The 1st Amenmdment under fire

Headline: New Hampshire Court orders Christian homeschooled girl to attend public school Source: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=659638 I find it troubling that a court would interfere with the...

LAUSD board votes for laying off thousands of employees

   A budget deficit of nearly $600 million for the coming school year has prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to lay off thousands of teachers and school personnel.    School teachers,...

Portrait of an Inner-City Chicago Public School.

This is a photo essay about an inner-city school on the South-side of Chicago.  Please view it on my website @ http://eyeini.com/stories/GageParkShort/index.html.

S squared: Stossel and Sowell

John Stossel’s latest column is titled Utahns Can Vote for School Choice Tuesday and delves into the issue of choice in public schools. No, not the kind of choice that allows eleven-year-olds to secretly get...

The hazards of Facebook's social experiment

"Five teenage pupils at a Thornhill public school have become the latest Toronto-area members to run afoul of school authorities on Facebook.com. And with the city currently holding the title as the most populous...

Fingerprinting School Kids Stuns Britons

"A growing tendency in British public schools to fingerprint students, even without the approval of parents, is sending shock waves among Britons, already seeking their country edging closer than ever to a Big Brother society, the Daily Mail reported on Monday, April 9."

Soda Distributors to End Most School Sales

"The nation's largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all sales of sodas to public schools — a step that will remove the sugary, caloric drinks from vending machines and cafeterias around...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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