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by John F. Borowski - Apparently, defending children from the perils of caffeine “upsets the applecart.” My principal informed me that “downtown” - a reference to the superintendent’s office - was vexed by

Donna Garner
Contrary to what some people may think, private schools have their share of at-risk students, too. Many parents of at-risk students are desperate to help their children and have placed them in private schools

by JANN FLURY
Columnist EducationNews.org
I remember Christmas from a long, long time ago when I was a little boy in a small village in Switzerland . Santa Clause always came to check us kids out a couple of days before Christmas.

Gerald W. Bracey
Columnist EducationNews.org
The Standards of Learning Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) has issued a report. Kirk Schroder, president of the Virginia Board of Education said the committee called SOL "one of the better [programs] in the country" (the report said no such thing).

WASHINGTON (CBS) -- It's been a mystery in Washington for weeks. Just before President Bush signed the homeland security bill into law an unknown member of Congress inserted a provision into the legislation that blocks lawsuits

by JANN FLURY
Columnist EducationNews.org
Teaching children is like building a fire. If it is done properly from the start, a spark can be built into a mighty flame, able to consume anything combustible.

Despite evidence that comprehensive sex education prevents pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease, the Bush Administration continues to spend upwards of $100 million each year to promote "abstinence-only-until-marriage" programs which intentionally omit critical information about birth control and sexually transmitted disease prevention

by JANN  FLURY
Columnist EducationNews.org
Truth and facts no longer dictate the direction in which society moves.  Truth has become a casualty.  Today, "truth" has come to mean anything that can be used to engender mass appeal.

"The Stigma of Inclusion: Racial Paternalism/Separatism in Higher Education." It is a deeply insightful and morally signficant look into how college and university administrators,

It has long been argued that learning to read, like learning to understand spoken language, is a natural phenomenon. It has often been suggested that children will learn to read if they are simply immersed in a literacy-rich environment and allowed to develop literacy skills in their own way.