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Opinion: Bush Does Something I Like, Signs New G.I. Bill Into Law

I looked up in the sky and saw potbellies with wings. My feet were getting cold and Satan shivered, too. Orangutans left someone's posterior. Bush did something right. He passed a law allowing veterans to attend college free.
Posted 2 hours ago by  pbrite in Education | 2 comments

UN Launches Online Media Literacy Tool

The United Nations campaign for understanding between faiths and cultures, known as the Alliance of Civilizations, today launched a website designed to foster dialogue and debate on media literacy.
Posted Jul 18, 2008 by  Bob Ewing in Education | 4 comments

Opinion: 'Buying your career' Through Academic Essays

It’s called the essay mill, and it’s been a part of life in the academic world for too long, in many people’s opinion. Academic paper writing has been called plagiarism, but strictly speaking, it’s not even that.
Posted Jul 16, 2008 by  Paul Wallis (Wanderlaugh) in Education | 4 comments

Flat World Knowledge Will Be offering Free Text books For College This Fall

Students in college on average shell out about $900 just for their books each year. This year for those taking courses in business and economics may have a huge break. Flat World Knowledge is giving away texts.
Posted Jul 16, 2008 by  KJ (momentsintime) in Education | 3 comments

Teen's Head Allegedly Used As A Bowling Ball, Murder Trial Ongoing

In March 2005 the savage murder of young Morgan Jay Shepherd took place in Brisbane , Australia. The teenager was beheaded after a drinking binge "thrill kill."
Posted Jul 16, 2008 by  KJ (momentsintime) in Education | 5 comments

Teens Sexing It Up More Than Ever Despite Federally Funded Abstinence Programs

The government hands out money gratis as long as schools teach abstinence. Yet, according to the Center for Disease Control, high school teens are contracting an alarming rate of STDs and now pregnancy is on the rise.
Posted Jul 15, 2008 by  Nikki W (karateblossom) in Education | 7 comments

Opinion: To Make Sure Teens Don't Understand Safe Sex, Take Them to Texas For Schooling

Students in Texas don't learn the facts of life like others across the United States instead they are taught to 'just say no' and to heck with life saving lessons on 'safe sex.' After all if everyone is a virgin when they get married who needs a condom.
Posted Jul 15, 2008 by  KJ (momentsintime) in Education | 9 comments

Court Rules Student's Strip Search Was Unconstitutional

The American Civil Liberties Union praised a federal appellate court ruling that stated school officials had violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old Arizona girl who was strip searched when a classmate alleged she was possessing ibuprofen.
Posted Jul 13, 2008 by  KJ (momentsintime) in Education | 15 comments

Text messaging, the teenagers language in University exams

Mobile phone text messaging language has now come to exam papers also. Teachers who evaluated the answer scripts for a University exam in Bangalore, India were surprised to see the number of students using the short form of the language.
Posted Jul 12, 2008 by  Kesavan Unnikrishnan in Education | 3 comments

Yearbooks could become a thing of the past as colleges cease to print them

The once popular yearbook at colleges is not so popular anymore. Several universities will cease to produce them starting next year.
Posted Jul 12, 2008 by  Cynthia T. [Picasso] in Education | 37 comments
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