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Some schools monitor off-campus online conduct (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 12:15 PM

Should schools police student conduct on the Web if the conduct takes place off campus?
At Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, the policy on Internet usage says that students can be held accountable for what they say or post online, even if the action occurs away from school.
"We're extending our standards online," school president [...]

September 29, 2009:

Schools waste millions - report (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 12:10 PM

Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being wasted in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, an internal government report suggests.
The report, by former WH Smith chief executive Richard Handover, has been seen by BBC One's Politics Show.
It claims civil servants and head teachers appear to have no idea what value for money means, [...]

September 28, 2009:

More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation (5 Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 12:10 PM

Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
"Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas," the president said [...]

Who says public schools need more money? (2 Comments)Posted in: Commentary by SoulRiser @ 12:05 PM

Teachers unions and politicians are constantly claiming that K-12 public schools need more money in order to produce good academic results. But does the data support the argument that our schools need more money to succeed?
The Oakland Unified School District had a budget of $602 million for the 2008-2009 school year, according to Katy Murphy, [...]

September 27, 2009:

Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats (No Comments)Posted in: News by JJthejetplane @ 3:52 PM

Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children's chat messages — and sell the marketing data gathered.
Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private chats conducted through Yahoo, MSN, AOL and other services, and send back [...]

In Recession, Optimistic College Graduates Turn Down Jobs (3 Comments)Posted in: News by StylizedCarfan1 @ 3:46 PM

It has been two months since Diana Parsons graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a liberal arts degree that cost about $100,000, and she has still not found a full-time job. She has returned to Milwaukee, where she is living with her parents and occasionally waiting tables at a restaurant owned by a friend [...]

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