No summer vacation for teachers 
NATHAN PALLACE - NPALLACE@POSTSTAR.COM Queensbury High School English teacher Mark Dupper spends his summers as a New York Racing Association security guard sergeant at the Saratoga Race Course, where he trains and supervises other security personnel who watch over the paddock area.

No summer vacation for teachers 
After nine months of teaching second grade math, English and an array of other subjects, Chuck Farrar unwinds over the summer by selling pants, shorts, shirts and ties.

Continued expansion of pre-K the right move 
We are glad to see that Gov. Phil Bredesen was able, on Thursday, to announce $20 million in new grants to continue his important project and commitment to expand pre-K education in Tennessee. The new money is the latest step toward Bredesen’s stated goal of making pre-K access universal in this Tennessee. In the long term, it can only benefit our youngest students.

Top researcher-educators receive presidential early career award for scientists and engineers 
Today, the White House announced 20 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), one of the most prestigious awards to honor investigators in the early stages of promising research and education careers.

Midfielder bucking PDL trend for Metros Photivihok commits time to soccer team 
Wives. Families. Education. Careers. When it comes to priorities, eventually one or more of these trumps playing soccer. That’s why so few members of the Nashville Metros soccer team make it through more than a few seasons with the team.

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