Class sizes are getting bigger, but does it really matter?
Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:05 | 
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Two years of cuts in state support saddled the Natomas Unified School District in Sacramento this spring with what school board president B. Teri Burns calls "horribly painful" choices: fewer teachers and larger classes, or keeping teachers but cutting athletics, counseling and after-school programs. Read The Full Story
Sovereign Citizens: A New And Growing Threat To The State - Says CNNWednesday, 25 August 2010 15:55 | Written by Daniel Lewis | | |
Creeping Militarism Invades Alaska Grade SchoolWednesday, 25 August 2010 15:50 | Written by Daniel Lewis | | |
Now the military has invaded our grade schools. “A new partnership between the Anchorage School District and the U.S. Army Alaska will add a military presence to local schools,” reports the Alaska Star. “School and military officials said the program will help students academically. But having uniformed military in schools also will lend support to children of military members on deployment, they said, and give non-military kids an understanding of what soldiers do for the country.” Read The Full Story |