Monthly Archives: December 2011
Learning to Let Things Go
Theresa – This school year has felt so much different from the past two years. There seems to be some underlying stress that is always present. Looking around every day,… Read more
HHS continues Head Start quality push, notifies grantees selected to compete for continued funding
Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified 132 Head Start grantees that they have been designated to compete for continued Head Start funding. Under new regulations… Read more
Community College Budget Cuts Drive Students To For-Profit Schools
ONTARIO, Calif. — Just after she started working for an ambulance company in this suburban enclave east of Los Angeles, Cierra Nelson came to admire the quick decision making and… Read more
U.K. town sprays manure to keep away rowdy Muslim youths
LONDON — It is a crime-fighting tactic that’s not to be sniffed at. An English council says it stopped teenagers congregating in woodland by spraying the area with pig manure…. Read more
‘Red tag’ fines may be going up soon
Students, be warned: You might want to welcome the new year with a big bash, but loud raucous parties could soon be more costly. The Tucson City Council is expected… Read more
Obama’s Ed Dept puts Hawaii’s Race to Top grant on high-risk status
Hawaii may be delighted that President Obama and his family are spending the holidays in his home state, but it is perhaps not so enamored with his Education Department at… Read more
For India’s Poor, Private Schools Help Fill a Growing Demand
HYDERABAD, India — For more than two decades, M. A. Hakeem has arguably done the job of the Indian government. His private Holy Town High School has educated thousands of… Read more
Interview with Jalen Rose: From the Fab Five to the Three Rs
After 20 years of basketball fame and fortune, Jalen Rose returns home to Detroit to promote school reform and parental choice. The 40-minute cab ride from the airport to the… Read more
Music teacher ‘told student, 17, to strip and touch herself while she sang so she could reach higher octaves’
A music instructor convinced one of his students she would be able to reach lower octaves if she took her clothes off and performed sex acts on him while she… Read more
College ‘sacked head and wife for being white Christians’
A college which aims to promote multiculturalism has been thrust into a race row amid allegations that its principal and his wife were sacked for being white Christians. Professor Malory… Read more
