AltWeeklies Wire
Donors Respond to Battle Over School Vouchersnew
Special-interest money flowing into Colorado Springs school board elections could top $1 million as the next chapter in the voucher battle heats up.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
10-28-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Dotcom Bookseller Funds Literacy Project in Bolivianew
Biblio.com, the third largest online marketing site for used and rare books, has created a nonprofit effort dubbed BiblioWorks.org to build libraries and fund literacy efforts in Bolivia.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
10-20-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
System Failurenew
New tales of teachers being paddled and foot fetishists being promoted emerge from a troubled charter school in Ohio.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
10-18-2005 |
Education
The Kids Are All Rightnew
Seattle's legendary art school was saved from a cruel fate: mediocrity.
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
10-12-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Alternative Tentaclesnew
District 11's pro-voucher victors are eyeing two more Colorado Springs school districts.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna and Dan Wilcock |
10-10-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Buying the Campus Mindnew
Ideologues are paying big bucks to influence the college experience -- but you won’t hear that from your school.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-29-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
University of Colorado's Public Relations Gaffes Pile Upnew
Since a complete catalogue of CU's stumbles would fill a library, Westword has skimmed off the cream of the crap -- a chronological top-ten list of the university's most memorable PR gaffes since December 2001, when football players and recruits arrived at a party that's still producing headlines.
Tags: Education
Disrespecting the Liquor Bannew
UC Berkeley is requiring all new freshmen to take an alcohol education course. So why are some upperclassmen so worked up?
East Bay Express |
Fritz Brantley |
08-22-2005 |
Education
Tags: AlcoholEdu
Child Welfare Agency Responds to Death of Runaway
For months, Creative Loafing attempted to get comments on the case of an Atlanta 15-year-old runaway who showed up dead. Finally, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Human Resources responded to questions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-18-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Confessions of a Substitute Teachernew
A substitute teacher realizes she's not worthy to lace up a real teacher's comfortable shoes. On stealing office supplies, moderating fart fests and locking students in closets (not really).
Nashville Scene |
Bernie Sheahan |
08-17-2005 |
Education
Undercover Mothernew
A professor spends a year as an undergrad to study college life.
The Village Voice |
Rachel Aviv |
08-08-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Charter School Dashes Kids' Dreamsnew
Charter schools have been a disaster in Ohio, with students failing proficiency tests at more than twice the rate of public-school students. Even by these low standards, Cleveland's International Prep is in a class by itself.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
08-02-2005 |
Education
Bill Gates Gets Schoolednew
The Microsoft tycoon is spending a fortune to reform American education, but his lesson plan doesn't seem to be working.
Seattle Weekly |
Bob Geballe |
07-20-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Overqualifiednew
Broke and out of work, two Harvard-educated actors tackle the tutoring racket.
Dig Boston |
Julia Reischel |
06-15-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Turkish Anti-Evolution Group Joins the Debate in Kansasnew
A spokesman for a murky Turkish creationist group was expected to testify before a subcommittee of the Kansas State School Board in its unorthodox "trial" over science teaching standards.
