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YOU NEED A SCHOOLHOUSE
Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South In You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for… Read more
Children Are Learning By Playing Video Games
Trickomatics, a children’s educational media company whereby children learn math through Hollywood Entertainment and Silicon Valley Gaming and learn without even realizing that they are learning. Let’s face it most… Read more
Britannica Kids: U.S. Presidents,” Encyclopedia Britannica’s first mobile application
In celebration of President’s Day, GreatApps.com is proud to offer “Britannica Kids: U.S. Presidents,” Encyclopedia Britannica’s first mobile application for free starting Friday, Feb. 17 through the end of President’s… Read more
ASSESSMENT REFORMERS TELL EDUCATION SECRETARY DUNCAN, “REDUCE TEST CHEATING BY STOPPING PROMOTION OF TEST SCORE MISUSE”
Responding to a U.S. Department of Education (DOE) request for information on how to improve assessment integrity, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) has urged Secretary Arne… Read more
‘Piggyback’ Bandit Blazes Creepy Trail Through 5 States
The stocky man showed up in a basketball uniform for a game at Century High School in North Dakota. Players and coaches assumed he was a fan who had come… Read more
Desperate for jobs, youth flee Obama
America’s youth vote, which turned out in record numbers in 2008 and gave a historically high percentage of their support to President Obama, has soured on him because they are… Read more
NEA on the Prowl for Single Women
Yesterday the National Education Association issued a press release announcing its participation in the Obama “truth team.” Not being highly familiar with the science of analyzing demographic groups for political… Read more
We Are On The Road To Bankruptcy
President Obama said in his State of the Union speech last month, “We’ve already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings.” That was reassuring. The new budget… Read more
Brock And The Glock: Armed Men Guarded Media Matters Boss As He Took $400,000 Gun Control Donation
The recent revelation that the head of Media Matters walked the streets of Washington with a Glock-toting personal assistant acting as a bodyguard may make it a little awkward for… Read more
Insanity: Police ‘Tank’ Purchase Riles New Hampshire Town
“We’re going to have our own tank.” That’s what Keene, N.H., Mayor Kendall Lane whispered to Councilman Mitch Greenwood during a December city council meeting. It’s not quite a tank…. Read more
