by Alan Sitomer Yesterday I wrote about how first and foremost I must raise my standardized test scores. I also expressed how I was disheartened by such a cold, black and white reality. However, these are the cards I’ve been dealt. The federal government is literally strong-arming the states through a lording of the purse […]
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Spanking makes kids perform better in school, helps them become more successful
A study, which found that young children whose parents spank them perform better at school later on, isn’t winning high marks with child development experts. The research, by Calvin College psychology professor Marjorie Gunnoe, found that kids smacked before age 6 grew up to be more successful, and that there was not enough evidence to […]
British National Party wants to bring back corporal punishment in schools
According to the British National Party website the British National Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Britain suffers from more than 27,000 crimes per day, or more than ten million crimes per year – the direct result of decades of softly-softly politically correct policing and […]
No funny faces in yearbook!
To help “break the ice and get comfortable in High School”, freshman Charlie Patton made a face for her high school yearbook. The photo was taken in August, 2009 with her mother present and agreeable with the shot. Fifteen year old Charlie explained “I wanted to show who I am. That’s Charlie. I wanted to […]
Some homeschoolers oppose youth rights, prefer parental "authority"
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) doesn't do everything right, but it's a huge step in the right direction for getting young people to actually be treated as individual human beings, with their own opinions and their own individual hopes and dreams, instead of as property of their parents. Apparently […]
The U.S. school system is unconstitutional
by CVT What aspect of U.S. life wraps all the forms of oppression and inequality into one tidy little package? What system successfully keeps women, people of color, LGBT, religious minorities, people with disabilities, and people in poverty “in their place” more effectively than any other? Why, the education system, of course. And as a […]
Youth Rights Resolutions for the New Decade
by Laurie A. Couture With every decade that passes, new legal and civil rights have been fought for and won for every group of adults in Westernized cultures. The fight continues around the globe in order to share those legal protections with oppressed populations in other cultures. With each passing decade, there have been landmark […]
New Feature: Homework Search
I've added a search engine (powered by Google) that will search encyclopedia sites, book summaries, essays, books, images and more... all at the same time. Homework Search - Try it out... I can make it search any site that Google can search, so feel free to suggest sites to add.
4-Year-Old Texas Boy Suspended For Long Hair
Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh likes his floppy hair just how it is: long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar. But his long locks violate the dress code in his suburban Dallas school district. So Taylor again Wednesday found himself facing in-school suspension, sitting in a library with a teacher's aide while […]
How to stop age discrimination (in school and elsewhere)
by Kirby See there! A man born and we pronounce him fit for peace. There's a load lifted from his shoulders with the discovery of his disease. We'll take the child from him put it to the test teach it to be a wise man how to fool the rest. -Ian Anderson When talking to […]
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