Using mass hypnosis during a televised speech to students, President Obama turned millions of schoolchildren into robotic socialist zombies, authorities said.
Ir Amim | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
Unless action is taken, East Jerusalem will be short 1,500 classrooms by 2011, denying some 40,000 Palestinian students access to state-funded schools.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.
The Associated Press | JULIE PACE | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama went forward with a controversial speech to students nationwide Tuesday, preceding it by advising young p...
Eric Broder | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy
Learn what it means to be a child. Learn what it is to jump to conclusions. Learn what it is to be unreasonable. Learn what it is to be suspicious of new people and new things.
Anis Shivani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
Walter Kirn, author of the novels Up in the Air and Mission to America, has written the most enticing recent indictment of education in this country.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
Whenever your preteen or teenage kid has screwed up, teaching them a lesson after the fact isn't exactly the easiest task.
Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Say positive things about your children. Tell them you believe in them. If you let them know that they can accomplish anything if they put their minds to it, they will.
Diane Ravitch | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics
What is the Obama administration now doing? Its $4.3 billion will be used to promote privatization of public education and insist that states use the same pathetic tests.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green
While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.
Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
Tired of hearing people complain about what's wrong with Pakistan, these students decided to do something about it by meeting every Sunday to clean up trash.
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business
My heart and head are certainly enjoying the continuing sounds of real estate silence in August 2009 but my wallet protests loudly each and every day.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 09.07.2009 | Entertainment
I thought it was a joke. Turns out the rumors that Paris Hilton would build a $300,000 dog house were wrong. It really cost $25,000 more.
Bill Jackson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living
64% of parents believe that, because of the recession, it is more important for them to volunteer at school now than before. 53% of parents plan to volunteer at their children's school this year.
Kesi Augustine | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York
When I heard President Barack Obama mention my Manhattan high school, Bard High School Early College, in his speech to the NAACP last week, I was paralyzed with surprise. I was not alone.
Jarrett Murphy | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York
The Bloomberg camp can't blame anyone but itself for politicizing the dropout rate, since graduation statistics have figured prominently in all the Bloomberg ads and mailers to which voters have been subjected so far this year.
Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York
Parents and elected officials have long complained that Mayor Bloomberg has disregarded public opinion since the state legislature gave him control of the schools in 2002.
Essence | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
With all the unique challenges facing African-Americans, identifying just one problem as our most fundamental issue sounds like the beginning of a lon...
Clara Hemphill | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York
In poor neighborhoods with terrible local schools, charters may serve as an escape for children whose parents can navigate the admissions process. But what we need is a strategy to improve schools for all children - not an escape for a few.
Deanna Neil | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York
No soap. Not even a dispenser. Enraged, I walked out into the hall. There, standing in perfect contrast, was a laminated poster explaining each step of how to properly wash your hands.
Lenore Skenazy | Posted 08.14.2009 | New York
Sometimes, when I try to explain how frenzied we have become about the real but extremely rare crime of childhood abduction, or of rampant pedophilia in general, I compare our era to 1692 Salem.
Peter Diamandis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity's grand challenges.
Don Tapscott | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
American classrooms need to enter the 21st century. We should look to Portugal, which sought to equip every child in the country with a laptop, access to the web and the world of collaborative learning.
GreenBiz | Marc Gunther, June 15, 2009 | Posted 07.18.2009 | Green
About a year and a half ago, Ron Wilcox, the superintendent of schools in Madison County, North Carolina, had a big problem. Electricity bills for the...
Roy Rivenburg | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy