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  • July 2008

    • Teenagers Have Rights, Too

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jul 12, 08 7:10 PM CDT

      Teenagers Have Rights, Too

      "Teenagers have constitutional rights." That shouldn’t be controversial, but several schools are in court arguing that the First Amendment doesn't apply to students, writes Frank LoMonte in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Morse v. Frederick set a precedent last year, when Supreme Court judges ruled that students could be punished for a “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” banner—even though it was off school grounds. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • education  • school  • First Amendment  • freedom of speech

    • Chinese School-Collapse Critic Busted as Spy

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 11, 08 5:28 AM CDT

      Chinese School-Collapse Critic Busted as Spy

      An activist who tried to help bereaved Sichuan parents get answers about why so many schools collapsed in May's earthquake has been arrested, the New York Times reports. Huang Qi was taken away by plainclothes police after posting information about the parents on his website. He has been accused of possessing state secrets and could face years in jail. More »

  • June 2008

    • Teacher Who Branded Students Fired

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Teacher Who Branded Students Fired

      An Ohio school board has voted unanimously to fire a science teacher who used an electrostatic device to brand 8th-graders with a cross, the AP reports. Science teacher John Freshwater, who says the marks were simply Xs, had been in trouble with the board before for teaching creationism, slamming evolution and other scientific theories, and keeping a Bible on his desk. More »

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      school  • teacher  • branding  • creationism  • science education  • middle school

    • Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 19, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Dutch Hope US Model Will Integrate Schools

      Dutch leaders believe an integration program honed during the American civil rights movement can curb the racial and class divisions rampant in Amsterdam’s classrooms. Waves of immigrants have swept into the Netherlands, but they haven’t always mixed successfully with native Dutch, reports the Christian Science Monitor. “Segregation is a big issue here, and it's getting worse," said one official. More »

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      race  • school  • parents  • Netherlands  • Amsterdam  • segregation  • integration  • Dutch government

    • Family Sues School in NY Bully Battle

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jun 15, 08 6:55 PM CDT

      Family Sues School in NY Bully Battle

      Bullied at school, a Long Island teenager posted an anti-violence video on YouTube that racked up more than 15,000 hits. The 7-minute montage by Patrick Kohlmann, 13, urges kids to stop fighting, but it didn't solve his problem. Now Patrick's parents are suing the school for failing to help him, ABC News reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • YouTube  • school  • death threats  • school violence

    • Chinese Police Drag Parents From Protest

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 3, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Chinese Police Drag Parents From Protest

      Chinese police cracked down on parents protesting today over poorly-constructed schools they say killed their children in last month’s earthquake, the AP reports. Protesters had been chanting “we want to sue” before police dragged them down the street away from a courthouse, with some yelling for an explanation. The protest occurred as a top Chinese official toured the city. More »

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      China  • protests  • earthquake  • police  • school  • construction

    • China Silences Media on School Collapses

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 2, 08 6:27 AM CDT

      China Silences Media on School Collapses

      China has called on domestic media to quit reporting on widespread school collapses in the Sichuan earthquake, the Financial Times reports. Some parents hold the government accountable for poor construction they say claimed thousands of children’s lives, and the furor has hurt the positive reviews of China’s response to the quake. Parents continued to highlight the issue this weekend. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • school  • Sichuan province  • collapse  • media coverage

  • May 2008

    • Poorly Built Schools Stood No Chance in Earthquake

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 25, 08 9:56 AM CDT

      Poorly Built Schools Stood No Chance in Earthquake

      As a massive earthquake shook Sichuan province, subpar construction turned many Chinese schoolrooms into the mass graves of as many as 10,000 children, the New York Times reports, and grieving parents are pointing fingers at Beijing. The government, aware of the problem, had issued warnings on school safety in the years before the quake—but in many cases, the shoddy buildings remained. “This is not a natural disaster,” said one parent. “They stole our children.” More »

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      China  • children  • earthquake  • natural disaster  • student  • school  • Sichuan province  • construction  • building

    • Bereaved Parents Question Quake School Safety

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 23, 08 1:33 PM CDT

      Bereaved Parents Question Quake School Safety

      Nearly 7,000 schools were destroyed in the Chinese earthquake, and parents want answers. In particular, they want to know why so many nearby government buildings survived while schoolchildren died, the Washington Post reports. “This building is totally a ‘bad tofu’ project,” said one grieving mother. “We feel it is wrong for kids to die this way.” More »

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      China  • earthquake  • China earthquake  • school  • construction

    • The Nation's Best High Schools

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  May 20, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      The Nation's Best High Schools

      Rather than GPAs or graduation rates, new research suggests, participation in AP and IB programs is the best indicator of academic success in college, even if the student does not do well in the advanced classes. In light of that, Newsweek presents the nation’s 100 best public high schools, measured by dividing the number of AP tests students take by the number of graduating seniors. More »

