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Teacher suspended for students’ Obama chants
A teacher at a Kansas City charter school was suspended Monday after video of his public school students chanting in praise of Barack Obama became a national sensation on YouTube.Submitted by Deven | -
Skilled Substitute Teachers in Demand
"We not only want to make sure they have the skills and background to be successful, but if they've been out of the classroom for a while, or if they have been in another career, we want to encourage them in taking some course work, because things changeSubmitted by Deven | -
School stalls graffiti with bathroom murals
Jennifer Little picked up a paintbrush and dipped it into a small can of green paint. The student teacher for the Bermudian Springs Middle School's art department carefully added small touches to a near-complete landscape in the boys bathroom.Submitted by Deven | -
Are teens concerned with the troubled economy?
The troubled United States economy has many working adults worried but teens are showing concerns as well. Those we spoke with are saving money from summer jobs and looking to cut gasoline costs by driving less, but when it comes to student loans there isSubmitted by Deven | -
Movie licensing group to Irish preschools: pay up!
The group, which offers licenses to show movies outside the home, has been trying to squeeze a few euros out of preschool students on grounds that the kiddies sometimes watch a few minutes of SpongeBob. Unfortunately, the group didn't pick up the necessarSubmitted by teach_by_example | -
The 2008 Nobel Prizes
The 2008 Nobel Prizes are being given out. So far, medicine and physics have been awarded, with chemistry, literature, peace and economics coming soon.Submitted by johnslat | -
A Dead Language That’s Very Much Alive
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — The Latin class at Isaac E. Young Middle School here was reading a story the other day with a familiar ring: Boy annoys girl, girl scolds boy. Only in this version, the characters were named Sextus and Cornelia, and they argued in LSubmitted by johnslat | -
Kindergarten Killer
Video Game that depicts killing kindergarten children with a shotgun removed from a children's video game download site in Finland.Submitted by patomin | -
Lehman sought millions for execs while seeking aid
The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion gSubmitted by sanmccarron | -
Doesn't Anybody Get a C Anymore?
THE STUDENT DESERVED A B-MINUS. MAYBE EVEN A C-PLUS, I HAD decided. One paper was especially weak; another was late. But then I began to rationalize. The student had been generally prepared and contributed to class discussion, so I relented and gave what I thought was a very generous B. At least I wouldn't get a complaint about this grade, I ... -
Grade Inflation: Doesn't Anybody Get a C Anymore?
THE STUDENT DESERVED A B-MINUS. MAYBE EVEN A C-PLUS, I HAD decided. One paper was especially weak; another was late. But then I began to rationalize. The student had been generally prepared and contributed to class discussion, so I relented and gave whatSubmitted by Deven | -
Gallaudet's New Aesthetic of Openness
Rather than cloistering itself from the rest of the community, Gallaudet for the first time is designing a streetscape and architecture to bring together deaf and hearing people. The changes will be made on two spacious parcels where the university is desSubmitted by Deven |
