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  • July 2008

    • Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      Time  |  Jul 24, 08 8:02 PM CDT

      Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      (Newser) - Northwestern University’s law school will offer its JD program, normally a 3-year commitment, in 2 years, a move designed to increase the school's competitive edge and respond to critics who say students with jobs lined up coast through their final year. Northwestern isn't pioneering the approach, but as the first top-tier school to offer a shortened program, other elite universities may follow, Time reports. More »

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      education  • university  • lawyer  • Northwestern University  • law school  • graduation

    • Teenagers Have Rights, Too

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

      Teenagers Have Rights, Too

      (Newser) - "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

  • June 2008

    • Can Video Games Save the World?

      Washington Post  |  Jun 22, 08 5:13 AM CDT

      Can Video Games Save the World?

      (Newser) - A small group of educators and activists is championing the use of video games for more than just entertainment, the Washington Post reports. “I don't think games have to be fun,” one key organizer said. “I think games have to be engaging.” New titles in the so-called serious game genre focus not only on subjects such as Darfur, the US justice system, and the environment, but also on the more practical, like training Canon employees to service copiers. More »

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      media  • video game  • education  • environmentalism  • political activism  • Sandra Day O'Connor

    • Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 12:49 PM CDT

      Germans Get Engineers Started Young

      (Newser) - With a personnel shortfall that's serious and getting worse, Germany wants to get its next generation of engineers started as soon as possible, the Financial Times reports. Hundreds of companies are sending materials and experts to kindergartens to try interest youngsters in technology and science. They hope getting the tots interested early will preserve Germany's reputation as a land of engineering. More »

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      Germany  • education  • engineering  • preschool  • Siemens  • engineers  • kindergarten

    • Bush Loyalist Hits the Road to Save 'No Child'

      New York Times  |  Jun 12, 08 6:35 AM CDT

      Bush Loyalist Hits the Road to Save 'No Child'

      (Newser) - As George W. Bush has become less and less popular, so too has No Child Left Behind, his education initiative that one congressman calls "the most negative brand in the country." As the administration realizes that its principal domestic achievement is likely to be undone by the next president, Margaret Spellings, the education secretary, has hit the road to drum up support. More »

    • Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      Slate  |  Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      (Newser) - At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao , or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines which kids grab the 5.7 million university openings available in 2009. More »

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      China  • economy  • education  • university  • Chinese economy  • tests  • educational testing

    • As Gas Prices Rise, Field Trips Go Virtual

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      As Gas Prices Rise, Field Trips Go Virtual

      (Newser) - More school buses are being left in park these days, thanks to rising fuel prices and technology that lets students go on “virtual field trips.” “If you can’t go somewhere, this can be the next best thing,” said one administrator, as schools enjoy low teleconferencing costs and help from institutions ranging from NASA to the Bronx Zoo. More »

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      gas prices  • education  • student  • school budget  • School costs

    • Retired Justice Turns Video Game Designer

      Wired  |  Jun 5, 08 3:28 AM CDT

      Retired Justice Turns Video Game Designer

      (Newser) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor isn't taking it easy now that she's no longer writing decisions, Wired reports. The first woman to be appointed to the top court is leading a project to help young people learn more about their government through a video game. Our Courts, an online game to debut next year, will let students step into the shoes of judges or attorneys arguing real cases. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • video game  • education  • judge  • computer games  • Sandra Day O'Connor  • educational programs

    • Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

      New York Times  |  Jun 4, 08 2:02 PM CDT

      Anti-Evolution Groups Change Texas Tactics

      (Newser) - Evolution opponents are adapting. Now that “intelligent design” and “creation science” have failed in court, the new catch phrase, the New York Times reports, is “strengths and weaknesses.” It might seem innocuous, but critics say it’s yet another tactic to undermine the teaching of evolution in schools. Evolution opponents are insisting that curriculum discuss the flaws in Darwin’s theory. More »

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      Texas  • education  • evolution  • Charles Darwin  • creationism  • intelligent design

  • May 2008

    • Prof Grapples With Fate: Teaching Dolts

      Atlantic Monthly  |  May 25, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      Prof Grapples With Fate: Teaching Dolts

      (Newser) - An English professor at a small US college admits that half his job is killing students' dreams—dreams that they can write, think, or even form a sentence, he writes anonymously in the Atlantic . Yet more American jobs require college credits, and his role is to force Joyce and Faulkner on these aspiring professionals—even if "their eyes implore: How could you do this to me? " More »

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      education  • college  • college tuition  • career  • jobs  • adult education  • continuing education

    • It's Time to Bring Back Geography to Classrooms

      American  |  May 22, 08 9:40 PM CDT

      It's Time to Bring Back Geography to Classrooms

      (Newser) - The impressive skills of 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal—the nation's new geography bee champ—are all too rare. In fact, lots of Americans are geographically illiterate to an appalling degree, writes Evan Sparks in the American . At some point, the nation decided to leave the subject out of school curricula. Geography, for example, is the only core subject named in the No Child Left Behind Act that does not receive federal funding. More »

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      Iraq  • children  • education  • No Child Left Behind  • stupidity  • Geography

    • Big Brother Indeed: Orwell Prank Ends in Arrests

      New Bedford Standard-Times  |  May 22, 08 3:49 PM CDT

      Big Brother Indeed: Orwell Prank Ends in Arrests

      (Newser) - What appears to be a senior prank that saw students commandeer the public-address system at a Massachusetts high school to read George Orwell (or perhaps Fidel Castro) ended with arrests and protests yesterday, the New Bedford Standard-Times reports. More »

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      education  • protests  • Fidel Castro  • high school  • George Orwell  • civil disobedience