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12-year-olds investigated for sex crime after they kiss at school in Florida
Two 12-year-olds faced a police investigation for a sex crime after being caught kissing at school. Police were called to a Florida elementary school after an assistant principal… Read more
Catholic school told to change entry rules
An oversubscribed Catholic school has been told it can no longer give priority to children of parents who get involved in church activities. A complaint against Coloma Convent… Read more
Teachers in NASUWT vote for strike over pensions
Head of the NASUWT Chris Keates said she hoped strike action ”won’t be necessary” Thousands of teachers in the UK have voted to strike over changes to their… Read more
LAUSD won’t release teacher names with ‘value-added’ scores
Giving names to the Los Angeles Times could cause jealousy among instructors, lead to poor school morale and result in parents demanding teachers with high ratings, the district says. The… Read more
Greedy: School bus union Local 1181 threatens strike, Mayor Bloomberg says it would cause ‘chaos’
Do you really think these greedy, fat cats really care. The “strong possibility” of a school-bus strike has the city scrambling for a plan to get 152,000 kids — many… Read more
How Will the Decline of Used-Book Stores Influence Scholarship?
By Peter Wood – Used-book stores haven’t entirely disappeared, but their numbers have thinned. Some have vanished into thin air. I was in Talkeetna, Alaska, last Saturday following… Read more
Chatsworth Hills Academy to build state-of-the-art campus
After more than three decades educating students in a cluster of modular buildings, Chatsworth Hills Academy plans to break ground in 2012 on a $7 million campus in the shadow… Read more
When Popular Novels Perpetuate Negative Stereotypes: Mark Haddon, Asperger’s and Irresponsible Fiction
Greg Olear – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon’s debut novel, was the sort of mammoth best-seller writers dream of, a work that… Read more
Even in Liberal California, School Choice Gets Thumbs Up
Mike Brownfield – A new poll shows that in one of the most liberal of states–California–charter schools are impressing voters by a wide margin, particularly among Latino parents…. Read more
Giving Boys A Love Of Reading
Lisa Belkin – A friend wrote jubuliantly on her Facebook page earlier this week: Etan, my previously reluctant reader, begged me to let him stay up late so… Read more
