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The teacher's touch - the lewd and the ludicrous

February 01, 2012 Education & Schools | February 1, 2012 Peter McBride
Teacher Mark Berndt, 61, a 33 year fixture at a Los Angeles elementary school, was arrested Monday for committing 23 lewd acts upon the seven to...
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Stuff 'em or shoot 'em - solutions to problems in schools

Education & Schools | January 5, 2012 Peter McBrideJanuary 05, 2012
A Kentucky mother arrives at school to find her nine-year-old autistic son in the hallway stuffed in a duffel bag with the drawstring pulled...
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Make our children fat and happy - Congress' goal

November 16, 2011 Education & Schools | November 16, 2011 Peter McBride
On Monday Congress blocked legislation, proposed by the Agriculture Department, which addressed the obesity epidemic from which our children suffer...
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President Obama "Hitler"? To go inside the mind of a bully

Education & Schools | October 5, 2011 Peter McBrideOctober 05, 2011
Hank Williams, Jr. recently compared a recent golf game between President Obama and House Speaker Beohner as "…Hitler playing golf with...
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Teacher hosts parents - round won!

September 09, 2011 Education & Schools | September 9, 2011 Peter McBride
During a time when schools must contend with budgetary cuts and test-score crises, indeed when we must work together to survive these very times,...
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Daily PE and fresh fruit make Johnny a bright boy

August 17, 2011 Education & Schools | August 17, 2011 Peter McBride
In the midst of this Dark Age of Education, in which all eyes are on standardized academic test scores and averted from the students’ overall...
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Babies don't need to read

Education & Schools | May 14, 2011 Peter McBrideMay 14, 2011
An ad on television declares your two-year-old can be reading books if you use their “proven” program. Pressuring a very young child to...
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Superintendent of Orange Schools Perplexed by CMT Anxiety and Possible Bullying

Elizabeth BrownMarch 25, 2011 Education & Schools | March 25, 2011
Superintendent of Orange Schools, Dr.John Brady, spoke to Isabella Oleshcuk's parents and they decided she is not ready to return to school. In...
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Responsiveness- to- Intervention (RTI) is too Subjective

Elizabeth BrownMarch 17, 2011 Education & Schools | March 17, 2011
Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) is a three-tiered approach to education. It has gained enormous popularity through state mandates, and is...
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Argument to raise class size ignores critical issue

March 08, 2011 Education & Schools | March 8, 2011 Peter McBride
The budget cuts today’s schools face require action. One response has been to reverse the progress made in providing smaller class size. The...
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