Category Archives: Education

America’s Public Schools: Still Unequal and Unjust

By doris | Published: April 8, 2012

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com Millions of children in America are denied the opportunity to receive a fair and high quality education. In March, the U.S. Department of Education released new information showing that children of color face harsher discipline, have less access to rigorous course offerings, and are more often taught by lower paid and [...]

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Former Professor Donates $150 Million to University

By doris | Published: December 18, 2011

Full Story at Happy News – Former Professor Donates $150 Million to University Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D., announced today that the University has received a $150 million gift from Dr. James and Dr. Marilyn Simons, and from the Simons Foundation. It is the largest gift in the history of Stony [...]

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13 more students surrender in SAT cheating scandal in NY

By doris | Published: November 22, 2011

Full Story at U.S.News.msn.com NEW YORK – Officials announced 13 arrests Tuesday in an SAT scandal in which test-takers allegedly accepted money to impersonate other students, two months after prosecutors first charged a 19-year-old man with forging identities, even posing as a female student to take the exam for her at one point. Thirteen former [...]

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Why our government is broken

By doris | Published: September 26, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — When Tip O’Neill retired in 1987, he was asked how the quality of people elected to Congress had changed in his 30-plus years of service. The former Speaker of the House answered: “The quality is clearly better, much better.” But, he added, “The results are definitely worse.” He [...]

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The school that banned mirrors to teach girls a lesson

By doris | Published: September 16, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com In a controversial effort to curb teen vanity, a school in England prohibits makeup and removes mirrors from the girls’ bathrooms Talk about plain dealing. The 14- to 16-year-old girls at Shelley College in West Yorkshire, England have been banned from wearing makeup, and are checked daily for offending eyeliner and [...]

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School superintendent gives up $800,000 in pay

By doris | Published: August 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com FRESNO, Calif. — Some people give back to their community. Then there’s Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who’s really giving back. As in $800,000 — what would have been his compensation for the next three years. Until his term expires in 2015, Powell will run 325 schools and 35 school [...]

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8 secrets about Disneyland

By doris | Published: July 2, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com From how to score a cocktail to where to scatter grandma’s ashes, this is your ticket to the real Magic Kingdom. 1. There are dead bodies in the Haunted Mansion The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland is one of the scariest places in the park, but not for the reasons you’d [...]

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Fla. School Board Shooting: Purse Used to Smack Gunman Clay Duke Sold for $13,100 on eBay, Says Report

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at CBSNews.com PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) The purse a woman used to hit a gunman at a Florida Panhandle school board meeting was sold for charity on eBay for $13,100, according to a report. PICTURES: Fla. School Board Shooting The purse’s owner, board member Ginger Littleton, tried to use the purse to [...]

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KFC offers $20,000 college scholarship for best tweet

By doris | Published: November 18, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Restaurant chain KFC has launched a scholarship campaign that aims to keep it short and “tweet.” The chain is running a scholarship contest using microblogging site Twitter to reach out to a younger generation. Applicants use 140 characters or less to explain why they deserve the $20,000 scholarship. High [...]

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Calif. court upholds in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

By doris | Published: November 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com It is not right to give something to some one that is not in this country legal. Let them go back and do it the right way. No one gives us a break. SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it [...]

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Kids, parents still waiting on Head Start

By doris | Published: October 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Pontiac, Michigan (CNN) — Lamont Butler is a single father, unemployed for more than a year and trying to do the best for his daughter, 3-year-old Samaya. The family qualifies for the federal government’s free pre-kindergarten program, Head Start, but has been on a waiting list for more than a year. [...]

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Calls for longer school years face budget reality

By doris | Published: September 28, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com NEW YORK – President Barack Obama’s call for a longer school day and year for America’s kids echoes a similar call he made a year ago to little effect, illustrating just how deeply entrenched the traditional school calendar is and how little power the federal government has to change it. Education [...]

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Susan B. Anthony letter goes on sale for $15,000

By doris | Published: September 27, 2010

Full Story at news.blogs.cnn.com A newly discovered letter written by civil rights leader Susan B. Anthony decrying the treatment of women as “pets” has gone on sale for $15,000. The letter offers a rare, personal glimpse into the powerful emotions behind the fight for women’s equal rights, said Nathan Raab, Vice President of The Raab [...]

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Massachusetts school district under fire over condom policy

By doris | Published: June 25, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com CNN) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick urged a school district to revise its policy allowing students as young as in elementary schools to get condoms if they are believed to be sexually active. “It is simply not age appropriate to have a program in place for such young children, not to mention [...]

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At Age 95, Woman Finally Gets High School Diploma

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at happynews.com There was a bit more pomp and considerably more circumstance than usual at the Falkville High School graduation ceremonies Monday night. Marching alongside the fresh-faced Alabama seniors ready to make their way in the world was 95-year-old Earlene Harvey-Morris, whose own dreams of a diploma were snatched away from her 77 [...]

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Districts warn of deeper teacher cuts

By doris | Published: April 21, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com School districts around the country, forced to resort to drastic money-saving measures, are warning hundreds of thousands of teachers that their jobs may be eliminated in June. The districts have no choice, they say, because their usual sources of revenue — state money and local property taxes — have been hit [...]

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NASA will help probe Toyota accelerators

By doris | Published: March 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls. NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study potential electronic ties to unintended acceleration in [...]

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School cuts a painful no-win lesson for all

By doris | Published: March 12, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Kansas City, Mo., plans to close nearly half its public schools by fall. Illinois’ governor wants to raise state income taxes by 1 percent to continue funding schools and prevent the layoffs of thousands of teachers. Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s home state, has whacked 17 days from the school year and [...]

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Teacher describes how he stopped shooting

By doris | Published: February 25, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Denver, Colorado (CNN) — During emergency drills at Deer Creek Middle School, teacher David Benke used to tell his students that if anything ever happened, he wanted to be able to “do something about it.” When he saw a man shooting at students as they were leaving the Littleton, Colorado, school [...]

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Pa. School Official Defended in Webcam Spy Case

By doris | Published: February 21, 2010

Full Story at ABC News.go.com A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students’ homes says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been “unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked.” The Lower Merion School District, in response to a suit [...]

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