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Penn class teaches students how to live like monks
PHILADELPHIA—Looking for a wild-and-crazy time at college? Don’t sign up for Justin McDaniel’s religious studies class. The associate professor’s course on monastic life and asceticism gives students at the University… Read more
Monsanto Employees Don’t Eat GMOs
by Caroline Jacobsson – There’s a story doing the rounds again, about how Monsanto, one of the world’s largest profiteers of genetically engineered (GE) food, banned GE food from its… Read more
Exemption from No Child Left Behind brings solemn responsibility
Massachusetts joins nine other states in winning autonomy for its efforts to make sure that there is “No Child Left Behind.” President Obama announced last Thursday that the 10 states… Read more
The breaking apart of Caddo Schools
Walking through the halls of Donnie Bickham Middle School, Principal Shannon Wall says he is thrilled to begin each day with the same names and faces that are a part… Read more
Christian-based alternative to Girl Scouts grows in St. Louis area
Girls in vests and sashes with merit badges sit squirming on the floor in the school commons until it’s time for the flag ceremony. The girls, meeting at St. John… Read more
Online education no substitute for the real thing
A recent White House gathering of university presidents concluded with the predictable pronouncement by Education Secretary Arne Duncan that “higher education must change its way of doing business because it… Read more
Early literacy gets new focus, funds
Already you can see the 4-year-olds in Jody Bohrer’s class who will struggle in school. Maybe even drop out later in life. It’s her job to see that they don’t…. Read more
Florida’s school funding process ‘exceptionally complex’
Per-student cost factors vary according to grade level When little Johnny steps onto a Leon County school bus for the first time, the state money allocated to his education that… Read more
Hebrew, Arabic among 11 proposed new charter schools
District students soon could be learning their lessons in Hebrew or Arabic, under two proposals to open new public charter schools. The D.C. Public Charter School Board received 11 applications… Read more
Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom
The Occupy movement is starting to set up camp in university course catalogs, syllabuses and classrooms. There are new course offerings and a new focus in older ones. Professor Jeff… Read more
