A New Hope Of Life For Our Ailing Education System

A New Hope Of Life For Our Ailing Education System- Shobha Shukla It is heartening to note that the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), under the able guidance of Sri. Kapil Sibal, wishes to overhaul the education system in the country. It envisages replacing marks...

Chiba Day

  By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan.  Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...

Swine Flu Closes More Schools But Hong Kong Residents Are Calm

The swine flu outbreak continues to close schools around the Hong Kong area. Residents, however, remain nonplussed. Francesca Ayala reports. " HONG KONG -- Residents here say the recent precautions the...

1230 Debate: Arnie Terminates School Books

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is planning to phase out textbooks in schools and use internet texts instead. As per him this will save money. In My views this should be implemented in whole world as this...

Lebanon High School has Mold, Cockroaches-Needs New School

Lebanon High School is home to the Blue Devils, but the schools real mascot should be a cockroach since there is so many running around. From mold on the ceiling tiles to old rusty pipes that are leaking...

Murder Of Child Leaves Community Traumatized (part 2)

While people elsewhere are worried about the economic recession, parents in Woodstock are most concerned about the safety of their children.  Since the after school abduction and reported murder of 8 year old Tori Stafford there is a deep insecurity among parents.  With...

European Spring Day 2009 in Levoca, Slovakia

European Spring Day 2009 in Gaspar Hain Elementary School in Levoca, Slovakia, has already become a tradition. Otherwise, not even this year. All the students and teachers from our school at the end...

Bullying: What Can You Do?

A couple weeks ago, I attended Anti-Defamation League’s Cyberbullying Symposium along with 200+ students, educators and school leaders.  The keynote speaker was John Halligan, a name many of you remember...

Death of Baby in New York City Linked to H1N1 Virus?

Update May 20th:The initial nasal swab tests indicate the baby did not have H1N1, officials announced Tuesday night.  Further testing is to be done by the...

The Governator tells USC 2009 graduates to fight on

After he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree, Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered the commencement address to 4,500 graduates at the University of Southern California on Friday. C.J. Dablo reports. " After...

H1N1 Virus: First Case In China, Mexican Kids Return To Schools

Despite being criticized for employing ‘excessive’ measures to control H1N1 Influenza A (swine) flu virus outbreak, China has confirmed its first case of H1N1 virus today. The victim is a 30-year-old man who...

Freedom/Liberty, The Abused Ideal!

Freedom/Liberty,  The abused Ideal. By, Uwe Paschen.  How often have we heard those words and used them our self? They can be traced back to the antiquity and yet many do not know their origine even less...

UPDATE: Can 10th graders go for a whole week without electronics?

It had been two days since they used anything.                         Octavio Cruz didn’t know what to do with himself on the first day so he rearranged his entire room. Jamila Martinez was waking up in the middle of the night, bashing her head into...

After Isolation Students Return to Classes in Mexico

3:30 pm: I've just received an e-mail requiring me to present myself to disinfect the school I work in. This will be done  under supervision of The Health Department and The Board of Education.After...

Good education in DC takes back seat with Obama legislation

"Mercedes Campbell is one of the 1,700 students in the Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a school-voucher program authorized by Congress in 2004. The program gives students up to $7,500 to attend...

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