Florida Technical School Student Angry Over Lack of Black History Classes Sta...

"COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A 25-year-old student angry that his technical school wasn't teaching about black history walked into his business class Friday and stabbed three school officials with a screwdriver, police said. Kevin Mair of Plantation walked into his classroom at...

Learning on the outside

THERE are limits to what you can teach pupils in the classroom. School trips offer lessons like no other, by promoting social skills, giving children some independence and a taste of maturity outside the confines of four walls.  Whether it is visiting the local church...

In Teens' Web World, MySpace Is So Last Year

"Teen Web sensation MySpace became so big so fast, News Corp. spent $580 million last year to buy it. Then Google Inc. struck a $900 million deal, primarily to advertise with it. But now Jackie Birnbaum and her...

Raising a Child in Iran's Cultural Divide

"Coping with the gulf between Iranian private and public life is a difficult skill even for adults to manage. So what should we teach our children? My friend's eight-year-old son brought a DVD home from school the other day, a 10-minute collection of "highlights" from his...

Evading Censorship: Using a Proxy to Visit MySpace

Many school classrooms primarily use computers and the ‘net to gather and save information. More and more colleges are offering entire learning environments via a web-based medium where no physical classroom is even necessary. Employers are also following suite and using...

You're Going to Hell..in Brooklyn

"Breathing that uncanny haunted house air of plaster, wet wood, plastic and face-paint briefly returned me to my 10-year-old self. I believed in fear, guilt, punishment and being dragged away by drooling, cackling...

Churchlife - Sioux Falls, SD | Connecting People to Church and God

According to a report from the Argus leader 7 out of 10 legislators support teaching both creationism and evolution.

Police identify Colo. school gunman

Breaking news - police have identified a 54-year old homeless man as shooter in Colorado school shooter."BAILEY, Colo. — Police identified the gunman who took six girls hostage in a high school classroom, killing one of his captives and himself, as Duane Morrison, a...

Stealth Students Test Tolerance Of The Affluent

Why does Greenwich work so hard at stopping illegals? Put simply, state and local laws require students to attend schools where they live. Pelham, N.Y., bordered by the Bronx and Mount Vernon, takes similar steps, budgeting $50,000 to track down alien students. In the past...

Welcome to Reconquista

The corporate media conveniently ignored marchers with signs and banners referring to Reconquista and Aztlan.

Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class

I wonder if the ban is due to note taking or instant message jokes about the teacher.

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