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Is Spanking Children to Discipline Them, American?

Sean Jacobs | Posted 01.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Livining, Inner City Schools, Schools, Africa, Georgia, Inner-City Schools, School Discipline, Parenting and Discipline, Bill Clinton Hadam, Discipline, Corporal Punishment, Suburban School, Parenting, Christian Science Moniter, Congo, Living News
Sean Jacobs

How do you raise 'American kids' when you were raised to be an African parent?

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Empowering Middle & High School Students

Robert Rose | Posted 01.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Education Reform, Education Policy, Public Schools, Kids, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Living News
Robert Rose

It is important to motivate teachers whose classes are challenged to think about what it is that they do that turn kids off. The kids can't be held totally accountable.

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Prop. 8 and our schools -- time to tell it like it is.

Isobel White | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Marriage, Education, Proposition 8, Marr, No on Prop 8, California Gay Marriage Ban, Schools, Prop. 8, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Home News
Isobel White

One of the most cynical - and successful - claims made during the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign was that unless the proposition passed, our schoolchil...

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Obama's Education Secretary Must Be a Real Reformer

Marc Lampkin | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Obama, Brooks, Barack Obama, Secretary, Barack, David, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama Cabinet, Schools, Obama Cabinet Picks, Education Reform, Politics News
Marc Lampkin

Now is the time for Obama to turn rhetoric into action by nominating for Education Secretary someone committed to carrying out real reform that extends down to every classroom in America.

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Flailing Dailies: Bye Bye Urban Newspapers?

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Tribune Company, Mayors, Bridges, Sewer Systems, Schools, Cities, Dallas, Infrastructure, Journalism, Governors, State of the News Media, New York Times, Roads, Newspapers, Honolulu, Providence, Stamford, Media News
Harry Moroz

Indeed, city dailies in a tenuous economic state would likely not close their doors completely, but instead would provide only online content or eliminate weekend service.

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The President-Elect Does His Part

Carl Pope | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Infrastructure, Obama, Schools, Stimulus Package, Economy, Politics News
Carl Pope

Saturday noon we got the word came: In his weekly radio and YouTube message, President-Elect Obama had announced the details of his stimulus package, ...

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Like If I Hear "Like" One More Time I'm Gonna SCREAM!

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Language, Secretary of Education, U.S. Education, Jobs, Colleges, Bill Gates, Schools, Educational Decline, Persuasion, Communication, Living News
Kathleen Reardon

If how our children speak is an indication of how they think, our young people and the country are in deep trouble.

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Sleepless Kids Become Fat Adults

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Children, Health, Insomnia, Schools, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Teenagers, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

A new study shows that sleep makes for a proper balance of hormones related to appetite, hunger, metabolism, and even fat retention.

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McCain Selling Discredited "Magic" of the Market as School Solution

Erika Szostak | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Public Schools, Education, John McCain, Election 2008, Education Reform, Schools, Mike Rose, Public Education, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Home News
Erika Szostak

In an exclusive interview, a UCLA Graduate School of Education Professor discusses the differing educational policies of the presidential candidates. McCain stresses school choice and "educational mobility" while Obama talks about expanding the overall education budget.

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Extreme Disparities in School Funding are Promoting Inequality

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Education Reform, Public Education, Schools, School Funding, Politics News
Rep. Mike Honda

The substantial differences in funding between schools prevents too many children in poor areas from realizing their potential, leading to ever more economic inequality in our society.

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Still Time for Schools to Help Register Seniors

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Public Schools, Rock the Vote, Schools, Politics News
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

This election year, young people have shown great interest and excitement in our political process. We should make sure we help stimulate that interest

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Our Union: Fostering Reform To Improve Schools

Randi Weingarten | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Randi Weingarten, Aft, Schools, Teachers, Teaching, Students, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

Good teachers usually have good ideas about what it takes to better their schools, help other teachers, or improve education across their communities. But turning those good ideas into reality isn't easy.

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"Off The Bus": Inside A Parent's Head on the First Day of School

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Parenting Tips, Elementary School, Parenting, Schools, School, Parenting Advice, Education in America, Happiness, Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

The night before the first day of school was always the longest night of my life. I'd lie wide awake for hours, wondering about my locker location, ...

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Fulfilling the Promise of Real School Improvement: Beyond the False Choices

Randi Weingarten | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Speech, Education, Schools, Dnc, “I Have a Dream” Speech, Democratic National Convention, Denver Convention, Barack Obama, Politics News
Randi Weingarten

Barack Obama understands what it will take to improve our schools, turn around our economy, and he knows that teachers and unions are part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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What Do Future Voters Think about the Presidential Candidates?

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 09.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Democratic Convention, Elections, National Writing Project, Education, School Opening, Writing, Barack Obama Joe Biden, Obama, Schools, Teachers, Living News
Esther Wojcicki

Tthe National Writing Project together with Google Docs is sponsoring a program called Letters to Our Next President, to encourage young Americans to write to the candidates.

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School's Coming -- Got Your List?

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Education, Schools, Shopping, Economy, Fall Shopping, Humor, Back to School, Living News
Jeffrey Shaffer

During the past decade, while scrambling to fill for Back to School requirements, I became aware of an intriguing fact: The List is the same everywhere. Why have conspiracy theorists not jumped onto this bandwagon?

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Home Economics

Jamie Lee Curtis | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Jamie Lee Curtis, Education, Schools, Skills, Home Economics, Children, Living News
Jamie Lee Curtis

We are Americans and we are getting an F in educating our children. Wake up and smell the global competition. We need to let our elected leaders know that education is the most important issue in this election.

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Iran: Reading Tehran With Lolita (Time to Publish Iranian Writers)

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, George W. Bush and Iran, Writers, Poets, Novelists, Diplomacy, PEN American Center, Schools, Iranian Culture, Iranian Literature, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

While Azar Nafisi's bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran, chronicled her efforts to teach forbidden Western literature, most Americans would be hard pressed to recall a single novel from Nafisi's native country.

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Beyond Politics -- Something We Can All Agree On

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Psychiatry, Politics, Schools, Families, Children, Consensus, Peter Breggin, Health, Social Control Parenting, Psychiatric Drugs, Lobotomy, Civil Rights, Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

From the political left or right, we should be able to come together around the idea that it's bad to use psychiatric drugs to control children. There are better ways.

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Creationism In US High Schools: 16 Percent Of US Science Teachers Are Creationists

Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Intelligent Design, Darwin, Creationism, Science Teachers Creationism, Biology, Science, Theory of Evolution, Schools, Living News

ABC News reports on the findings of a study that concluded 16% of U.S. science teachers are Creationists, and that, disturbingly, one in eight are tea...

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