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The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers

by (author unknown), NYT > Education

Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers....

add a comment | Oct 06, 2008    


More incentives needed to attract qualified teachers worldwide, UN says

by (author unknown), UN News Centre - Culture, Education

Low salaries, lack of job security, inadequate training and overcrowded classrooms have combined to deter many willing and eligible people from becoming teachers, the United Nations warned today as it marked World Teachers&#39 Day with a call to improve the recruitment of candidates....

add a comment | Oct 05, 2008    


McCain, Obama, And Leaving No Child Behind

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Education

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add a comment | Oct 05, 2008    


Homework: Cheers And Fight Songs

by (author unknown), NPR Topics: Education

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add a comment | Oct 05, 2008    


Mayor’s Push for a 3rd Term Clouds Debate Over School Control

by (author unknown), NYT > Education

It is all but certain that a debate to renew a state law giving the mayor of New York City control of its public schools will become a referendum on Michael Bloomberg....

add a comment | Oct 04, 2008    


Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77

by (author unknown), NYT > Education

Dr. Klima was an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages....

add a comment | Oct 04, 2008    


DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps

by Lansana Fofana , IPS Inter Press Service - Education

FREETOWN, Oct 4 (IPS) - Each morning, Mariama Kamara and her two teenaged sons walk to Freetown’s main rubbish dump. Their mission: to dig through the mounds of garbage in search of scrap metal....

add a comment | Oct 04, 2008    


Big City: Practicing Politics Just Like the Big Boys (and Girls)

by (author unknown), NYT > Education

A new documentary tracked the campaign for student union president at Stuyvesant High School, and found some seeming similarities with national politics....

add a comment | Oct 03, 2008    


High School Sports: Bill Would Further Anti-Drug Efforts

by (author unknown), NYT > Education

A legislative mandate to educate student athletes about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs will bolster New Jersey’s school steroid testing initiative....

add a comment | Oct 03, 2008    


CARIBBEAN: Brain Drain - No Solution in Sight

by Dalia Acosta , IPS Inter Press Service - Education

HAVANA, Oct 3 (IPS) - Like other developing regions, the Caribbean is no stranger to brain drain. Besides the impact on local economies, the exodus of university graduates has profound social implications, and there is no solution in sight....

add a comment | Oct 03, 2008