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Blog: education

  1. Class Action: Laptops Not Allowed

    Posted on August 14, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (7)

    Laptops in school are coming unplugged. When used responsibly, they provide valuable educational support. But when used irresponsibly—for watching YouTube, surfing the web, emailing, IM-ing, playing games, checking sports scores, and shopping instead of engaging in class — laptops become the scourge of professors, some of whom are now banning them. Read full article »

  2. Brain Doping: Is Grey Matter an Ethical Matter?

    Posted on August 12, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (17)

    When an athlete uses performance enhancement drugs, he or she is likely to be called unethical and dishonest. When a student or professor uses brain enhancement drugs, he or she is likely to be called smart and focused, but is chemically boosting your brain for an unfair advantage the same as chemically boosting your body for an edge? That’s the question at the center of a new debate about drugs and cheating. Read full article »

  3. Teen “Pregnancy Pact”:  The Perfect Storm?

    Posted on June 30, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (59)

    The shocking news from the small fishing town of Gloucester, Massachusetts spread across the country and around the world: 17 girls from one high school were pregnant, part of a supposed ‘pregnancy pact’ in which the students intentionally set out to become teen mothers, with a vow to raise their babies together. Read full article »

  4. Parenting or Spying:  Who’s Watching The Kids?

    Posted on June 26, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (38)

    If you electronically monitor every website your kids view, secretly read all their instant messages, filter their TV viewing, restrict their incoming and outgoing calls, and track their movements by GPS devices lurking in their backpacks and cell phones, are you parenting, or spying? Read full article »

  5. Dad Behind Bars

    Posted on June 5, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (12)

    A juvenile court judge in Ohio ordered 40 year-old Brian Gegner to make sure his high school dropout daughter earned her GED. But when teenaged Brittney didn’t hit the books hard enough to pass the test, the judge threw the book at Brian Gegner, ordering the father jailed because the daughter failed. Should a father be responsible when his 18 year-old daughter can’t do the math? Read full article »

  6. Cash for Grades

    Posted on May 1, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (17)

    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 »

  7. Not It

    Posted on February 7, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (23)

    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 »