Photo Credit - MEA.org Independent Underground News Talk - Breaking News Update Although Albion High School is set to close for the 2013-14 school year, it appears public pressure or... Visit "IU News & Talk" right now to read more of this story! read more »
Photo Credit - WWMT Channel 3 Independent Underground News Talk Op/Ed As was written on Independent Underground News Talk in April of this year, the fix is in on Public Education in... Visit "IU News & Talk" right now to read more of this story! read more »
Photo Credit - IU News/Talk Press Release - Tom Barrow for Mayor of Detroit Campaign DETROIT (APRIL 27) ---- Announced mayoral candidate Tom Barrow last evening wasted no time in denouncing Mike... Visit "IU News & Talk" right now to read more of this story! read more »
Censorship and political correctness are major issues in modern day colleges and universities, but these issues have apparently been blown out of proportion at this elementary school in Seattle. Kim Shepard, a contributor for MyNorthwest, describes the situation.Read More: Seattle elementary school play stirs up big controversyA little kids' play has created a big controversy at a Seattle elementary school. First it was canceled, now it's being rewritten because of language the principal says is inapprop... read more »
Do you get the messages from your PTA (or PTO as it is known here) asking you to start clipping your box tops in order to support your school?For each box top donated, the school will receive $0.10. Doesn't sound like much does it? I will tell you first hand it really adds up. This year I started volunteering with the group that organizes and sends the box tops our for my daughter's elementary school. We spend around 4 hours once a month sitting around a table chatting, eating snacks and trimming box top... read more »
Here is another important story from CNN.com, this time discussing the state of New Jersey's decision to take over the failing school system in Camden. It's well worth reading and points to another tremendous failure in the modern public school system of the United States. Spending more on education does not always necessarily lead to improvement in student performance, at least in a highly poor, crime ridden area like the city of Camden. Other cities in New Jersey like Trenton and Newark are having simi... read more »
So much for the illusion that the skill-focused vocational schools are immune from school loan defaults. Connecticut schools are early victims of the herd culling. Unpaid student loans hit CT vocational school pupils hardest Greg Bordonaro The closure of Butler Business School late last year left a bitter taste in the mouths of Connecticut students and education regulators who weren't given notice that the Bridgeport for-profit career institute was about to abruptly shut its doors.The school, which t... read more »
Over 700 children are on the waiting list for Brooklyn schools. read more »
Having children is awesome. Until they grow up enough to go to school, then the nightmare starts. Aside from the anxiety I am feeling because this year Lucas will start school, I get more anxious thinking about how much we need to be able to send both Chakai and Lucas to a good school. Add [...] read more »
On Sunday, April 1, 2012, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr. wrote:Below is an email from Kenneth Chamberlain Jr., whose father, a 68-year-old veteran of the U.S. Marines, was killed in his home by the police in White Plains, NY, on November 19, 2011. Kenneth created his petition on SignOn.org, a new site that allows anyone to start their own online petitions. You can read more about his father's death here.We demand justice for Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a 68-year-old veteran killed in his home by police. Sign the ... read more »
