Friday, September 30, 2011 "Dismal."
Likely not a word ever preferred in an educational setting, but the description the Southern Poverty Law Center found appropriate to assess the state of education about the civil rights movement in the U.S. BLOG POSTS  | Elizabeth Hampton: Egyptian Educators Fight the Good Fight
In the first teacher strike since 1951, Egyptian educators have directed the recently ignited revolutionary spirit towards a school system in much need of reform. |  | Allyssa L. Harris RN, PhD, WHNP-BC: 'Urban Lit': Considerations for Understanding What Your Adolescent is Reading
It started out innocently enough with a simple question, "So what types of books do you enjoy?" but it quickly grew to "Are these books affecting young girls' risk behaviors and with whom are they discussing these books? " |  | Myriam Miedzian: What Part of Prevention Do Americans Not Understand: A Case Study
It costs approximately $130,000 to keep one teenager in juvenile detention for one year. It would cost less than $200 per child per year to fund Educating Children for Parenting, a violence prevention program. |  | Tim Chen: Converting Classics Into Comics: Bringing Literature into the 21st Century
With such greats as Watchmen, Maus, and The Sandman series more-or-less universally esteemed as true works of literary merit, few modern critics continue to write comics off as juvenile smut. |  | Dennis Danziger: Real Men Don't Teach
Most days you're okay with being only a teacher and not really a man. Today, this morning, is not one of those days. But in a few hours, I'll be in my classroom teaching. And I'll get over it. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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