Sci. & Soc. Stud. standards get a hearing in Mich.
Information sessions about new science and social studies learning standards are ongoing in Mich., with a few more planned for this week.
Social Studies
SCOTUS denies appeal in NY vaccination case
The Supreme Court has decided not to hear a case that allows New York schools to send non-vaccinated students home if an outbreak occurs.
A look at data on bullying policy in 25 states
A new study finds that schools following guidelines from the US Dept. of Ed. regarding bullying have lower levels of bullying.
Lesson-sharing sites & copyright law
It's a tricky business to post lesson plans online. Who owns those lessons? Can you charge people money for access to those lessons?
Can we or should we ‘help’ the poor?
We find an abandonment of the American dream as companies send jobs overseas and as charter schools become corrupt.
Md. program will fight heroin addiction in schools
Students play a role in an education campaign aimed at preventing heroin addiction, announced this morning by the lt. gov. of Md.
Boehner will resign from Congress
Speaker of the House John A Boehner will resign at the end of October. His term was fraught with a polarized and paralyzed Congress.
Pope Francis speaks to Congress
Pope Francis delivered remarks and zoomed in on examples of 4 Americans: Lincoln, King, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton.
Ga. school investigating mass Christian baptism
On a video, it looks like a coach and his football players were baptized on the football field, apparently right before a practice in mid-August.
Md. to re-examine life sentences for juveniles
2 Supreme Court rulings cause public defenders to reopen cases in which juveniles got life sentences & make sure the 8th Amendment wasn't violated.