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ACPA + Twitter on the BreakDrink podcast
The main topic for today’s BreakDrink podcast was the potential unification of ACPA and NASPA. ACPA President, Dr. Tom Jackson, Jr. was on the podcast to talk about his thought’s... . ...
The Student Affairs Collaborative blog
The Student Affairs Collaborative blog is a popular multi-author Student Affairs site. The SA Blog, as it’s popularly referred to on Twitter, contains a lot of relevant student affairs... . ...
Koichi, the Social Media Marketing Manager at eduFire and WordCamp PDX pal, recently sent me two free things: an eduFire t-shirt and a free month of eduFire SuperPass. While I am definitely going... . ...
The official OSU furlough numbers have arrived…here is the monthly furlough breakdown for 9-month and 12-month employees: 9-Month Employees Monthly Base Salary Rate at 1.0 FTE* Total Number... . ...
ACPA + NASPA + Student Affairs Technology
ACPA recently sent out an email announcement calling for applications for the ACPA Technology Advisory Committee: The ACPA Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) is a member-driven advisory committee... . ...
eduStyle Blog
EDU Checkup: Elon University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Durham College
Just a few things to say about this week’s round of sites. They were overall pretty good, nothing earth shattering but at the same time they didn’t fall flat on their faces. Elon University had a super clean interface and a pretty good amount of information about their programs. They...
EDU Checkup: Saint Michael’s College, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern College
What a great week, the first site Saint Michael’s College really felt dated. The site was designed for an 800px wide screen which makes it feel constricted. There is some movement on the homepage right as the page loads which is really distracting. The second site University of Notre Dame –...
EDU Checkup: Southwest Minnesota State, Saginaw Valley State, Carl Sandburg College
This week’s sites were all rated high overall. The first, Southwest Minnesota State University noteworthy this month did really well. The use of color, spacing focusing on the calls to action really drive the success of this site. The second, Saginaw Valley State University got right to the point, they remove all...
EDU Checkup: LaGuardia Community College, Scripps College, Monash University
It was a week of firsts. LaGuardia Community College had by far the brightest colors I have seen on an institution’s Web site. The site looked like a teacher’s store, especially with the apple in the top right corner. Beyond the graphics the larger problem was finding program information, it was mildly...
EDU Checkup: Royal Roads University, Freed-Hardeman University, Lutheran Theological Seminary
Three sites this week, starting out pretty good was Royal Roads University. The site had an amazing use of white space and positioning. Everything had it’s place and it was easy to scan. But diving deeper the right and left columns stay static no matter which page you are on....
EDU Checkup: Deeside College, Carnegie Mellon University
Both sites this week did a great job! Their scores would have been higher but the code category pulled them down. The first, Deeside College had by far the most calls to action I have seen on a college site. Every page had at least one or two buttons for next steps...
Joanne Jacobs
The Top Ten Myths of Higher Education?
I find this list, by Jay Schalin at the John William Pope Center, to be somewhat suspect. Let’s look at the very first thing we read (which, in all fairness, might not be written by Schalin): Here’s a list of ten commonly-held beliefs in academia that don’t square with what the...
“Get off my lawn!” “Kids these days…” “Nobody makes them like they used to…” Sometimes, and probably more often than we think, the grouchy old man is right. Stephen Zelnick examines one of the problems facing young men these days: As a boy, I revered George Washington and was not baffled by the...
Some of you may have heard of the high school that canceled its prom rather than allow a lesbian couple to attend. But in case you haven’t been following it… the lawsuit has begun! The lawsuit seeks a court order for the school to hold the prom. It also asks that...
The morning announcements will continue as before. A little context: Michael Newdow has made a cottage industry over suing various government entitites for using the word “God”. On Thursday, the 9th Circuit gave him a kick in the teeth over the Pledge of Allegiance. I obviously have a view (a positive...
Some $100 billion dollars flowed into public education from the stimulus bill. Now, $5 billion dollars in discretionary funds is being used by the DoE to try to leverage “reform” Andy Smarick at EducationNext tells us all about why the $100 billion wasn’t used for reform, and why this $5...
