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Sunday, January 10, 2010

This Week In Education: Media Watch


This Week In Education: Media Watch:


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Scalping Courses NY Times
Colleges give away tuition waiver certificates most frequently to thank veteran teachers for welcoming their student teachers into her classroom...The college, however, is not happy they’re being sold.

Unhappy Meals Washington Monthly
We currently occupy the two worst extremes: overweight youth living off vending machine confections coexisting with students who cannot get enough to eat because the school system is chronically broke.

500x_tiger-woods-500Arts Programs Foster More Than Creativity Miller McCune
As arts education is pushed further to the margins by the emphasis on standardized testing, a tool for nurturing children's social and emotional development is being lost.
Why Johnny can't be deducted  Salon
As a foster mom, I clothed, fed and cared for a child in need. But it's the birth mother who gets the tax break
The Crisis of Juvenile Prison Rape New York Review Of Books
Only 34 percent of those in juvenile detention are there for violent crimes.

Losing Liberal Arts  In These Times
At the end of the 2007-2008 academic year, shrinking enrollment and a budget crisis forced Antioch College to close its doors after 156 years of progressive liberal arts education.
Will spanking make your child successful? The Week
A new study suggests spanking young children can help them grow into better-functioning adults.
The vocabulary of love Salon
My 15-year-old daughter talks about marrying girlfriends on Facebook. I don't get it, but maybe I'm not supposed t.