AltWeeklies Wire
No Escapenew
In and out of the classroom, teaching overseas is a learning experience, not a paid vacation.
Boston Phoenix |
Julia Throop |
01-24-2008 |
Education
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
Never-Never Landnew
Can Gov. Patrick's Readiness Project bring funding equality to Massachusetts public schools?
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
01-24-2008 |
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
California Students Fight Back Against Rising Tuitionnew
A student-sponsored ballot initiative hopes to freeze tuition for five years for resident undergraduates at University of California and California State University schools.
East Bay Express |
Wendy Patterson |
01-02-2008 |
Education
Tags: 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
Virtual School Isn't a Public Schoolnew
Court rules against taxpayer-funded home-schooling scheme.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
12-14-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
High School Sexicalnew
Was Andrew Foster's drama club a clique for creative students -- or a cult?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Deirdra Funcheon |
12-11-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Life Skills Offers Last-Chance Highnew
Justin Martinez was raised in the school of hard knocks, but Life Skills is his last hope for a diploma.
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
Priscilla Slade and the Texas Southern University Threenew
Spurred on by a fellow student's death, Oliver Brown, William Hudson and Justin Jordan ran a gauntlet on their way to bring down a president.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-04-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Show Me the Dineronew
Latino students and faculty question how Cal State Long Beach's $2.8 million grant -- meant to help Latinos -- is being spent.
Tags: Education
Juan Cole Says There Are Chills in Today's Ivory Towernew
Outside pressure groups are making work dangerous for scholars, says the historian and prominent blogger.
Montreal Mirror |
Samer Elatrash |
11-16-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