Stanford charter school falters
One of the worst-performing elementary schools in California is run by Stanford University’s School of Education, reports the Palo Alto Weekly. East Palo Alto Academy Elementary School, started three years ago, was reorganized with a new principal last fall. It ranks in the bottom 5 percent of schools in the state, according...
Infinite Thinking Machine
Live in Elluminate Thursday with Sharon Peters and Noble Kelly on "Education Beyond Borders"
Date: Thursday, March 11th, 2010Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT (international times here)Duration: 1 hourLocation: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your...
Live Interview Tonight with the Authors of Total Recall
Date: Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Time: 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT (international times here)Duration: 1 hourLocation: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your...
This Week's Exciting Live and Interactive Events
Below are this week's public, free, and interactive webinars through LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate.The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time...
Bernard Robin Live Tonight on Ditigal Storytelling
Date: Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Time: 5:00pm Pacific / 8:00pm Eastern / 1:00am (next day) GMT (int'l times here)Location: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed.The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is...
This Week's Live and Interactive Events at LearnCentral
Below are this week's public, free, and interactive webinars through LearnCentral.org, the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate.The time of the events below will show up automatically in your own time zone when you are registered in LearnCentral and when you have chosen your time...
Live Discussion with Susan Patrick and Mike Lawrence on Online Learning
Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2010Time: 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm GMT (international times here)Duration: 1 hourLocation: In Elluminate. Log in at http://tr.im/futureofed. The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. To make sure that your computer is...
Steve Kinney
Why did you become a teacher? I don’t know you, but I am going to go out on a limb and guess that you didn’t do it to shuffle paperwork. I am also going to take as a given that while you think measurable achievement is important, you didn’t take...
Using Data Effectively in Schools
A lot of schools just collect data for the sake of collecting data—without an actual goal in mind. They believe that storing massive amounts of these records will drive their instruction. Blindly collecting data, however, is taxing on teachers and administrators and ultimately more likely to overwhelm them....
WIll Public Schools Get Us Out of the Recession?
If you read enough news, you’ll eventually come across an opinion piece complaining that what we need is more innovators. For the most part, the author is right. We’re not going to get ourselves out of this mess through more financial wizardry. That’s just smoke and mirrors. We are most...
The iPad and the Problem With Technology in Education
We're at the point where the tools to change education has been around for years. Another shiny, new device is not going to be the key to unlocking a model of education that reflects the demands of the twenty-first century. The tools are available, now we've got to sit down...
Differentiating Instruction Using Technology
Differentiated instruction has been around for about a century. It’s not that no one thought it was a good idea until recently. It’s that it just wasn’t feasible within the industrial model of education. You know the one I’m talking about—30 students, one teacher. Unless you’re prepared to churn through...
The Atlantic published an interesting article by Amanda Ripley regarding Teach for America and The New Teacher Project's massive collection of data on what makes an effective teacher in the contemporary classroom. Highly recommended....
EdTechTalk
In a break from EdTechWeekly tradition, Dave and Jen explored their research projects and...
Bonus Edtechtalk Newsletter - service interruptions and community participation
Hi everyone I'm sending an unauthorized newsletter (I'll probably hear it from the newsletter team) to tell you about why edtechtalk has been a little weird lately (that is, in a technical way). We've been compromised by some irritating folks who apparently want us to be more informed about the pornography scene...
Welcome to this week's EdTechTalk (ETT) newsletter! This has been a fantastic week of outstanding conversations and professional development shared at ETT. If you missed the K12Online Conference Echo webcast on Tuesday you missed a fun time of learning and growing professionally. Special guest presenter was Jackie Gerstein who shared...
21st Century Learning #121: What does Blogging Look Like in 2010?
21st Century Learning #121 February 2, 2010 What does Blogging Look Like in 2010? ...
Instructional-Design-Live #9 - Student Perspectives on Online Learning
This week, we discussed the experience of online learning with two students at The University of Montana. Amanda Armstrong, an undergraduate student taking a fully online degree in Media Arts and Jamie Lockman, a graduate student taking an online political science course. Topics discussed include: ...
n the first half of this weeks episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers, we had...
