A lot of schools test students for drugs these days. So do some parents, as drug tests are quite easily available. But it may not be that good an idea.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has found, however, that testing has not been shown to have an impact on drug use. They also feel it may [...]
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It seems an absurd idea to me, but a school in Concord, CA has done just that. They decided that students needed some motivation to boost test scores, and split them up by race to do so.
The whole thing just reeked of stereotypes, if the description of the article is even remotely accurate. Jazz music [...]
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Have the politicians in Texas gone crazy or something? I posted the other day about the governor signing an executive order about Gardasil, but it turns out he’s not the only Texas politician who wants to overcontrol what parents do. I missed the story about another one who wants to make parents missing teacher conferences [...]
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The educational system in the United States is a mess. Pretty much everyone knows it, but what to do about it is a huge problem.
It’s easy to point to various symptoms and declare them the problem. High dropout rates, as high as 50% for some cities or 1/3 for some states, are often pointed out [...]
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I live in California, so I’ve been watching the trends of the costs of higher education here. I attended schools in the CSU system, so I know this both as a student and now alumna.
Unfortunately it just doesn’t surprise me to read that it looks like the problems in Washington yet again. This has been [...]
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