US teacher is suspended for letting pupils read bestseller

This teacher must have a noble intention but it turned out against her. Although she had sought the permission from Parents before introducing this book but her action has backfired.   "An Indiana teacher who used a much lauded bestseller, The Freedom Writers Diary,...

Diary From the Eye of the Storm, the High Tech of Tornado Chasers

While storm chasers deal with insane winds, debris and hailstorms the size of golf balls, their vehicles and tracking equipment would make even the most ardent nerd salivate. Using GPS, satellites and more recently the XM satellite radio based system has allowed chasers to...

Lots to learn in a cowshed

"You can learn a lot in a cowshed, especially if it has a resident teacher. In Britain a farmer's wife has set up a school in a derelict cow shed. The teacher, Anne Miller, had lost her job at the local village primary when it closed so she set up their own private school...