Education

The Florida Supreme Court knocked down vouchers yesterday. The ruling isn't based on First Amendment/religion grounds, but rather on a Florida state constitutional provision that requires the state government to provide "uniform" schooling. Problem is, the same type of language is found in many state

Might not be a bad idea. I'll have to float it by my children's parochial school principal: > Bake sales? Been done. Car washes? So 2005. And pop can drives can fall flat. So the Rev. Rick Oliver, pastor for the First Church of God in

School administrators are implementing 'no touching" policies in middle schools. > Schools nationwide have policies to prevent violence and sexual harassment, but some go further – such as creating a rule against touching. In March, one middle school student in Bend, Ore., was sent to detention after repeatedly defying

The war on boys is reaching mass-slaughter level, it would appear from this Washington Post op-ed [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/02/AR2005120201334.html] . The U.S. educational establishment is beating them down so effectively that they've stopped going to college and prefer to

WaPo runs a piece this morning about school suspensions [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/27/AR2005112701164.html] . They're increasing, but some are questioning their effectiveness. It seems parents aren't taking much exception when their kids are suspended, and the students--shocker--don't

Mayor > Richard Daley says he believes Chicago Public Schools students get too much time off. He says he will push for a six-day school week, a shorter summer break or a longer school day [http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_324111749.html] . Great. More secularized and sterile public school

> In the midst of a national Abstinence Education Evaluation Conference being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week, abstinence educators are calling for an investigation of the questionable content and ethical concerns with comprehensive sex education programs being supported with government money. Link