Techlearning
Bronx Cheer by Christine Weiser, Managing Editor
I’ve been reporting on education for a long time. I’ve been to countless education conferences, reviewed thousands of press releases, and talked to hundreds of educators about how they are changing the lives of young people through the effective use...
New online, affordable SAT prep
Archipelago Learning has announced the introduction of Study Island SAT, an affordable web-based SAT review program. ...
Toby the wizard wants to fly. Learn how three items can help him accomplish this goal. Real world information and video can be found on this site helping to further explain the properties of flight.courtesy of netTrekker ...
New version of database software
FileMaker, Inc. has announced FileMaker Pro 11...
Web filter monitors and reports also
M86 Security has introduced a single appliance which provides filtering, monitoring and reporting capabilities to protect students from inappropriate Web and Instant Messenger use. ...
Interactive, collaborative digital learning environment
Follett Software Company has introduced Cognite™, a digital learning environment that integrates discovery tools, retrieval and communications. ...
the Sam Jackson College Experience
A Semester Returned, Part 3: You are HOW you eat (in China)
My dedicated readers will no doubt already be aware, but for those who missed a beat: I am currently writing a biweekly column for the Yale Herald about reflections from my return from studying in China last semester. The last column was about the way institutional controls on electricity and...
A Semester Returned, Part 2: When the lights go out, Beijing style
My dedicated readers will no doubt already be aware, but for those who missed a beat: I am currently writing a biweekly column for the Yale Herald about reflections from my return from studying in China last semester. The last column was about cats and other cute animals, and the...
Reflections on a Semester Abroad, a Semester Returned
I decided to try to write a column for the Yale Herald this spring semester about my time in China, since it didn’t end up working out that I would write one while there. It’s been a strange experience readjusting to Yale, and I’ve come to appreciate many things about...
That’s Why I Chose Yale – THE MUSICAL
I will keep this short and focus on the content here, folks, because it’s amazing. A few years back I wrote an angry letter to Yale Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel for not being forward-looking enough with the admissions office. I will soon have to draft him a letter of...
The Best Yale Course Review I’ve Ever Read
After each semester, we have an opportunity to review classes before we receive our grades. These evaluations are multipart and one aspect is to provide a summary for other students to read in future semesters. As I search for classes to shop this semester, the evaluations of past students are...
Shopping Period Spring 2010: First thoughts!
First, let me say it’s a pleasure to be back at Yale. I had a good time at PKU but it’s still nice to be back on home turf. That and many many many other observations and mentions aside: I’m shopping a lot of classes this semester, mainly because of the...
Technology Know-how
10 things you should cover in your social networking policy
As sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook become intertwined with business uses, organizations need to establish guidelines for employees on workplace access and appropriate usage. Deb Shinder looks at 10 key considerations that such guidelines should address. read more...
The most annoying Word features (and how to turn them off)
Word can be a little unruly sometimes, making inexplicable changes, inserting text you didn’t ask for, and hijacking your formatting. Here are some common stunts that Word tries to pull on unwary users, along with a cure for each one. read more...
2009 Higher Education Technology Leadership Study: The Chief Information Officers of the Future
The Center for Higher Education Chief Information Officer Studies has released the 2009 CIO report and the 2009 Higher Education Technology Leadership Study which provides information about higher education CIOs' attributes, education, experience and effectiveness. The data learned is beneficial to seasoned technology leaders and those who aspire to become CIOs...
California Digital Textbooks Initiative
Earlier this week California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger held a press conference at Calabasas High School to announce the launch of the California Digital Textbooks Initiative. Along with a host of school administrators from regional school districts, the governor explained the initiative and why he believed it would benefit both students...
Ambitious Vision, Limited Resources
As an administrator you've no-doubt been keeping up with the latest emerging technologies, only to be deflated when you see the complexity and cost of a solution you've been drooling over. You sit back and think "If we could only afford something like this..." read more...
Imagine if we could treat WWDC like we do birthdays or Christmas - Letting time crawl to a standstill over the nearing day as we wait with giddy anticipation until the moment of reveal, thus being utterly caught up in the moment. Alas, neither can I... It is too much to...
