Education News - 29 Dec 2007

The University of Central Florida is headed to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. to play Mississippi State at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Source: news.yahoo.com

A 2001 University of British Columbia study found that 88 percent of children who had completed the Roots of Empathy program showed a decrease in aggressive behaviors such as bullying. "When empathy goes up, bullying goes down," Gordon said. The ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Anthea Lipsett rounds up the year's university news, which included a visa victory for international students, a proposed boycott of Israeli academics' work and the launch of GuardianResearch
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

Sally Smith, the founder of the widely respected Lab School of Washington and a professor of special education at American University, died Dec. 1.
Source: www.edweek.org

Children who are made fun of for being overweight may carry deep psychological scars because of it, according to The Boston Globe. A new Yale University study "found that overweight and obese children who are subjected to verbal taunts and...
Source: blogs.edweek.org