s lend­ing library with more than 300 pieces of used but durable med­ical equip­ment avail­able to any­one in need. Each year, more than 100 pieces of equip­ment are given away to area res­i­dents with disabilities.

Local history through art

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Hun­dreds of area third grade stu­dents are get­ting the oppor­tu­nity to expe­ri­ence local his­tory through art as part of the Arts Castle’s lat­est exhibit.

Obama, GOP governors share many views on education

WASHINGTON — A funny thing is hap­pen­ing between Pres­i­dent Barack Obama and many Repub­li­can gov­er­nors when it comes to improv­ing America’s schools: They are mostly get­ting along.

1 dead, 4 wounded in Ohio school shooting

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CHARDON — A teenager described as a bul­lied out­cast at his sub­ur­ban Cleve­land high school opened fire in the cafe­te­ria Mon­day morn­ing, killing one stu­dent and wound­ing four oth­ers before being caught a short dis­tance away, author­i­ties said.

Union law draws contenders into Ohio primaries

COLUMBUS — The suc­cess­ful cam­paign to repeal Ohio’s col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing law last fall has drawn teach­ers and other pub­lic work­ers into Demo­c­ra­tic pri­mary races across the state as the party tries to regain seats in the Republican-dominated Leg­is­la­ture that passed the measure.

‘Amazing scientists’ at Buckeye Valley annual science fair

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Which pitch­ing stance pro­vides the most veloc­ity on a base­ball, whether you can judge the time of day by body tem­per­a­ture and the anti­sep­tic value of honey were all top­ics explored by Buck­eye Val­ley Local School Dis­trict stu­dents this week at their annual sci­ence fair.

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