A new report being released today will add to the debate about the Knowledge Is Power Program or KIPP schools — a highly influential non-profit network of public schools serving low-income students.
KIPP Schools: Reform’s Great Triumph, or Failure?
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Public Schools: Humanities in High School
The normal high school curriculum is a daily kaleidoscope of unrelated courses: a class in English, perhaps followed by history, civics and then the arts, each session unrelated to the other. Emulating liberal arts colleges and the better prep schools, some public high schools are now offering broad-scale courses in humanities that seek to relate these disciplines, and to show their relevance to the kind of decisions students must make in their own lives.A pacesetter in the field is the state of New York, where 100 high schools have developed experimental humanities courses, using a rough guideline prepared by state education officials
Opioids: New Studies on Chronic Pain Drug Prescriptions
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people end up in the doctor’s office.
What’s Wrong with Notre Dame Football?
College football may seem like a religion to Americans, but to many American Catholics the University of Notre Dame football team is the incarnation of their faith in sport. Yet, apart from the battle for the college football national championship, the biggest biggest news in college football this season has been the continued decline of Notre Dame.
‘Endemic’ Abuse in Irish Schools Run by Catholic Church
James Quinn and his classmates called it the blackjack — five layers and 18 in.
Catholic Schools: How to Fix Parochial Schools’ Decline
He is neither old nor a priest nor particularly attached to time-honored traditions. At 35, John Eriksen, one of the nation’s youngest Catholic-school superintendents, offers a ruthless assessment of parochial education
Police drummer: Band’s friction is a good thing
Stewart Copeland and Sting get along great. Really.
Typhoon Ketsana slams into Vietnam
After lashing the Philippines for several days, killer Typhoon Ketsana gained power over the ocean before slamming into the central Vietnam coastline Tuesday afternoon. Aid agencies reported that amid flood warnings, some 200,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas to community centers and schools on higher ground.
Zimbabwe schools begin fightback
Zimbabwe’s education system is beginning to battle back from years of neglect and an exodus of teachers.
Volunteer fighters help purge Taliban in Pakistan
Sixteen-year-old Akbar Zaid dreams of becoming a teacher. But for now, his summer job involves holding an automatic rifle and hunting down Taliban fighters