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      list  • school  • high school  • Newsweek  • college preparation

  • April 2008

    • Young Teachers Finding Big Trouble Online

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 28, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      Young Teachers Finding Big Trouble Online

      Questionable postings and photos on social-networking web pages are becoming an issue with younger US teachers, the Washington Post reports, raising questions about where to draw a line between private expression and standards for public employees. A case in point is a substitute special-education teacher whose page includes a so-called "bumper sticker" reading, "you're a retard, but i love you." More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • education  • school  • teacher

  • March 2008

    • School Supers Draw Big Bucks, Bigger Perks

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Mar 31, 08 11:52 AM CDT

      School Supers Draw Big Bucks, Bigger Perks

      Teachers aren't living in luxury, but some school superintendents are, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Some are pulling in $325,000 a year, plus multi-million-dollar consulting budgets to restructure impoverished, underperforming public school systems. The Monitor calls them "central office rock stars," a product of the No Child Left Behind initiative and sky-high pressures to balance budgets and politics. More »

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      education  • school  • teacher  • public schools  • No Child Left Behind  • school districts

    • In Spain, Parents Divorce to Get Kids Into Top Schools

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 19, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      In Spain, Parents Divorce to Get Kids Into Top Schools

      Spanish couples will do anything to get their kids into top schools—including break up, the Guardian reports. Thanks to a point-based admissions system that favors children of single parents, Spain has seen a staggering spike in divorces, suspiciously filed just ahead of the upcoming application deadline. Judges think many are “fake” splits, designed to net the all-important points. More »

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      divorce  • education  • Spain  • school  • private schools

    • Celebrate π, It's 3/14!

      newser  |  The Daily Princetonian  |  Mar 14, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Celebrate &pi;, It's 3/14!

      Math lovers, rejoice, for today is Pi Day, celebrated in classrooms around the country—preferably at 1:59, which, on 3/14, nearly matches 3.14159, the famed irrational number’s first six digits. “What’s fun about pi is that everyone knows the number,” a math professor tells the Daily Princetonian . “People feel they have an appreciation for what it means.” More »

    • Teachers Rip UK Iraq Lessons as 'Propaganda'

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Mar 14, 08 8:57 AM CDT

      Teachers Rip UK Iraq Lessons as 'Propaganda'

      On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a row has erupted in Britain over a controversial school lesson plan about the conflict drawn up by the country's defense ministry. The National Union of Teachers is up in arms over the proposal and is threatening a boycott over what it calls a "propaganda" exercise. The lesson plan highlights the reconstruction effort in Iraq but makes no mention of civilian casualties, writes the Independent . More »

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      Iraq  • United Kingdom  • history  • school  • propaganda  • teacher

  • November 2007

    • Harry Charms Students Into Success

      newser  |  Time  |  Nov 22, 07 5:42 AM CST

      Harry Charms Students Into Success

      The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it is not, but a suburban Nottingham school is using Harry Potter’s magic to get results. Primary students chose JK Rowling’s enchanted novels as their curriculum theme, a system school officials launched to raise lagging test scores. Subjects are laced with riffs on the books, and activities plunge students into Harry’s supernatural world. More »

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      England  • Harry Potter  • school  • JK Rowling

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • School Segregation Is Up

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 30, 07 7:39 AM CDT

      School Segregation Is Up

      US public schools are more and more divided by race, a trend likely to continue thanks to a June Supreme Court ruling forbidding most local integration efforts, Reuters reports. Many black and Latino children, who now make up 43% of the population, are receiving what a leading civil rights research center calls "separate and inferior" educations as a result.   More »

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      children  • education  • race  • civil rights  • school  • Segregation

    • School Bans Tag on Playground

      newser  |  Colorado Springs Gazette  |  Aug 30, 07 6:12 AM CDT

      School Bans Tag on Playground

      When the new term starts next week at a Colorado elementary school, kids won't be chasing each other around the playground. Tag has been banned at Discovery Canyon Campus school, where it was deemed to generate too many injuries and complaints. “It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,” the assistant principal told the Colorado Springs Gazette . More »

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      children  • school  • Colorado  • elementary school  • bullying  • child development  • tag

    • 11 Top Italian Cooking Schools

      newser  |  Food & Wine  |  Aug 25, 07 8:46 AM CDT

      11 Top Italian Cooking Schools

      Savor that Italian vacation by taking a short course at one these cooking schools, highly recommended by Food & Wine magazine: Cucina con Vista, Florence Castello Banfi–Il Borgo, Montalcino Italian Food Artisans, Montepulciano More »

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      list  • food  • Italy  • travel  • school  • cooking  • culinary school

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