First School System Loses Accreditation Since 1969

All is DEFINITELY not well in Georgia education

Back at the beginning of April, and then again in May, I told you about the threat of de-accreditation that Clayton County, Georgia Public Schools faced.
Well, the first deadline passed and

How to Get Rid of a Troublesome Teen

Teenagers Can Be A Real Handful!

Is your teenager giving you problems?
Do you find yourself arguing constantly about clothes? curfew? anything?
Does your teen

Pistol-Packin’ School Marms?

Teachers With Guns! Here to Stay?

History was made in Harrold, Texas on the first day of the new 2008-2009 school year.
For the first time anywhere in the USA, teachers are legally authorized to carry concealed weapons INTO school and the story

Are Schools Beating Students? Another Gitmo?

Baltimore Art Teacher Beaten By StudentWhile Class Cheered Attacker On!

I read an interesting article by Michelle Malkin on Townhall.com this morning.
The article reports on a document released by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch that claims American schools are “torture chambers”, where unruly students

Recession Hits Education HARD!

School Is More Expensive This Year!

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted an article about high gasoline prices and signs of recession impacting the 2008-2009 school year.
The start of the new school year is usually a time of mixed pleasures and woes for students. While they hate to see summer end, new clothes and supplies have traditionally [...]

Using Technology to Help Students!

Alice for Fun Learning!

Teaching Students to Program With Stories

Alice is a 3D virtual worlds programming environment that makes it easy to create animations for either story telling or interactive games. Students can learn the intricacies of programming through enjoyable

California Education: Schools Devote May 22 to the Gay Lifestyle?

Harvey Milk

Do you know who Harvey Milk was? If you live in California and you don’t know who he was, you will soon find out.

Vision of a Vodka World

Advertising Alcoholic Beverages is Deadly!

I have been watching the progress (or lack thereof) in the stated mission of EDin08.com because I am so vitally interested in improving our schools.
With millions and millions of dollars behind them, including