Sunday CEO: Greg Wetmore from the heart - Desert Sun
Greg Wetmore doesn't live only for the holidays. He's wrapped up in giving every day as president and chief executive officer of United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland Empire, the nonprofit organization serving more than 300 clientswho have cerebral

New GI Bill proves slow on the uptake in Vermont - Burlington Free Press
Some schools have gone an entire What's more, information on the post-9/11 program has been difficult to obtain from the VA, Lucier said, and UVM has been flooded with e-mail queries. Veterans returning to school have enough to cope with without

First of an occasional series - Detroit Free Press
A child sits on a school bus, his stomach gurgling. He didn't eat breakfast. The bus pulls up to an elementary school in Oakland County. Only a few people at school know that this child gets a free breakfast and lunch paid by the government. They

Broncos WR goes from malcontent to magnificent - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Brandon Marshall brought his 17-year-old cousin to Denver to get him out of the same menacing Pittsburgh neighborhood where he was raised. The move has been a success for both. Under Marshall's wing, Rayshon Williams has improved

Haunted by 40 Months in Iraq - New America Media
schools and markets had re-opened. Displaced people were moving back into their homes. The government was holding elections and the Iraqi army and police were in much better shape to provide security. We got the country back on its feet after we

Boyhood friends earn ‘wings’ - Tacoma News Tribune
Six childhood friends from University Place and Tacoma got their Eagle Scout wings Saturday afternoon. The college freshmen reunited at St. Luke’s Memorial Episcopal Church in Tacoma to officially receive the highest rank in the Boy Scouting

Michigan legislators OK school reform bills - Lansing State Journal
An effort sparked by hopes of winning up to $400 million in federal money for Michigan schools could have broad implications on educational choice and quality for years to come. The state could add more charter schools and poor-performing schools

Metro schools buckle under funding cuts - Detroit Free Press
Public Schools. Southfield isn't cutting staff this school use after 6 p.m. In a news release the district sent Friday, Superintendent Robert Livernois warned of even bigger problems for next school year. "We either have to cut programs

Report sees dramatic changes in Vermont school system - Burlington Free Press
Imagine grade school with no grades. Or high school where 100 percent of the students graduate and have the skills needed to attend to college. Picture Vermont’s school system with 13 to 20 school districts instead of the 290 that currently serve