A professor who also is an outspoken anarchist has agreed to leave Yale University this spring, dropping an appeal over whether his termination was politically motivated. Graeber, 44, who has taught at Yale since 1998, is a prolific writer, and his work on value theory is taught worldwide. The London School of Economics recently asked […]
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US: Anarchist professor drops appeal, will leave Yale
UK: Anti-gay bullying 'more guidance'
A report into the suicide of a 13-year-old girl recommends that schools should be given clearer guidance on homophobic bullying. Laura died in 2004 after taking an overdose of painkillers in a suicide pact with a friend who survived. She had disclosed that she thought she might be gay and had also been teased about […]
UK: Nursery 'boosts child's success'
Putting a child through nursery education helps set them up for "success" in later life, a study suggests. The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) research found adults with pre-school education were more likely to be employed and earning higher salaries. [Yep, teach 'em to be doormats earlier on, will help prevent all that 'teen rebellion' […]
UK: 'Local lessons' for staying on
Allowing schools and colleges to design their own curriculum would boost the rate of 16 year olds staying in education, research suggests. The curriculum should be more responsive to local employment needs, the Institute for Public Policy Research report says. Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Bill of Rights Day
According to The New York Times, reported on Sunday, December 11th, 2005, newly disclosed email messages from the FBI include some which bemoan the "radical, militant librarians" who resist releasing their records for terrorism investigations. "Radical, militant librarians" is a concept I have a lot of trouble getting my brain around. By "radical" and "militant," […]
Books and blogs
2 new sections, books and blogs :) Books section has unschooling books and youth rights type books, and blogs is basically me showing off how cool RSS is :P Got 3 people's blogs displayed in there so far: mine, Doc Johnson's and lifeischeese's. Blogs are here: http://www.school-survival.net...[link]
RSS
Installed an RSS reader on this site. You probably won't even notice, because everything gets integrated into this site :D The cool things I can do with RSS are many, so far I've included my blog on a page here, and I have the latest mailing list posts displayed on the Mailing List page. I […]
US: Hell No, She Won't Go
Katherine Jashinski is the first female soldier to refuse to participate in the Iraq war. Her refusal could change the face of the anti-war movement.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Updates
OK, so I haven't posted here in a while, but I have added a few new things, 2 new articles, a new section in the ASD for sites about zero tolerance, and various little things I can't remember anymore :P
When "Tough Love" Kills - Murder at Boot camp for teenage offenders
Gina Score was never much of an athlete. At five feet four inches tall and 226 pounds, the eighth-grader was in no condition for strenuous exercise. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where military-style discipline ("Quitting is not an option") prevailed.The second day, July 21, 1999, […]
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