Schools

The Gay Selma

River Front Times | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Homophobia, Gay Bullying, Teen Bullying, Schools, Bully, Anti-Gay Bullying, School Bullying, Bullying, Gay Voices News

Gay kids have long been a target of bullying. Until recently incidents could be laughed off as "pranks," and no one suffered any consequences -- excep...

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School's Out! (But Recycling Is Forever)

Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Green Lifestyle, Schools, Sustainability, Green Education, Education, Green Initiative, Recycling, Eco-Responsibility, Green News
Mattias Wallander

Schools are the ideal environments to teach life-long recycling habits to kids at a crucial moment of their development. These are habits that kids will bring home to their families, encourage their friends, and eventually stay with them for a lifetime.

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Oh, Hey ... Do You Want to Buy Some Candy From Me?

LaughSpin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Candy, Marriage, Fatherhood, Nursery School, Schools, Parenting, Hippies, Humor, Comedy News
LaughSpin

Oh, hey. How's it going? You look sooooooo nice today! What's that you're wearing -- pants?! Verrrrry cutting edge. They say pants are the new black. ANYHOO, i have a box of Hershey chocolate items on my desk.

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Who's the Pervert? Is Hitting a Child More Acceptable Than Holding Her?

Erika Christakis | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Parenting, Spanking, Child Abuse, Child Care, Schools, Gay Parents, Parenting Techniques, Corporal Punishment Schools, Corporal Punishment, Paul Rusconi, Culture News
Erika Christakis

Single fathers -- gay fathers, no less -- seem to be under special scrutiny lest their loving attention veer into unsavory territory. Are we so uncomfortable with male nurturing that we assume something perverse about it?

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Bullying Starts at Home

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Education, Parenting Tips, Bullying, Emotional Wellness, Parenting, Schools, School Violence, School Bullying, Education News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

Often, our public discourse regarding the need to end bullying centers around the assumption that children are only bullied at school. That assumption couldn't be further from the truth.

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It's Time to Succeed

Chris Gabrieli | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Education News, Longer School Year, Time to Succeed, Public Schools, Longer School Day, Video, Education, Schools, Education Reform, Expanded Learning Time, Education News
Chris Gabrieli

Here's a very simple, common sense idea -- if you practice something more, you get better at it; if you can't complete everything you need to do, take more time.

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The Power of Corn Starch

Jamie Anne Richardson | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Fear, Church, Parenting, Schools, Children, Preschool, Parenting Fears, Corn Starch Dallas, Corn Starch, Parents News
Jamie Anne Richardson

hen I was growing up, my parents worried about me getting in a fistfight after school. Now parents have to worry about guns and knives in the school cafeteria.

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How to Learn in the 21st Century (Video)

Luis Ubiñas | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Schools, Education Reform, Time to Succeed, Video, Education News
Luis Ubiñas

If we want American kids to compete and thrive in today's world, then re-imagining the school day needs to be something we each take up as a cause -- in our own schools, in our own towns, and all across the country.

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Teachers' Lounge: The Bluff City Philosopher

Teach Plus | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Memphis, Teacher Appreciation Week, Education, Achievement Gap, Memphis City Schools, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Education News
Teach Plus

Teachers need to wake up and realize every decision is a political decision. If teachers are not engaged, decisions will continue to be done to them rather than with them.

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Feds Open Civil Rights Cases on Tucson Schools Under Pedicone's Latino Crackdown: "Sheriff Arpaio of American Schools?"

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Office of Civil Rights, Education, Department of Education, Latino, Tucson, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Schools, John Pedicone, TUSD Book Ban, Book Banning, Tusd, Education News
Jeff Biggers

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has opened investigations into possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in Tucson. Not that TUSD has bothered to inform the district's taxpayers of the investigation.

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America's Obesity Battle Begins In Schools, Report Says

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: American Obesity Rates, American Obesity, Obesity Battle, Childhood Obesity, Student Health, Childhood Health, Nutrition Education, Childhood Nutrition, Schools, Obesity, Children's Health, Video, Education News

WASHINGTON -- Schools should be a cornerstone of the nation's obesity battle, but to trim Americans' waistlines, changes are needed everywhere people ...

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One Hundred Percent

Dean P. Simmer | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Detroit, Catholic, Education, Schools, Detroit Impact, Detroit Education, Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit School Students, Detroit Students, Detroit Community, Detroit News
Dean P. Simmer

The Class of 2012 at Detroit Cristo Rey High School took a risk by signing up for a Catholic, college-preparatory school that had not even opened, they worked harder than they had before, and 100 percent have been accepted into college.

