Monday, March 31, 2008
May actually be better than public school - via Nealz Nuze
School confiscates girl's crutches. - via The Tampa TribunePlastic card personalization and data retrieval for tracking disciplinary records in schools. - via CNNMoney.com
"Schools urge teachers make positive comments on surveys vital to funding" - via NY Daily News
Good: Farm-to-school programs...but "Most child-nutrition directors in this area are reluctant to make changes, citing USDA regulations and red tape." - via The Tennessean
Bad: Taxpayer dollars spent on fattening children - via The Galveston County Daily News
Actual health education and exercise? This would be out of the question in the US: "Yoga to be made compulsory subject in TN [Tamil Nadu, India] schools" - via The Hindu
Boy suspended for wearing shorts before 'April 31' (a date that doesn't exist) - via Southside Journal
Of course, government schools did me good, and I screwed up the private one. Ah, hypocrisy.
