Monday, December 31, 2007

Education News - 31 Dec 2008

SHREVEPORT, La.Scotty Amos stood outside the tent where the Shreveport chapter of the University of Alabama National Alumni Association was serving catfish and fixings to Alabama fans who came filing through the door in full crimson regalia. "This is the second year we've done this, and we're not doing it again," Amos said.
Source: www.tuscaloosanews.com

Arizona State University economist Tracy Clark said the lack of agreement among "best" and "worst" lists says more about the list-makers than it does about the Valley. "One-hundred percent of the time, practically, it boils down to wildly different ...
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



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