AltWeeklies Wire
Sure, Global Warming Has Skepticsnew
But how many teach science at the University of Missouri?
Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Beginsnew
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country -- not just Texas -- will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-24-2008 |
Education
Art of the Dealnew
There's big money in studying art ... if you own the school.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
03-17-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Why Your Kid is Stupidnew
One teacher's take on mandatory testing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Roger Phillips |
03-14-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Career Opportunities?new
No Child Left Behind set off a gold rush for tutoring companies, but California isn't keeping up.
East Bay Express |
Emma Brown, Sierra Filucci and Sabrina Shankman |
02-14-2008 |
Education
The Danger of Teaching Democracynew
Letting students write letters to school officials lands a Madison educator in hot water.
Tags: Education
The Last Taboonew
Florida is failing when it comes to talking to kids about sex.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
02-04-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Don't Say 'Gay'new
A proposed Tennessee law would ban any discussion of homosexuality in elementary and middle schools.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
02-01-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
The Problem With Student Loansnew
The current system serves lenders, not the public interest.
Tags: Education
Debate Over Electric Shocks Rocks the Mass. Statehousenew
"This is a war," Eddie Sanchez said last week during a Statehouse hearing on the controversial Judge Rotenberg Center. The residential school for the autistic, mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed, uses electrical shocks to change its students' unruly behavior, and is the only center of its kind in the country.
Dig Boston |
Melissa Jeltsen |
01-24-2008 |
Education
Tags: education
TU's Total Makeovernew
The University of Tulsa is close to completing an aggressive expansion to match it's recognition by mainstream America as one of the top schools in the nation.
Urban Tulsa Weekly |
Brian Ervin |
01-16-2008 |
Education
Tags: Education
Kameron Can't Learn
A mother's fight to mainstream her Down syndrome son ends in disappointment -- and private school.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Clark Armstrong |
01-02-2008 |
Education
The Age of the Loan Dronesnew
With rising tuition rates, cutbacks in government aid, a job market that never fails to disappoint and an alarming display of fiscal irresponsibility among young Americans, more and more members of "Generation Debt" are accumulating debts of unmanageable proportions.
Tags: Education
Will a New Slogan Destroy Oberlin's Hippie Soul?new
The school was a pioneer in admitting blacks and women, and now aims to fight global warming by becoming carbon-neutral, but the 2,800-student college is struggling with an identity crisis these days, created by the ultimate Oberlin enemy: a marketing consultant.
Cleveland Scene |
Lisa Rab |
12-21-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Private Schoolsnew
Maine universities are paying to get student teachers into Halifax schools, while local education students can't find a decent placement.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Ruth Metechkin |
12-07-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
