NFL extending education about domestic violence to high school levelNews from USA TODAY: The NFL is taking its education about domestic violence to high school level.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) 122 CONNECT 4 LINKEDIN<…………… continues on USA TODAY … Read the full article . Related News: . State considers enhanced high school diploma: “Kentucky [...]
News from NBC Montana: MISSOULA, Mont. – Montana is one of eight states in the country who doesn’t have a publicly funded pre-kindergarten. Governor Steve Bullock wants to change this. This past week Bullock has been visiting schools throughout the state to promote his early childhood education proposal. Schools like Head Start in Missoula would [...]
New law designed to educate about concussions signed at Staples High SchoolNews from CT Post: A 2012 breakfast meeting at the Sherwood Diner turned into legislation to educate parents, coaches and high school athletes about the effects of concussions. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was at the Staples field house Monday for a ceremonial signing of [...]
News from Chambersburg Public Opinion: “When my eyes are on a child, then that’s my child.” That quote by legendary Special Olympian Loretta Claiborne of York concludes a recent report by the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, “Childhood at Risk: An Exploration of Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Child Abuse.” Leave it to Ms. Claiborne to express [...]
News from MLive.com: Back in the day, when you messed up at school, you not only got in trouble with the teacher, but when you got home you got a double dose of trouble from your parents. Oh my, the cultural sea change. Now if you misbehave at school, you get in trouble with the [...]
High school students are all about computers but get little instruction in …News from Washington Post: “It’s shocking how little there is,” said Rebecca Dovi, who has taught computer science for 17 years in Virginia schools and is an advocate for more courses statewide. Even when schools offer classes, she said, there are relatively few [...]
News from French parents least stressed about their children’s future, a new study finds … – The Local.fr: French parents least stressed about their children’s future, a new study finds. Photo: Pascal Pavani/AFP Published: 16 Apr 2014 16:28 GMT+02:00Updated: 16 Apr 2014 16:28 GMT+02:00 When it comes to stressing about the education of their children [...]
Applicants should come clean about cheating allegations, colleges sayNews from Los Angeles Times: The recent expulsions of 11 students from an Orange County high school because of a cheating scandal appeared to be a forceful stand against academic dishonesty. But that discipline also has focused attention on the murkier questions about whether, and how, colleges [...]
News from Businessweek: Thursday night, in a speech to the annual conference of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia, Jim Heckman mentioned, in an aside, that an early childhood education initiative may show up in this year’s State of the Union address. Heckman won a Nobel Prize in 2000. I followed up with his office [...]
News from Redlands Daily Facts: REDLANDS >> Redlands parents reflected sentiments exhibited in a statewide poll: They want to be involved in their children’s education, but some find it difficult to contribute. The nonpartisan EdSource polled 1,003 California public school parents by phone. “Overall, the survey found that California parents are very involved in school [...]
