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Many of these communities still form genuine hunter-gatherer societies, incorporating fascinating personal stories, and handy lessons on basic issues of survival."Don Watson, July 5, 2008–Remote Aboriginal communities are still suffering from the almost incomprehensible... Obama pledges to expand Bush's aid to religious charities
Though President George W. Bush's "faith-based initiatives" - which give government money to religious groups for charity work - have been one of the most controversial programs of his presidency, Barack Obama has pledged to expand them if he is elected president. This...The GLOBE Learning Expedition to South Africa
Two Dutch highschool delegations are presenting their climate research at the Globe Learning Expedition. One of the schools won a ticket in the National Competition. The other school raised all the money...$2 Million in Project Working Mom Full-Ride College Scholarships Back by Over...
"eLearners.com, a web resource of EducationDynamics, today announced the launch of “Project Working Mom 2”, an advocacy campaign that provides working mothers the opportunity to receive a full-ride scholarship to... Questioning the Chinese government's role in building of collapsed schools wi...
A retired Chinese professor has been detained by the authorities after writing three essays for an American based Chinese website. In these essays he criticized the building standards of the schools that crumbled in the May earthquake, killing thousands of people, and most of... Schools 'timebomb' as 55% of heads near retirement
In the UK recruitment of headteachers is already a problem and this news would seem to compound that problem. Other ways being considered are 'Super Heads' where several schools 'federate' under one leader. "Up to 55% of headteachers could retire within four years, according... China's Earthquake: One "Angel" Saved an Entire School, But 10,000 Children Died
The May 12 earthquake in China snatched 10,000 school aged children from life and this earth in just a few moments. They all died when their schools collapsed due to what we now know to be shoddy, weak and below building code construction.The rebar used to "reinforce"... China's Government "On Edge" Facing Parents of 10,000 Dead School Children
The communist government of China remains "on edge" regarding accusations that almost no school in the region of the earthquake was built incorporating earthquake strengthening features required by law.More than 7,000 classrooms collapsed completely when the earthquake struck...One Month After Earthquake: Parents of Dead Children Simmer With Anger; China...
Our good friend Audra Ang of the Associated Press reports today from China that the standoff continues between the Chinese communist government and thousands of parents of now dead school children. Up to 10,000... Canadian PM Apologizes to First Nations for Residential Schools
In an historic moment in Canadian history, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued an apology on behalf of the federal government, for the decades of abuse perpetrated against First Nations children who were stolen... Cover-up Conspiracy by the Elite Texas Government?
It appears many Texas leaders are hiding now, as the public demands to know who knew what and when about the Texas Youth Commission sex and physical abuse scandal. The scandal reached both shores of the nation... Chinese Building Engineers Finally Admit Shoddy Construction, Especially in S...
For the first time, Chinese building engineers have admitted that shoddy construction contributed "greatly" to the death toll and damage of China's May 12 earthquake.We were among the first to report the construction problems right here on Now Public.Yesterday news... China Blocking Access to Collapsed Schools
News reports and our sources in China reported Wednesday that China is "cordoning off" many of the schools that collapsed in the May 12 earthquake.No reasons were given but there was speculation that China does not want the school sites disturbed further pending a full-scale... Beichuan ruins to become museum and memorial
Beichuan, the most seriously damaged town in the Sichuan earthquake, will become a museum and memorial to the now 55,000 people that were killed in the disaster. The death toll is still rising however."The local... Earthquake: China to Probe School Construction Due to High Children Death Rate
We raised the issue of shoddy construction of buildings within China and government complictity in the posting below:Eyewitness to China’s Earthquake - Spotlight on Shoddy Construction (and Government)By John Carey and Les Lothringer (inside China)We thought, due to the...
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