School Survival

Apparently, It's All In a Life's Work. As a loyal member -- well, as a member -- of the District of Columbia Bar, I am aware of the tension between advocacy and honesty. But until the recent controversies over Supreme Court nominees, I was unaware of the scope and depth of my professional obligation to […]

Government plans to expand parenting classes to help foster a "culture of respect" must be properly funded, head teachers have warned.Ministers want to ensure parents "fulfil their responsibilities" and are offering allowances to teenage parents if they sign up for classes.There are also plans to set up a new national parenting academy to train professionals […]

A third of teachers are using computer games in the classroom and a majority believe they improve pupils' skills and knowledge, a survey suggests.The survey of 1,000 teachers in England and Wales suggests a quarter also personally use them in their free time.Over half of the 1000 teachers questioned by Nesta Futurelab said they would […]

Former insider at the National Security Agency turned whistleblower, Russell Tice, has made the starling claim that the number of Americans the NSA eavesdropped on could total in the millions. Tice states that it is highly likley that if an American has placed a phone call oversees since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, […]

The move to the new server took a bit longer than I expected, but at least the site was still in working condition most of the time :) All the important stuff seems to be working now, let me know if you find something broken anywhere...

How the U.S. military's new strategy in Iraq guarantees massive civilian casualties, not victory.A little over a year ago, a group of Johns Hopkins researchers reported that about 100,000 Iraqi civilians had died as a result of the Iraq war during its first 14 months, with about 60,000 of the deaths directly attributable to military […]

The doctors prescribe the pills to "make me happy." The pills just don't allow me to think. I don't have a chance to be happy or upset. I'm just

High school student Manuel Bartsch is facing deportation to his native Germany after discovering that his American step-grandfather never completed paperwork eight years ago to make his stay legal in the United States.Bartsch has been jailed since Christmas.An immigration judge in Cleveland refused Wednesday to release Bartsch, 18, saying it isn't clear whether he has […]

The following article was in my newspapaer yesterday, and I overheard my mom telling my dad that she was going to get one:"Picture this: Never having another argument with your children about the time they spend watching television, playing video games or surfing the Internet."Imagine your children having the type of traditional childhood experience you […]

School-leavers could be forced to do community work under a Conservative government, David Cameron has said.He said full details had yet to be worked out but options included a compulsory scheme lasting four months, with lottery cash as a funding option.The Tory leader told the BBC he would be discussing the idea with voluntary groups, […]