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Parents and teachers demand ouster of principal they say runs St. Albans school like a ‘dictatorship’ 

Parents and teachers demand ouster of principal they say runs St. Albans school like a ‘dictatorship’ 

Dozens of teachers and parents at a St. Albans elementary school are on the war path against the principal who they say runs the institution like a “dictatorship.” They maintain… Read more »

Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart Visits Empty Schools Amidst Largest Work Stoppage Since Inception of Inclusive Government

Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart Visits Empty Schools Amidst Largest Work Stoppage Since Inception of Inclusive Government

Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart capitalized on his time while hosting the African Brains ICT For Education Summit 2012 to visit Chinotimba Primary School, where… Read more »

GOP-Governed and Right-To-Work States Saved the Economy’s Bacon in 2011

GOP-Governed and Right-To-Work States Saved the Economy’s Bacon in 2011

The government’s State and Local Employment and Unemployment report for December released on Tuesday showed that many red states, including most of the “newly-reds” where Republican governors replaced or succeeded… Read more »

Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses

Law Fuels Contraception Controversy on Catholic Campuses

Bridgette Dunlap, a Fordham University law student, knew that the school’s health plan had to pay for birth control pills, in keeping with New York state law. What she did… Read more »

Dr. Seuss Book, ‘Mulberry Street,’ Turns 75

Dr. Seuss Book, ‘Mulberry Street,’ Turns 75

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — “I’ll take you to see Mulberry Street,” said Guy McLain, the director of the Museum of Springfield History. He meant the real Mulberry Street, the one that… Read more »

Catholic schools shelving textbooks for iPads

Catholic schools shelving textbooks for iPads

Sure, Apple iPads weigh less than traditional textbooks. And, yes, students seem less likely to leave such cool devices at home. But the educational opportunities, coupled with a desire to… Read more »

Robot-makers vie at Vex Robotics Competition

Robot-makers vie at Vex Robotics Competition

While team Evolution’s robot started out strong but slowed toward the end of the match, it still managed to pick up and drop enough balls and cubes into the goals… Read more »

Romney judicial record: Liberals running wild

Romney judicial record: Liberals running wild

When GOP candidate had chance to influence bench, he appointed leftists BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has announced that he will appoint conservative judges to the federal bench… Read more »

University blasted for intolerance of Christianity

University blasted for intolerance of Christianity

Judges order trial on claims of anti-religious bias, discrimination The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a trial at the district level for a graduate level counseling student… Read more »

Canadian two-year colleges show path to jobs

Canadian two-year colleges show path to jobs

TORONTO—At the University of Manitoba, where she enrolled after high school, it seemed to take Angela Conrad forever to satisfy her degree requirements by taking courses in women’s studies, Greek… Read more »