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Education

Issues involving the education of the next generation.

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October 2008
- US Culture Stifles Girls' Math Skills
  
  Boston Globe | Oct 10, 08 4:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The women who have won the world's most elite math competitions come disproportionately from small countries with computation-friendly cultures, such as Bulgaria and Romania, a new study finds. The reason the US lags isn't related to talent, but rather to culture. Americans don't value math enough to put kids on track for high potential, reports the Boston Globe . More »
- 'Pregnancy Pact' HS to Offer Birth Control
  
  Boston Herald | Oct 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Massachusetts high school where 17 teens got pregnant last year presumably as part of a "pregnancy pact" has decided to distribute birth control pills and condoms to students, the Boston Globe reports. A school official said birth control would only be available with parental consent, adding that he hoped the school could now move on following national news reports of the pregnancy pact, allegedly made by teens who wanted to raise their babies together. More »
- Brits Launch Classroom 'Terror Watch'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 8, 08 3:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - British teachers will be asked to monitor student behavior and report any suspected extremists to police under new government guidelines, the Guardian reports. A "tool kit" for teachers sets out how they should conduct classroom debates to smoke out any possible Islamic extremist or far-right racist views across all age groups. Some teachers complain that they're being handed an unfair burden. More »
- Colleges, Universities Hit by Credit Crisis
  
  Boston Globe | Oct 3, 08 2:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Watching their endowments go south, their fundraising slow, and access to credit dry up, many colleges and universities are in crisis-planning mode, the Boston Globe reports. Some schools may have to freeze hiring and halt new construction, as Boston University did Tuesday, or raise tuition. Pricier schools are predicting fewer applicants in a weakening economy. More »
September 2008
- 10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools
  
  Global Language Monitor | Sep 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners: Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of California, Berkeley Stanford University More »
- College Does This to You, and Aims to Fix It
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 30, 08 2:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New research on the connection between sleep and performance has colleges scrambling to get their students to bed, the Boston Globe reports. According to a university doctor, “pulling an all-nighter is the equivalent of driving drunk and is detrimental to reaction time and memory.” But some habits are hard to break, and information campaigns appear to be falling on tired ears. More »
- UK University Helps Students Learn Ways of the Jedi
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Sep 11, 08 7:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The force will now be with university students: Queen’s University in Belfast is offering a new course on Jedi knights that it hopes will impart universal lessons to students, be they fans of Star Wars or not, the Telegraph reports. The one-day class, entitled “Feel the Force: How to Train in the Jedi Way,” promises to teach “real-life psychological techniques behind Jedi mind tricks.” More »
- 42% Would Dump Job to Teach
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Sep 11, 08 2:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Almost half—42%—of college-educated adults would consider becoming teachers, the Christian Science Monitor reports.That's good news, since US schools will be on the hunt for 3 million to 5 million teachers by 2020, thanks to rising enrollment and baby boomers who are laying down the chalk. But to tap into the pool of career-changers, schools must re-evaluate hiring and pay structures: 26% say salary is extremely important. More »
- Fewer Medical Students Considering Primary Care
  
  Associated Press | Sep 10, 08 5:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Just 2% of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care, forecasting a shortage of doctors who coordinate care and keep costs low, the AP reports. And it’s not just higher pay luring them away: They fear the paperwork and increased workload. Primary-care doctors must “speed to see enough patients to make a reasonable living,” says a radiology resident. More »
- PTA Mom: Gotta Love Palin for Public Schooling Kids
  
  New York Times | Sep 10, 08 4:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sandra Tsing Loh likes Barack and Michelle Obama’s politics, but, as a proud PTA mom, wonders why they couldn’t send their kids to a public school in their native Chicago, she writes in the New York Times . The inclusion of middle-class or affluent children, especially from families who value education, has been shown to benefit poor children immensely. More »
- Obama Runs to Center on Education, Touts Charters
  
  Time | Sep 9, 08 12:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama will come out today in favor of merit pay for teachers, doubled federal support for charter schools, and other centrist strategies to boost American education, reports Time . In the draft of a speech he's giving in Ohio, Obama warns that teachers who fail to improve will “be replaced,” though his party is close to teachers’ unions, which have also objected to using public money to fund privately run charter schools. More »
- Prof Argues for Looser Spelling
  
  Times (UK) | Sep 8, 08 2:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A British academic argues that English-speaking schoolchildren waste time learning the peculiarities of spelling, and should be given more freedom to spell phonetically, the Times of London reports. Children studying in languages with more phonetic writing systems, like Finnish or Italian, don’t need to waste classroom time on spelling, John Wells notes, so why should English speakers have to? More »
- 'Number Sense' Predicts Math Success: Study
  
  Washington Post | Sep 8, 08 6:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The skill of estimating group size at a glance is directly linked to success in higher forms of math like algebra and calculus, reports the Washington Post . A new study found that students with better “number sense”—the ability to quickly and accurately guess numbers in a group—do better at language-based types of math as well. More »
- Web Lets Parents Peek Into School Day
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 6, 08 2:42 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Parents are taking advantage of new web tools to monitor their children’s activities at school, the Los Angeles Times reports. A California program set to debut next year will allow doting parents to keep an eye on what kids buy for lunch, and let school officials know about food allergies and other restrictions. But some think the innovation may hinder childrens' independence. More »
- Chicago School Boycott Moves Downtown
  
  Chicago Tribune | Sep 3, 08 2:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Civic leaders held "teach-ins" at downtown Chicago businesses today to protest uneven education funding in Illinois, the Tribune reports. Educators joined students boycotting a second day of school in the lobbies of buildings including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Boeing Corp. Most businesses said they would welcome the students during the protest, which is expected to last until Friday. More »
- Boycott Disrupts Chicago's 1st Day of School
  
  Chicago Tribune | Sep 2, 08 4:12 PM CDT