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97-Year-Old Teacher Still in Class in New Jersey [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsNinety-seven-year-old Agnes Zhelesnik teaches preschool at the Sundance School in North Plainfield, N.J. She is the oldest teacher in the country and still going strong. ...
Former Principal's Nonprofit Promotes Education in Ethiopia
By not in system - AOL NewsIn a world of nearly 7 billion human beings, a former elementary school principal on Long Island proved once again that a single person can make a big difference. In this case, she helped tens of thousands a world away. Helen Boxwill's nonprofit organization, H² Empower, which aims to empower people through education and sustainable development, has focused its efforts on Hosanna, a rural agricultural area in southern Ethiopia with 30,000 school-age children. When Boxwill first arrived in Hosanna in 2003, as part of a non-governmental organization program called International Foundation for ...
Kindergartners in Maine to Receive iPad [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsEvery kindergarten student in Auburn, Maine, will receive an iPad 2 in an effort to make children more digitally literate. ...
Donate to Education Charity, and Stephen Colbert Will Sing 'Friday' [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsIt's a premium far better than anything a PBS pledge drive could offer: Help Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert raise money for the education nonprofit DonorsChoose.org, and Colbert will sing the song everybody loves to hate: Rebecca Black's "Friday." DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that allows donors to select which education project to fund. Fallon and Colbert, hosts of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and "The Colbert Report," respectively, recently announced that they've become "best friends for six months" and have been busy donating each other's time and money. Last week, Colbert ...
Honduran President Threatens to Fire Striking Teachers
By not in system - AOL NewsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Sunday threatened to fire teachers if they continue a three-week-old strike that has aggravated divisions caused by a 2009 coup. Teachers who fail to show up in classrooms Monday will be suspended without pay, according to the president's decree, which was read on radio and television stations. If teachers don't appear by April 4, they will be fired. Lobo said he has the power to dissolve the teachers' unions for backing the strike. The protesters oppose a proposed law that would give parents oversight of schools and they say the ...
Do Google Apps Discriminate Against the Blind? [VIDEO]
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'No Child Left Behind' Overhaul Deadline: September 2011? [VIDEO]
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Florida Education Bill Revives Evolution Debate
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA controversial bill in the Florida Senate that would require teachers to offer a "thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution" has kicked up the latest battle over evolution. The language is subtle, but critics say the bill is a clear bid by the backers of intelligent design to chip away at the credibility of evolution without inviting the ire of a court battle. "They're afraid that if they bring up intelligent design they will set themselves up for a court case," Joe Wolf, the president of Florida Citizens for Science, a group that supports evolution, ...
Teacher Resigns After Student Finds Out About Her Porn Star Past
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsIt's the history lesson one Missouri teacher hoped she would never have to cover. St. Louis science teacher Tera Myers stepped down Friday after a student confronted her about her past working as an actress in X-rated films. The 38-year-old Parkway North High School educator -- who starred in pornographic videos in the 1990s under the name Rikki Andersin -- has been placed on administrative leave, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She will be paid through the rest of the school year but will not teach classes or return to her post next year. Myers decided to resign "out of ...
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