inBloom will shut down
The cloud-based student database inBloom will be shutting down. The $100 million project was criticized by data privacy advocates. [...]Read More... from inBloom will shut...
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Paul Katula
Paul Katula is the executive editor of the Voxitatis Research Foundation, which publishes this blog. For more information, see the About page.
Stories by Paul Katula
National Green Ribbon Schools honored on Earth Day
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48 schools and 9 school districts were honored today with the National Green Ribbon award from the US Department of Education. [...]Read More... from National...
FL Christian club sues school for equal access to posters
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A Christian club and a gay-straight alliance club, with backing from the ACLU, don't usually go together. But in Lake County, Fla., it has happened....
Ag. Dept. has advice to control invasive species in Md.
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Invasive species, like the stink bug or hydrilla verticillata, can cause agricultural and economic damage. Plus, it's hard to get rid of them. [...]Read More......
Student asks Miss America to prom, gets suspended
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After what was perhaps the most famous non-rejection of a prom-date question ever, a Pennsylvania student pays the price for speaking out of turn. [...]Read...
A pitcher & all-around student leader is killed
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A student leader, shot and killed in Baltimore, just short of graduation, leaves friends, teachers, and police puzzled as to why it happened. [...]Read More......
Marker-assisted breeding helps feed a changing world
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Fast climate change and an increasing population have forced plant breeders to use genetics to make crops stronger and better tasting. [...]Read More... from Marker-assisted...
To parents: Set the school stage, then let it be
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A new book suggests that some parental involvement can be detrimental to children's academic life. We agree in part and disagree in part. [...]Read More......
Gunmen abduct 'about 100 schoolgirls' in Nigeria
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Attacks on schools in Nigeria, probably at the hands of the Islamist group Boko Haram, have increased over the last 12 months. [...]Read More... from...
Hinsdale board members may access school records
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Board members in Hinsdale Twp. H.S. Dist. 86 could get better access to school records than in the past, thanks to the settlement of a...