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Blog: Education

  1. New Boy

    Posted on May 15, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (0)

    We all know the uneasy feeling of being the “new kid”—at school…at work…in a group…in a different city or country. Gradually, in each circumstance, the anxiety begins to fade, a new normal emerges, and life moves along. Read full article »

  2. Cash for Grades

    Posted on May 1, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (10)

    Education opens many doors. But should the main one be at the bank? School districts throughout the country are increasingly paying students for coming to class, taking tests, and improving their scores as part of controversial incentive programs known as “cash for grades.” Read full article »

  3. Attack of the 3rd-Graders?

    Posted on April 4, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (92)

    The shocking headlines out of Waycross, Georgia— 3rd-graders plotted to attack teacher, brought knife, handcuffs —lowered the bar on school violence and raised the alarm among parents, teachers, psychologists and just about anyone with an opinion about the country’s future. Read full article »

  4. Seen on the Street

    Posted on February 28, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (5)

    Parental advisories abound these days. Toys are toxic. Cold medicine is dangerous. Sesame Street has an adults-only warning. Cowabunga! Is the letter of the day X, as in Rated? Read full article »

  5. Not It

    Posted on February 7, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (13)

    Generations of Americans learned the three R’s in the classroom, while the fourth R—recess—was a stage for life lessons and conflict resolution.

    But traditional recess—where kids run around and play kickball, soccer, tag and other games of physical contact—is increasingly being banned across the country by school officials, and not for reasons of injury or litigation. The period of child’s play, they say, has become too competitive and too ego-bruising. Read full article »