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The Top 10 Excuses for Undone Homework: A Teacher's Real List

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.associatedcontent.com (Views: 135, Clicks: 4)
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Every year without fail there are those truly gifted students which drop an excuse so original and unexpected that one would think they spent the night concocting it rather them attempting their homework.

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Give kids a beacon of hope

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.cnn.com (Views: 113, Clicks: 2)
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"Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda. Since I am so seldom in Colorado during the school week, I try to fit in as many school visits as I can during my district work periods. This past week, I managed six school visits during one day and visited two more schools on my trip to the mountains. One of my main legislative efforts in education is to help expand and replicate successful charter schools." said Jared Polis.

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Warning over youth mental health

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://news.bbc.co.uk (Views: 117, Clicks: 0)
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UK: One in 10 youngsters questioned in a survey disagreed that "life was really worth living". Those not in work or education were less likely to be happy.

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Heating oil theft closes school

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://news.bbc.co.uk (Views: 115, Clicks: 0)
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A head teacher called thieves "callous" after being forced to close her primary school after its heating oil was stolen.

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The five-year-old's guide to drinking safely

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.independent.co.uk (Views: 118, Clicks: 1)
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Parents are to be given guidance in the new year for the first time as to how much alcohol their children can drink safely from the ages of five to 18. The Government is also reviewing whether the current age at which it is legal to drink should remain at five.

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Why are so many kids quitting school?

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.lowellsun.com (Views: 116, Clicks: 4)
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A self-portrait Beaulieu drew on her computer using a pen tablet won a “gold key” award at a scholastic art fair in Boston last year. Other works by Beaulieu have been exhibited elsewhere. But even art class at Lowell High frustrated Beaulieu. “I don’t need terminology and assignments,” she says. “Why do I have to write a three-page paper about art? Art should be something you enjoy. You have to express yourself ... School was just hopeless for me.”

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Popular girls may be popular bully targets, study suggests

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.stltoday.com (Views: 95, Clicks: 5)
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Boys are still tormenting boys, just as always. But now researchers have found boys are also pestering girls. And not just any girls — popular ones.

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Downturn 'boosts teacher numbers'

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://news.bbc.co.uk (Views: 109, Clicks: 0)
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There has been a huge increase in the number of people interested in becoming teachers since the start of the so-called credit crunch.

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Proposed Rules Would Ban Sleeping in Library

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 80, Clicks: 1)
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New rules have been proposed for D.C. public libraries, including a ban on sleeping and a limit on bringing in bags, in what library officials called an effort to make the system more welcoming.

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Georgia's online academy popular, but is it effective?

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.ajc.com (Views: 174, Clicks: 5)
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Internet-based schools have popped up across the country in the past few years because of improved technology and changing education laws. As of January, there were 173 virtual charter schools teaching about 92,000 students in 18 states, according to the North American Council for Online Learning. Nationally, little research has been done on the effectiveness of such online schools. They’re just too new.

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'Make students pay up to £20,000' to compete with top American universities

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.dailymail.co.uk (Views: 90, Clicks: 0)
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Universities should be allowed to charge American-style tuition fees of up to £20,000 a year to improve the quality of teaching, according to a report. It calls for the current cap of £3,145-a-year to be lifted if British institutions are to keep up with their U.S. counterparts. The proposals, from businessman Sir John Chisholm, would mean parents facing hefty bills for their children's degrees.

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Rights to Education

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.jordantimes.com (Views: 82, Clicks: 0)
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Last month, three girls going to school in Kabul, Afghanistan, were attacked by a Taliban supporter who sprayed their faces with battery acid. The only fault of the victims of that barbarous attack was daring to go to school to seek basic education.

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Teacher creates lyrics for masterpieces

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://www.sltrib.com (Views: 79, Clicks: 3)
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Ludwig van Beethoven probably never envisioned putting words to one of his best-known works, his Fifth Symphony. But Archway Youth Services School teacher Debbie Rowe did. In search of a way to teach troubled teens about classical music, Rowe put lyrics to about 70 pieces, including Gregorian chants and music by Mozart, Beethoven and Vivaldi, among others. The lyrics detail the composers' lives and the histories behind the masterpieces.

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Habits of Highly Ineffective Principals

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://teacherleaders.typepad.com (Views: 118, Clicks: 8)
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Don't let teachers meet regularly to talk about students and share ideas. They will only gossip and plot against you...

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Lessons 'tougher for male staff'

talesinstorm sumitted ago via http://news.bbc.co.uk (Views: 78, Clicks: 0)
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Schoolchildren are more likely to disrupt lessons if they have a male teacher, a survey suggests.

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