Christopher D. Sessums : Weblog
Sketching the Future: The Classroom and Play
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/csessumscom/~3/WtV3ifjZP98/ Escape from IDEO on Vimeo. Here is a video developed at IDEO imagining “a future shaped by electric power dependency – where schoolyard play offsets the cost of fossil fuel and kids take an active part in their powering their world.” What I found most disheartening is not the kids...
Building a Better Teacher by Design
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/csessumscom/~3/GIDR9j8FclA/ First, I want to thank the editors at the New York Times Magazine for featuring an article that focuses on teacher education (Elizabeth Green’s “Can good teaching be learned?” 7 March 2010). Since most of us attended school at one time or another, teaching and teacher education are always...
Designing the Future Without Us: A response to an essay by Trent Batson
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/csessumscom/~3/zFao7-l920Q/ This is article is written in response to Trent Batson’s essay As We May Learn: Revisiting Bush in Campus Technology. Batson argues: “We lack a coherent and comprehensive way to study media and learning that would help us make wise enterprise decisions instead of the constant lurching we’ve sponsored...
Using Participatory Media to Produce an Art Show
Recently I was thinking about ways to connect my classroom to the larger world outside our door. I noticed each morning on my way to work, a beautiful space in my building that was not being used for anything. Long corridors of empty wall space. Aha! A...
Empathy: An Overlooked 21st Century Skill
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/csessumscom/~3/njpoEZxoDyc/ Recently I was reflecting on the skills we want our kids to possess as they enter adulthood and participate actively as g/local citizens. Here are two major skill sets defined by Henry Jenkins, et al., and Tony Wagner: Jenkins, et al. (2006) 21st Century Skills (pdf) Play — the capacity to...
150+ Resources for Teaching and Learning
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/csessumscom/~3/z4fcl1wfl-c/ In preparation for my undergraduate course, Integrating Technology into the Secondary Curriculum, I have been sifting through hundreds of bookmarks in my Delicious account. I have started a document containing 150+ resources/links, many of which will serve as assigned readings and starting points for students. This collection of resources...
Bud the Teacher
Update: @EDPressSec Called Back
Just a short update – a little earlier today, I received a phone call from Justin Hamilton, one of the press secretaries behind @EDPressSec. He is in the process of getting some answers to some of my questions and asked me to pass along that he and the Department of...
US Dept of Education Press Office Won’t Talk to (Bud the) Teacher
I continue to ask of everyone I can speak with in Washington and in Congressional and government offices alike: What is the rationale for eliminating funding for the National Writing Project? It is a simple question, or it seems to be. But I can’t get anyone to answer it...
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An Open Letter to my Elected Congressfolk: Please Support the NWP
I sent slightly different versions of this letter to my legislators this afternoon. (I didn’t ask my senators to sign on to a House letter, for example. Nothing substantive.) If you support the National Writing Project, I hope you have done, or will do, the same. I would have written...
The Podcast: Purposeful Transparency
In today’s podcast, recorded on my way into town this morning, I talk about some of my learning and thinking from Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation. Specifically, it’s a chance to respond to a question Zac sent my way regarding just what I meant when I said in my presentation...
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Teaching That Sticks
PBS, that trusted acronym that brought us Sesame Street, continues to provide cutting edge learning tools with their embeddable activity packs. If you're a teacher with your own web site, web page, blog, or other media platform, read on!What's an activity pack? According to the site, "An activity pack is...
In a recent post (There's a Word for That) I discussed how English language is a dynamic language, with new additions daily. It's only natural, then, as new words enter the language, old words will fade away, right? Not if Save the Words can help it!Save the Words is a...
Apparently I am the last teacher on Earth to learn of They Might Be Giants, a really cool band whose song "Science is Real" is featured below. Lots of other great, more topic-related videos by that same group can be found on YouTube. (If you double-click the video below, it...
Good enough! I usually cringe at that expression, since it's typically an excuse for substandard work. But in the case of Alternative To, it's high praise!Alternative To is a site where you can enter the name of any popular desktop program or mobile app, and the site search will return...