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What I Plan to Tell the For-Profit Colleges and Universities

Michelle Rhee | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Student, Transparency, Schools, President Obama, For-Profit Colleges, Accountability, Education, For-Profit Colleges and Universities, Education News
Michelle Rhee

This is the basic truth I want to tell these schools: it doesn't matter if a school is a for-profit or a non-profit, it needs to be doing a good job educating students. And if it's failing to do that, it should be shut down.

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Five Ways NOT to Raise Bullies and Mean Girls

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Single Moms, Mean Girls, Parenting Tips, Neighborhoods, Daughters, Bullies, Parenting, Mothers, Two-Mom Families, Preschools, Sons, Parents-Kids, Schools, Families, Parenting Advice, Fathers, Parents News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

It's possible -- very possible -- to raise exceptional, morally-grounded children no matter what your family looks like. The development of your child's moral character depends less on whether there is a male or female figure or two parents. These values come from one place: you.

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Parents Must Make the Grade on Involvement

Gloria Bonilla Santiago | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Education, Schools, Parenting, Urban Living, Charter Schools, US Poverty, Joe Harrison, Education News
Gloria Bonilla Santiago

Last week, Louisiana State Rep. Joe Harrison introduced a bill in that state's legislature that -- if passed -- would grade parents on the level and quality of their involvement in their kid's education.

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Surprising Sex Ed Survey Has Some Experts Calling For Changes

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Video, Sex Ed, Std, Pregnancy Prevention, Sex, Science, Schools, Std Education, Sex Education, Science News

By: MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Published: 04/05/2012 01:31 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily Schools have made little progress in recent years in teachin...

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Medical Marijuana Hub Too Close To Schools, Raided By Feds

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Medical Marijuana, Oaksterdam University, Schools, Teachers, Pot, Marijuana, Neighborhood, Weed, Culture News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Youth Radio Photo Credit: Denise Tejada/Youth Radio A crowd of protesters gather outside Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California, as feder...

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Ads Continue To Creep Into Public Schools

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Ads, Education, Local Budget Cuts, State Budget Cuts, Ads in Schools, Budget Cuts, Advertising, Schools, School Budget Cuts, Public Education, Ad Creep, Video, Business News

The line between the public and private sectors just keeps getting fuzzier. As a way to bring in some much-needed cash, a growing number of public ...

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Homework Study Reveals Surprising Conclusion About Test Scores

Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Testing, Homework vs Test Scores, Science, Education, Homework, Schools, Research, Students, Video, Science News

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/30/2012 09:42 AM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Piling on the homework doesn't help kids do better in school. ...

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Schools Must Pull Kids in, Not Turn Them Away

Robert Ross | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Oakland, Education News, School Discipline, Public Schools, California, South Los Angeles, California Teachers Association, Fresno, Boyle Heights, School Suspensions, Schools, The California Endowment, Education News
Robert Ross

For each day that a young person is suspended from school, his or her educational attainment experiences a setback.

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Let's Put the Child Back Together -- The Social, Emotional, Physical, and Cognitive Child

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Early Childhood Research, Cognitive Learning, Early Child Development, Mind in the Making, Schools, Education Reform, Social Emotional Learning, Video, Education News
Ellen Galinsky

Although there are times when learning is more cognitive than social or more emotional than cognitive, when children are fully engaged in learning, they are engaged on all these levels.

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Lynne Peeples

Pain In The Grass: Children At Risk From Pesticides, School Bans Debated

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Public Schools, Pesticides, Roundup Herbicide, Organophosphates, Schools, Children's Health, Monsanto, Connecticut, Green News

When they started feeling woozy barely an hour into their batting practice, Alan Gorkin and his son Tristan, then 12 years old, didn't think too much ...

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A People-(Em)Powered Evaluation System

Sabrina Stevens | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Evaluations, Education, Education Policy, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Teachers, Schools, Education News
Sabrina Stevens

We owe it to our students, and our shared future, to marshal the resources and the public will necessary to create school systems that invest in their people instead of tests.

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WATCH: School Superintendent Accused Of Racism

The Huffington Post | Khristopher Brooks | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Showalter Middle School, Tukwila School District, Video, Education, Blacks, Racism, Schools, Washington State, Teachers, Teaching, Ethelda Burke, African American, Black Voices News

A group of public school employees in Washington state are outraged by the racially insensitive remarks they said their superintendent has made in the...

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Fashion With a Conscience

Phil Shepherd | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: India, Equality, Alaska, Fair Wages, Good & Fair, Fast Company, Shelton Green, Entrepreneurial, Fangfang Wu, Human Trafficking, Austin Texas, Texas, Education, Human Rights, Schools, Fashion, Fair Trade, China, Greenbox, Style News
Phil Shepherd

Shelton Green, risking everything for his unwavering dream, has created a line of fashion that both looks great and is conscious of the people who have created it.

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