Transfers succeed and lead at top colleges
Community college students who transfer to selective colleges succeed academically and become student leaders, reports a new study. Southwestern College administrators have stopped the presses for the...
View ArticleSchool bans atheist’s editorial on religion
Administrators, teachers and coaches promote “pro-Christian” beliefs at school events, wrote Krystal Myers, an atheist, in the Lenoir City High School (Tennessee) school newspaper. But school officials...
View Article‘I teach to empower kids’
I teach to “empower kids to live satisfying and productive lives,”, writes Esther Wojcicki, a long-time English and journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School, on Learning Matters. “I am helping grow...
View ArticleCollege reverses ban on ‘sex’ newspaper
Central New Mexico Community College backed down this week from its decision to suspend the student newspaper for publishing a “sex issue.” Confiscated copies of the newspaper were returned to the news...
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Journalism teacher suspended for … ?
When student reporters asked why a popular teacher and debate coach wasn’t being rehired, San Gabriel High School principal Jim Schofield tried to kill the story, suggesting a fluffy profile instead,...
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