Chess Rumble: Life Lessons from Chess
The English language is peppered with chess idioms: stalemate (a position of impasse), gambit (a risky tactic, often involving a sacrifice), checkmate (a measured response, leaving your opponent with no way out), rank and file (literally, the rows and columns on a chess board; often used to name the "lesser...
10 Places to Find and Share Lesson Plans Online
The following is a guest post from education writer Karen Schweitzer. Her previous guest post, 15 Free Resources for Young Readers, was a big hit, so I'm pleased to have her with us again. Finding and sharing lesson plans online can help teachers save time and engage students in new...
LeaderTalk
Reviving Reading: The Death of Reading is Not Enivitable
by Angela Maiers Reading matters to me. On a personal level, it is one of my favorite ways of spending time. In fact, reading is so important to me that I notice I'm less happy when I get busy with......
A Release Valve: Dealing with all of the information, ideas and projects
Supporting innovation and continual growth is an important part of the job of an administrator. Seeking ways to model and encourage integration of technology, building a vision for the future and staying on top of new developments and research can......
A month or so ago, Twitter colleague Dave Meister (@phsprincipal) sent out a tweet wondering if any of the educational leaders on Twitter would want to attempt a "virtual" meet-up sometime this summer. Being a generally social person who enjoys......
I have had friends ask me what I think of our neighborhood school, and my answer is quite simple. I tell them, "The school is only as good as the teacher your child has that year." I have believed......
Cyberspeech Common Law Foundations
As mentioned in a previous post there has been a recent trend of students facing school disciplinary procedures for off-campus activities and behaviors in cyberspace. It is the goal of this post to discuss 1st Amendment common law as it......
The Man of La Mancha and the Teacher's Heart
When I think back to my days in the classroom the most important moments happened when I looked past the hardened sneer of a difficult student to see them as they really were. It turns out they were rarely what......
Certification Map
The New York Times Magazine has an excellent piece profiling Doug Lemov, previously a teacher, charter school founder and currently an educational consultant to help teachers become more effective. With so many failed attempts in the past by the government, Lemov took it upon himself to make a change: Lemov himself...
During the last election one of the major issues relevant to my peers and I was Obama’s plan for education. As current students we realized that any projects Obama planned to fund and execute would have little to no affect on our college experience. However, it was still important to...
The Buck Institute for Education analyzed various educational frameworks relevant to the 21st Century. Why the 21st Century? I believe the digital age presents a unique opportunity for students to leverage their career in new ways, specifically by accessing online resources. I found the data visualization curated by the Buck Institute...
Expanding Your Instructional Strategies
The internet’s expanding collection of useful materials for education has just become richer. Take a look at Instructional Strategies Online that includes information across: Direct Instruction Interactive ...
Graduating in 2009, as I did, was a difficult time for many of my peers. The rough, volatile economic conditions forced many graduates to reevaluate their post-college plans. Without a job, what would they do? Find an internship? Start a company? Job hunt? Sit at home? Go to law school...
I remember in elementary school I was forced, or highly encouraged, to learn twenty or more vocab words for a weekly vocabulary quiz. The quiz would be a mix of fill in the blank, matching and context questions that I’d cram to study for the night before. As I think...
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Michigan 6-Year-Old Suspended From School for Making Gun With Hand
Story: Michigan 6-Year-Old Suspended From School for Making Gun With HandAfter pretending to shoot his classmates with his fingers, the 6-year old was sent home for the rest of the week. Hopefully during his suspension, his mom allows him to use his pretend pencil and pretend books to keep...
Teacher suspended over Black History Month photos
Story: 3 LA Teachers Removed Over Choice of Black HeroesOJ Simpson was a gridiron great who not only set several NFL records, but successfully transitioned into a notable acting career with commercials and movies. Dennis Rodman was one of the most prolific rebounders in NBA history who has been a...
Students Accused Of Trying To Poison Teacher
Story: GA Students Accused Of Trying To Poison TeacherWe can only hope that much like a Shakespeare classic, that the teacher was poisoned out of love...twice. ...
VIDEO: Tom Yorke Raps For Education in Indiana
If there is one thing we love more than shaking down the education system, it's teachers rapping about state tests... Brandon Curl, a 7th/8th Grade Science Teacher at Gary Lighthouse Charter School sent us this video. P.S. Is that Radioheads Thom Yorke at 1:36? You decide... ...
