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Longer schooling 'cuts dementia' (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The raising of the school leaving age to 15 over 50 years ago could go some way to reducing dementia rates in the elderly, a study has suggested.A Cambridge University team compared the mental abilities of elderly people, and found those born after the change fared better.They say that further changes to the school leaving [...]
March 27, 2009:
Texas: From saved to doomed in just 6 hours! (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Well, that was fast.Texas Board of Education creationist Barbara Cargill today proposed an amendment to the science standards saying that teachers have to tell their students there are different estimates for the age of the Universe. This is not even a veiled attempt to attack the Big Bang model of the Universe, which clearly, and [...]
March 25, 2009:
Strip-Search of Girl Tests Limit of School Policy (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Savana Redding still remembers the clothes she had on - black stretch pants with butterfly patches and a pink T-shirt - the day school officials here forced her to strip six years ago. She was 13 and in eighth grade.An assistant principal, enforcing the school's antidrug policies, suspected her of having brought prescription-strength ibuprofen pills [...]
Texas could allow creationists to grant Masters of Science degrees (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
If a private college doesn't receive funds from any governmental organization, should they have to be held to any standards or requirements when they award degrees? No, one Texan lawmaker is insisting.Texas State Representative Leo Berman has proposed House Bill 2800, which would exempt any private non-profit institution that requires students to complete "substantive course [...]
Parents of Dead Girl receive Truancy letter (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The parents of a girl who died suddenly have received a school letter demanding she improve her attendance. Megan Gillan, 15, was found dead in the bedroom of her home in Macclesfield, Cheshire, two months ago. Her parents say they were "floored" by a Macclesfield High School letter, which threatened to ban Megan from the [...]
March 24, 2009:
Five-year-old hosts cooking show (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Five-year-old Julian Kreusser is the product of unschooling , a style of home-schooling in which kids direct their own learning toward their particular interests. Julian's interests have included cooking since he was 3 years old , and a mere two years later he's the host of his own cooking show.On "Big Kitchen With [...]
March 22, 2009:
Dallas school accused of staging fights (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
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Mom forces daughters abortion, throws baby in trash (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
A Miramar woman is accused of forcing her 16-year-old daughter to have an abortion and then throwing the baby out with the trash, according to court documents obtained by The Miami Herald.Tonuya Scheniell Rainey, 38, has been charged with unlawful termination of a pregnancy, practicing healthcare without a license, child abuse and improper disposal of [...]
March 20, 2009:
NKorea reportedly detains 2 US journalists (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Two American journalists were missing Friday after they reportedly were detained by North Korea for ignoring warnings to stop shooting footage of the reclusive country.Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore's online media outlet Current TV, were seized Tuesday along the Chinese-North Korean border, [...]
March 19, 2009:
The Anarchist Professor: Interview with Denis Rancourt (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
How does a tenured, full professor lose his job? First, he throws out the grading system by deciding that every student gets an A+.Next, he tells students to rebel by showing how they, collectively, have more power and authority than any of the administration. Then, he gets arrested and taken away in handcuffs by the [...]
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