Schoolchildren

South Korea Sparks Military Alert Over Schoolhildren's Balloons

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Balloons, Seoul, South Korea, Schoolchildren, North Korea, World News

Balloons released by schoolchildren sparked a major security alert in South Korea, reports say, amid heightened tensions with North Korea....

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Charter Schools Bill Ignored By Albany, State To Lose $700 Million In Federal Aid

silive.com | AP File Photo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Aid, Governor Paterson, Children, Charter Schools, David Paterson, New York Charter Schools, Paterson Charter Schools, Schoolchildren, Race to the Top, Albany, New York News

The Legislature in a special session this evening refused to act on a bill Gov. David Paterson said is needed for the state to have a chance at $700 m...

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Making An Impact: Help a Kid Take the Leap from the Mean Streets of L.A. to a College Campus

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Service, Schools, Action, Schoolchildren, Los Angeles, South Central LA, A Place Called Home, Debrah Constance, Impact News
Arianna Huffington

To help at-risk kids take the leap from the mean streets of L.A. to a college campus, we've created a special fund. To contribute and give a worthy student a leg up on a much brighter future, click here. Latest HuffPost Game Changers: Media and Philanthropy Look over the slideshows we've put together, then vote for the Ultimate Game Changer in Media and Philanthropy. READ MORE Barack Obama Is Doing My Job; Why America Needs Him to Do His When it comes to Wall Street, President Obama seems to have traded in his position as our economy's commander-in-chief for a different role: pundit-in-chief. READ MORE WATCH: Arianna Discusses the Senate Health Care Bill on Countdown WATCH: Arianna Talks About the Public's Bailout Anger on BBC's Newsnight WATCH: Left, Right, and Center Live on Stage

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Seattle Teen Gives Rwandan Girls The Gift of Education

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Women, Seattle, Education, Library, Jessica Markowitz, Genocide, Rwandan Education, Schoolchildren, Learning, Rwanda, Impact News

You are never too young to change the world, and Jessica Markowitz is living proof. The Seattle Times reports that Markowitz was just a sixth grader w...

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Friday Talking Points [92] -- The End Of Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blue Dog, Floor, Children, Al Franken, Reform, Casey at the Bat, Town Hall, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Brown, Vetoes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, West Wing, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Schoolchildren, Reid, Reconciliation, Lincoln, President Bartlet, Signs, Joint Session, Conference Committee, Committee, Public Option, Democrat, Congress, Address to Congress, Floor Vote, School, Democrats, Silly Season, Barack Obama, Progressive, Mddotw, Health, Harry Reid, Bill, Senate, Healthcare, Law, Senator Brown, President Obama, Speech, Sherrod Brown, Obama, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Legislation, Pelosi, Senator, Insurance, Kids, Schoolkids, Ohio, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Speaker, Baseball, House, Franken, Blanche Lincoln, The West Wing, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Indoctrination, Veto, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Sadly, Obama's speech to school children has become mired in manufactured controversy from the right, with typical sky-is-falling rhetoric about the evil, evil man who occupies the Oval Office.

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Greening the Barrio: Part 1

Christian Beckwith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kina Pickett, Mike Miller, Solar Panel Systems, Mati Gershater, Renewable Energy, Schoolchildren, Barrio, Teton Power, The Guaymas Project, Fatima, Guaymas, Greenscool, Hiking, Mountain Climbing, Green Energy, Green News
Christian Beckwith

Mexico? For a philanthropic renewable energy project with a loosely connected group of wanderers? I'm a climber: my car was filled with outdoor gear, not a pair of flip-flops to be found.

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