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Saturday, April 8, 2006
Arizona Republic
Genesis Academy spells hope
Let's be honest right from the start. While people like to say that high school kids have it tougher today than ever, that's not always the case.
Protest can hurt students on AIMS test
Over the past two weeks, we have seen thousands of students leave schools to participate in protests against federal immigration House Bill 4437.
Baltimore Sun
School takeover delay gets a veto
Ehrlich rejects nine measures on deadline day
Never mind Grasmick; just focus on the test
Gregory Kane
Dear parents or guardians of the students in 11 Baltimore schools now facing heavy-handed treatment from the woman you've cast as the Wicked Witch of the West, state school Superintendent Nancy Grasmick:
Boston Globe
Special ed steps
STATE LEGISLATORS have passed a bill that would allow special education students to participate in graduation ceremonies, though they may not have passed the MCAS test (brief, City & Region, April 6). Please excuse me if i don't applaud.
Charlotte Observer
Poll: No bonds unless big change
Panel leader Martin warns public opinion will cement against system if status quo stays
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools must make significant changes in leadership and spending for voters to pass school bonds, according to a poll released Friday
Chicago Sun-Times
Suit: Juvenile counselor choked me until I passed out
Another former detainee at Cook County's Juvenile Detention Center has sued the county, saying a counselor put him in a chokehold so severe he passed out.
Des Moines Register
Board: Teachers' violations to stay on Web
Letters of reprimand against Iowa teachers will continue to be public records' not only in teachers' state licensure files, but also on the Internet.
Detroit News
Students of religious right hold their own in debate society
LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The football team doesn't have a prayer, and heaven knows the basketball team needs help. But the debate team at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University looks like a mighty David in a land of rhetorical Goliaths
Herald Tribune
Critical eyes turn to MySpace
Educators, law enforcement show parents that social sites may not be wholly safe.
Houston Chronicle
Houston's public libraries shedding traditions
Taking a page from the competition - the mega bookstore chains - today's public libraries are shedding traditions to attract the 21st century consumer.
Paige says TSU job doesn't interest him
Rod Paige, the former U.S. education secretary and HISD superintendent, said he is honored that people would think of him as a potential replacement for President Priscilla Slade
Class-cutting for Houston protest discouraged
With another round of protests on behalf of immigrant rights approaching, city officials and community activists on Friday asked students to stay in class and allow parents to take the lead in the April 10th Coalition March
Perry, Bell upbeat about school finance
Gov. Rick Perry remains optimistic that his tax-reform commission's proposals, including expanding the business tax, will fix the state's school finance woes.
Indianapolis Star-Tribune
Getting into IU will get harder in '11
Trustees hope tougher standards will raise Bloomington's status NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- Thousands of Hoosier high school graduates will have to meet tougher admission requirements at Indiana University's Bloomington campus starting in the fall of 2011.
Los Angeles Times
National School Boards Take Stand Against Mayoral Control of Districts
By Joel Rubin and Duke Helfand
A national education group voiced strong opposition Friday to the idea of a mayor taking over a school district - something Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has vowed to do
Miami Herald
YOUNG VOICES
1,500 STUDENTS FROM THREE SCHOOLS STAGE WALKOUT AND MARCH TO CITY HALL TO PROTEST IMMIGRATION BILL
BY THERESA BRADLEY
Just miles from the fields where some of their relatives pick crops, about 1,500 student protesters staged a walkout from three Homestead schools Friday morning and marched to City Hall to add their voices to the national debate over immigration rights.
New York Daily News
Silver flunks Mike on charter schools
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver fought against the creation of a charter school in his own legislative district yesterday as Albany continued to discuss the possibility of allowing more charters to open throughout the state.
New York Post
SCHOOL SHOUT
By DAVID ANDREATTA About 500 parents and students from a Lower East Side public school descended on City Hall yesterday to protesting a plan to place a charter school in their building.
Palm Beach Post
Some call for more sex ed sooner
With the school district revamping program, some say giving more info can only help.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
City teachers bristle at plan to hire outsiders
Efforts by the Pittsburgh Public Schools and Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers to preserve a cordial relationship during a labor dispute took a step backward when the district said it would consider hiring outsiders to teach at accelerated learning academies, union
Rocky Mountain News
City vows to help DPS
City leaders pledged Friday to work with Denver Public Schools to increase student enrollment - and funnel more dollars into the financially ailing city school district - but what concrete action might result is unclear.
San Antonio Express-News
D.C. debate has hit home for local kids
Students' protests recall activism of the 1960s.
Edgewood eliminates jobs to save money
Eleven of the 18 positions were teachers.
Tallahassee Democrat
Bill memorializes Martin's boot-camp death
Improving training and operating standards for juvenile boot camps with an act named for Martin Lee Anderson would be a fitting memorial to the teenager who died after his videotaped beating at a Bay County boot camp, members of the legislative black...
Washington Post
Montgomery Criticized Over Credit for Students
The county schools' decision to grant students community service credit for attending immigration rights protest is raising concern.
Racial Slurs Prompt Closed Meeting
The meeting comes after five incidents in which racial slurs were used against black students.
Washington Times
Colorado school drops ban on flags
By Valerie Richardson
Students at Shaw Heights Middle School wore Old Glory on their T-shirts without fear of reprisal yesterday after their principal bowed to community pressure to drop the school's flag ban.
Wichita Eagle
Wilmington News Journal
WorldNet Daily
International Articles
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Judge rapped over boy's race case
A judge who said a legal case against a 10-year-old boy over alleged racism was "political correctness gone mad" has been criticised by a teaching union.
Linguists 'have different brains'
People with an aptitude for languages could have different shaped brains to others, scientists say.
Teenage sex guidance clarified
New official guidance on under-age sex says the police should not necessarily be informed.
The Daily Telegraph (UK)
Why it's good to catch 'em young
Fishing can help children develop academic and social skills, says Frances Childs .
The Globe and Mail
Teachers ready to talk after release of game plan
Vancouver -- B.C. teachers are prepared to start negotiations now that an industrial inquiry commissioner has laid out a game plan for the union, government and the employer.
The Guardian
Autistic boy, 10, taught in school cupboard
Education: Parents angry at delay over portable classroom
· Pupil challenging and puts others at risk, says council
The Gulf Times
Education show at school features top institutions
Infinite India 2006, an educational road show, was opened on Thursday evening at the Ideal Indian School by Indian Ambassador Dr George Joseph.
Millennium kids hold 'high-level' meet
MEMBERS of Millennium Kids, an Indian children's socio-cultural organisation, had an interaction with Indian Ambassador Dr George Joseph a few days ago at the Indian Cultural Centre.
The Independent (UK)
Top GCSE pupils fail at maths and English
As many as 70,000 students obtained five top-grade GCSE passes last year without mastering maths and English, new figures reveal.
The Tmes Education Supplement
'Unions have damaged the profession'
Jon Slater and Michael Shaw
Union complaints about feckless parents, unruly pupils and teachers' workloads have damaged teacher morale and the standing of the profession, according to Chris Woodhead.
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