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Periodically, I start a thread on school vouchers, and I’m inclined to do so now. School vouchers are one of the areas I part ways with the Democratic party, with whom I usually vote. I am a huge supporter of any form of school choice, and I haven’t seen any reason that the choice shouldn’t...

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http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1135248153247780.xml&coll=1 Oops.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/12/05/alternative-medicine051205.html bolding mine I wonder if they've faced any criticism for teaching this, and how they've managed to get around the "evidence-based thing".

http://www.bristolpress.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15685181&BRD=1643&PAG=461&dept_id=10486&rfi=6 What the heck is "modern natural medicine"? Yeah right, up until he tells people that their "modern medicine" is killing them with "drugs". Their take on Homeopathy Okay, hopefully most of the...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-22-pregnant-teacher_x.htm When I first saw this, I thought, what? Surely the NYCLU recognizes the right of a religious institution to require employees to uphold religious standards. An unwed, pregnant teacher is apparently having non-marital sex...

Of the eight positions up for election in the Dover district, all were filled by new candidates from the Dover CARES opposition group. Good news, I think, and I'm glad that at least some voters still ascribe to the "throw the bums out" theory of politics.

I am sorry if this has been discussed before but I found this picture of school buses underwater amazing. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/480/flpc21109012015 Between school and transit buses, New Orleans had hundreds (thousands?) of buses. Why were not city buses used to...

"CLOVIS, N.M. - A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito..." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/burrito_lockdown

(To the moderators: I see there is a separate "EDUCATION" forum at the JREF. Only 4,000+ posts. In my opinion, threads with little response should be consolidated into the more popular threads to generate better response. If my thread gets shifted over there, this will be akin to it being placed...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/04/11/school.snitches.ap/index.html

The following is a post from my up and coming bureaucrat roomie about governance of a school club. He'd like comments. For myself I'd rather watch paint dry. PDF file Richards comments follow: The actions encased in this post do not necessarily reflect the poster Fid, just his idiot roommate...

Link Not mentioned in the story is how the rubber band got into the school in the first place. Don't they have guards to make sure people don't bring dangerous weapons into a place of learning? We have to crack down on this kind of thing. Imagine the havoc a couple of disaffected teenagers...

So, I was passing the time (avoiding work) and perusing the thread here about Scientologists in Sydney... when I decided to go and get my mail. So... I see in there brochure titled "Summer at Delphi", which is located nearby in Oregon. On the front it says: So I open it up... and where I...

Thank Dog.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/21/homework.suit.ap/index.html Poor guy. To be in an honors class, he needed to do some homework over the summer. CBL

link And someone made up a joke map of the campus.

I went to a northeastern typical catholic school until 9th grade. And because ofthat I am no longer religious! BA BUMP BUMP. Looking back I have to say I was given a pretty good education, considering the schools limited resouces. One thing I find interesting, the education was very secular...

As part of my English Literature 'O' Level in England in 1982-83, I had to struggle through Henry IV, Part I, The Importance of Being Earnest, and a Thomas Hardy, maybe The Mayor of Casterbridge. This is aged 15-16 years old for anybody outside the country. I remember them them all as a chore...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...9-2004Dec6.html Great... this ought to keep America a global science power... This is a Washington Post article about efforts to bring the teaching of Inteligent Design to St. Charles County, MD.... May require registration to view...sorry about that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40839-2004Dec6.html Great... this ought to keep America a global science power...

This story just breaks my heart. Some of the last words by Staff Sgt. Russell Slay, who died Nov 9 in Al Anbar, Iraq. Written to his 5 year-old son, and read aloud at his memorial service in Houston. Reading this story put a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I wonder if the mistakes...

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National Guard Fighter Jet Strafes School

After a protracted argument over allowing "Of Pandas and People", a book of Creationist anti-evolution BS, the Dover, PA school board voted 6 to 3 to include "Intelligent Design" in the biology curiculum. The Board member leading the march to ignorance, William Buckingham, reportedly...

Why does every start with the premis that our public school system is failing?? We've had public school for years and years. Our population is more eduacted than ever. Illiteracy declines with every generation. We are world leader in all sorts of fields. How is that a failure?? Sure you can...

Story here. Nice. Way to rip off the immigrants that come here and try to make something of themselves. And yes, the teaching about the Congress is inherently humourous, but wrong! Very, very wrong!

I propose to start an "X-Men school". I think it might be good for JREF to be involved in the setting up of such a school. Have you seen this ? Magnetic man and Magnetic Boy http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/pmag.htm http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_413344.html I wonder if it is true or...

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/18/1215234&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=146&tid=99 This while massachusetts spends millions on radio ads that feature young children discussing budget cuts that force them to give up pencils and books-- all because democrats feel that you and me are not...

I've written this post a few times and deleted it without posting. Here goes again: "All staff are expected to support the ethos and the aims of this Church School." What does that mean to you? Because I'm at a real crossroads here. Things are happening at my school - I'm an Atheist who...