Archive for October, 2010
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Oct 18
Food grown by kids could become school staple
KINGSTON, Wash. — As the local food movement grows, schoolyard gardens are becoming nearly as ubiquitous in Washington public schools as, well, standardized tests. So it only makes sense that some of the homegrown grub makes it on to the lunch line. This school year at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge, students partook of school-grown [...]
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Bright Tidings – On the pathway to Man
The integrity of the child as an individual – indeed, the integrity of the environment – this is the mutual relationship of the two basic principles underlying the concept of the school as shared by myself and my like-minded colleagues. The very first lesson in the school ought to touch upon the meaning of human [...]
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Single-sex schools are bad for boys health
You might have thought that boys brought up in a single-sex environment would find relationships with girls difficult to handle. Now research due to be published tomorrow proves it. It shows that boys taught in singlesex schools are more likely to be divorced or separated from their partner than those who attended a mixed school [...]
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Oct 02
The Consequences Of Public Education – John Taylor Gatto
“After being named N.Y.C. Teacher Of The Year three times between 1989-91, John Taylor Gatto released his first book, “Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling.” Since then he has become one of the most prolific voices dissenting against our modern schooling system. After doing graduate work at Cornell, the University of Pittsburgh, [...]
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Stop ‘social services’ mafia stealing home-schooled kids from loving parents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf5XR7w9H-Y ” This is only one case in a global epidemic of child abduction by the state which is covered up by the establishment and mainstream media. Aside from the fascist control issue, the ugly truth is many thousands of children a year are stolen in many cases, through ‘offical channels’ to serve an [...]
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