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Bill Gates visits Science Leadership Academy
Inside the science lab, the visitor leaned forward, listening to teenagers describe their work - a biodiesel project, a windmill, distillation systems that may be used to purify water in Sierra Leone someday.
Schools slowly break from cookie-cutter image of families
In a Northwest Washington school last weekend, I listened as about 150 people came to the Rainbow Families conference to navigate the tricky but swiftly changing waters of parenting in a nontraditional family. ...History and economics: Don’t spend $800 million on flawed history books
The proposed curriculum is so bad that it would strike Thomas Jefferson from a list of Enlightenment thinkers who influenced the world. ...HISD joins criticism of proposed rules for social studies =
Houston school trustees, trying to flex their power as managers of the state's largest district, called on the State Board of Education on Thursday to pass “rigorous, balanced and manageable” curriculum standards for social studies. ...Tax increases jam school ballots
Warren -- School districts across Metro Detroit will ask voters to approve tax hikes for school improvements Tuesday. - ...AERA confab to touch on some timely topics
Scholars and academic researchers in town for the American Educational Research Association annual meeting will be offered ripped-from-the-headlines topics on the slate of more than 2,000 seminars planned for the next five days....Senate OKs teacher reform bill
Colorado's Senate on Thursday night passed a controversial teacher reform bill after rejecting a number of amendments that would have eliminated many of the legislation's core concepts. ...
Dallas schools chief urges federal flexibility on 4-year graduations to retain immigrants
4.30.10 - "It takes a long time to acquire language," Hinojosa told members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. He said schools should be given incentives – not punished – if they keep immigrant students in class longer to master English and obtain the credits they need to graduate. ...
Judge rules Christians have NO special rights as he throws out case of sex therapist who refused to work with gay couples
In a ruling which will further inflame fraught relations between the Church and the judiciary, Lord Justice Laws said that the protection of views purely on religious grounds cannot be justified. ...Students raise funds for Haiti
When state schools Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick called for Maryland students to pitch in after the devastating earthquake in Haiti early this year, they responded. Paige Morris, 12, a seventh grade student at Severna Park Middle ...Schools focus on anti-bullying efforts
City school officials have stepped up education efforts and are stressing proper reporting methods after a third-grader who was a victim of chronic bullying said she wanted to kill herself. ...After-school programs axed at 25 Phoenix sites due to funding cuts
The Phoenix Parks and Recreation department axed an affordable after-school program at 25 Phoenix sites. ...
Lesbian Cut from High School Yearbook
Mississippi high school senior Ceara Sturgis opened her yearbook last Friday to find that her photo, in which she wears a tuxedo, was not included. In fact, the yearbook did not even mention her name. ...