NYC Kids Can Get Old Navy Clothes If They Go To School | Education | Change.org

NYC Kids Can Get Old Navy Clothes If They Go To School | Education | Change.org

NYC Kids Can Get Old Navy Clothes If They Go To School

by Carol Scott

Here's a tale of two well-known clothing retailers, Old Navy and Kohl's, and how they've pledged to help schools. One idea encourages school attendance; one is a thinly-disguised marketing ploy that ended up backfiring.

It's no secret that big corporations often hop onto the education bandwagon with benefits for local school districts and school programs. Pepsi Refresh is the most high-profile of the part-marketing campaign, part-benefit that happens when companies want to be associated with positive change in education.

Old Navy is the latest retailer to join the fray with a partnership with New York City schools. Students who show good or improved attendance get $50 to spend at Old Navy on school clothes, if they sign a pledge that they'll continue to try to attend school. Rewarding students for showing up is a product plug with a good result.

Lesbian who sued over prom talks about gay bullies - Boston.com

Lesbian who sued over prom talks about gay bullies - Boston.com

Lesbian who sued over prom talks about gay bullies

FILE - In this March 22, 2010 file photograph, Itawamba County Agricultural High School senior Constance McMillen, gestures as she leaves the federal courthouse in Aberdeen, Miss., following a hearing regarding the ACLU's preliminary injunction to force the prom at her high school. McMillen's fight against intolerance is a reason Glamour magazine has named her as one of its "Women of the year 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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JACKSON, Miss.—The lesbian who successfully challenged a rural Mississippi school district's ban on same-sex prom dates says she wept when she read about the recent spate of gay teen suicides linked to harassment.

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Constance McMillen, who was recently named one of Glamour magazine's "Women of the Year 2010," told The Associated Press that she became a bullying victim after she challenged the Itawamba School District over a policy that prohibited her from bringing her girlfriend to the prom and wearing a tuxedo.

McMillen, 18, said she became emotional after reading about the suicides of 13-year-old Seth Walsh, of California, who hanged himself outside his home after enduring taunts from classmates, and of Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old Rutgers

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NJEA president praises teachers during address, ignores Christie administration snub | NJ.com

NJEA president praises teachers during address, ignores Christie administration snub

Published: Friday, November 05, 2010, 2:43 PM Updated: Friday, November 05, 2010, 2:43 PM

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Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Education Association President Barbara Keshishian at the podium with three members of the New Jersey State Board of Education meeting at the NJEA convention in Atlantic City.

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ATLANTIC CITY — Politics were set aside today during an address by the president of the state's largest teachers union at an event honoring teaching excellence, in spite of expectations she would use the speech to criticize the Christie administration.

New Jersey Education Association President Barbara Keshishian said she considered the celebration of excellence a highlight of the annual teachers convention at the Sheraton in Atlantic City. She said the spirit of the event was to recognize those teachers making a difference in New Jersey's classrooms.

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Election 2010: Voters say yes to districts | EdNewsColorado

Election 2010: Voters say yes to districts

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NJEA head to speak amid new tension with Christie - NorthJersey.com

NJEA head to speak amid new tension with Christie

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ATLANTIC CITY — The head of New Jersey's politically powerful teachers union will speak to a statewide convention Friday.

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Film and forum will explore the challenges of Black male students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Film and forum will explore the challenges of Black male students | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Film and forum will explore the challenges of Black male students

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We have another guest blog this week. This one comes from Ouida Washington and is about thefilm screening and event taking place at CCPtomorrow.

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Black male students are in crisis in America.

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Yes, Black boys are in crisis, but they also have the potential to be tomorrow’s

Teaching Patience Where There Is None — The Jose Vilson

Teaching Patience Where There Is None — The Jose Vilson

Teaching Patience Where There Is None

by Jose

Today, I felt compelled to break down some skills around adding like terms because kids were still a little confused between 3x and x^3. Many adults profess this, too. Yet, anyone who does understand this tend to roll their eyes at those who don’t. For that matter, anyone who gets anything finds it vital to get annoyed at anyone who doesn’t get that thing they get, even when they’re simultaneously getting their eyes rolled at by someone else who understands something they don’t.

That’s where I come in.

Today, as the kids worked on their “Do Now” problem, I noticed a bit of vexation, normal for kids whose mental retention can go from overflowing to flaccid in a matter of a few minutes. Well, except that one kid, who, after learning something once, just gets it. I love that kid because that kid reminds me too much of me, so much so