How Homework Is Hurting Our Family (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
At some point U.S. schools decided that if you can't teach 'em, test 'em...or pile on more homework. How one family is coping with the onslaught....more...A&M Club lauds eight as year's top teachers (Beaumont Journal)
An award-winning teacher with 35 years under her belt, Mildred Morgan, has a few helpful hints. The Odom Academy veteran believes the key to motivating students is to establish a one-on-one relationship. "If they know you care, they are willing to work for you," she said. ...more... 10 Things Schools Don't Teach Well (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Good manners and basic social skills such as taking turns are just as important to kids' success in school as a focus on reading, writing and 'rithmetic, a new book suggests. Students should learn charm-school skills alongside the academic subjects that teachers must pass on to meet the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, said co-author Stephen Elliott of Vanderbilt University. ......more... The laptop debate rages on (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Laptop computers have gone mainstream in many St. Louis private school classrooms and are emerging in local public schools. But their use is controversial. Proponents say technology is a key to our modern world and turns school into an exploration. Opponents argue computers are a distraction in class....more... Cosmic Log: Dr. Watson's next case (MSNBC)
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: In his new book, "Avoid Boring People," Nobel-winning biologist James Watson distills dozens of lessons about life and rising in the scientific establishment....more... Sun Dogs (DVD Talk)
The Movie If you look at the box for Sun Dogs or read the description on the package, you'd probably think the movie is about a sleddog team in the very sled-unfriendly country of Jamaica....more... EFFINGHAM EVENTS (Savannah Morning News)
IDA Meeting ...more... 10-02-07 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb)
TWO BANKS SUE MICHAEL VICK OVER LOANS: Action taken after NFL suspension ruins his ability to repay. *The "bad newz" just keeps coming for Michael Vick....more... Tory backtracks on vote for religious school funds (CTV.ca)
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory will, if elected premier, allow a free vote in the Legislature on his controversial plan of funding for religious schools....more... |