Teacher Accused Of Giving Student Concussion
Story: Teacher Accused Of Giving Student Concussion Throwing kids against doors might be one way to problem solve, but every silver lining has a touch of gray right? The teacher was probably aware that very few people who suffer from concussions actually die, but in the future, we might...
Mass. School Bus Driver Charged With Raping 8th Grader
Story: Mass. School Bus Driver Charged With Raping 8th GraderThere may have been a language barrier, but it clearly needed to be defined what the difference is between giving students a ride vs. giving students a ride. It probably got a little suspicious when the girl NEVER got off...
Education: News & Videos about Education - CNN.com
Today, in California and other states across the nation, students, teachers, faculty and workers have been protesting, striking, walking out of classes and staging sit-ins and teach-ins. They are protesting budget cuts, tuition hikes, compensation reductions, layoffs and privatizations affecting public K-12 schools and universities....
CNN Fact Check: How do California's hikes in college costs stack up?
Students and college professors in California and around the country protested Thursday over the drastic cuts imposed on cash-strapped state colleges and universities....
Contest win fuels fierce debate over race
What does it mean when a white sorority wins a competition that African-American fraternities and sororities not only created but also consider an essential part of their cultural expression? It means an uncomfortable discussion about race, history, culture and inclusivity that is not black and white....
Obama highlights federal funds to lower high school dropout rate
President Obama highlighted stronger federal efforts Monday to help lower a high school dropout rate that, according to the president, is undermining America's future economic potential....
Public college tuitions spike 15%, even 30%
Tuition at many public colleges and universities is skyrocketing, thanks to state budget deficits that have choked off funding for higher education....
Ohio State is No. 1 - in president's pay
Ohio State University is No. 1 again, but not in football or basketball. For the second year in a row, the school's president was the highest paid public university executive in the United States, according to a study published Monday....
New Globals
Uruguay Farm Photo #27: Coffee Tease
One day, when Tom and I were wandering through Nueva Helvecia, the former Swiss colony near our farm, we spied this promising-looking espresso machine. COFFEE! We were thrilled. We went in and ordered a cup each. Of course, the coffee machine was just a tease, an antique simply adding a touch...
Uruguay Farm Photo #26: Backyard Tarantula
For those who prefer a still shot to the video of the tarantula I nearly stepped on in our backyard recently, I offer this photo. This was taken before we put the camera on the grass and let him crawl over it to show everyone how big he is. I...
Uruguay Farm Photo #25: Pigface
This is Pigface. He is the lone bull in a sea of Holstein cows that sometimes graze in the lifeless field next door to ours. Usually, they get to stand in shoulder-high corn and munch happily all day, but sometimes, they get stuck in the dead zone, and come to...
Uruguay Farm Photo #24: Living Room (As Is)
This is where we spend most of our time when we’re not outside. We picked up the couch and two chairs for $75 from Julio, the guy in Nueva Helvecia who sells old furniture from his garage. We’ve been waiting for the remate (auction) season to start–that’s where people buy...
Uruguay Farm Photo #23: Daily Driver
I have no idea what kind of truck this is or how old it is. It passed us while we were walking in Nueva Helvecia (the old Swiss colony) and when we saw it parked a couple of blocks away, Tom had to take a picture of it. Sterling example...
Uruguay Farm Photo #22: Frog with Fly
This is one of the frogs that lives on our dining room window sill. Tom has taken to swatting flies in the morning and feeding them to the frogs. Part of our morning entertainment. This one posed nicely before devouring the fly gift....
BBC News | UK News | Education | World Edition
Schools 'force' young mothers out
Pregnant teenagers are being forced out of education due to a "lack of support", a children's charity claims....
Black fathers urged over children
Black fathers need to become more involved with their children to help tackle their social problems, an MP will say....
Lib Dem David Laws on what he has learned in life...
Her Majesty invented the telephone, say schoolchildren
Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz....
Is it a bad idea to send more children to university?...
Social care 'badly under-funded'
Adult social care in England is "chronically under-funded" and "severely rationed", a cross-party group of MPs says....