Intelligent students rewarded for work in the classroom

After conducting a baseline test in August last semester, fifth grade students were given further diagnostic tests on iReady – the school’s newest educational math software – and saw significant improvement since the beginning of the school year. Fifth grade math teacher Regina “Mrs. M” Miller chose to reward one student from each of her math classes that showed the most improvement on the program.

Progress is taking shape at Clinton Regional Hospital, as the Clinton Hospital Authority met Wednesday to discuss updates. On the agenda were the hospital’s comprehensive financial report and approval of 91 updated policies and procedures in regard to the recent Medicare accreditation survey.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Researchers say a rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Illinois and electoral battleground Wisconsin this week to make a case for the Biden administration’s economic agenda and offer a reminder about the Trump administration tax cuts, which she says added to the deficit and did little to promote investment.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Thursday to defend himself against a lawsuit seeking more than $10 million for things he said about advice columnist E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of sexual assault.

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