I couldn't help but thinking about Virginia Tech and Columbine when hearing about the Fort Hood massacre last week, though of course in those cases it was students not adults who were doing the killing. What resonated for me even more, however, was the sad narrative' [...]
Amanda MacMillan’s article last month for CNN Health, “Internet addiction linked to ADHD, depression in teens” highlights a troubling study from Taiwan pointing to widespread Internet addiction problems faced by adults as well as youth. This paragraph really got my attention:
Our culture practically mandates time online, he (Dr. Dimitri [...]
BIG BAND: The Tarpon High marching band continues to win accolades and awards. (Times photo, Douglas Clifford)
ONE PERCENT MORE: Tampa Bay area business leaders consider joining an effort to get 1 percent of area adults to obtain a college degree.
HELPING HAND: A consortium of [...]
North Carolina has figured out how to raise the number of adults with a high school diploma:
Because of a retroactive change in state graduation requirements, some students who didn’t pass the state competency tests as far back as 1981 may now get a high-school diploma.
In Forsyth County, an average [...]
Bremerton High School have pledged to avoid profanity, reports the Seattle News. “Dare Not to Swear” is the watchword.
Senior cheerleader Candace Alvear says it’s a chance to expand your vocabulary. “It’s so handy too, especially when you’re talking to adults. It makes you seem way more smarter and way [...]
If my school had $5000,000 to fight violence, I would recruit a cadre of twenty-something mentors. I'd survey churches and community centers for young adults in the neighborhood who would join this civil rights struggle for the souls of our youth. If potential community leaders had college' [...]
While 89 percent of Latino young adults (ages 16 to 25) say that a college education is important for success in life, only 48 percent say that they themselves plan to get a college degree, according to a new national survey by the Pew Hispanic Center. A report by [...]
The early childhood eduventure Jumpstart has teamed up with the Pearson Foundation to try and break the world record for adults reading the same book to children on the same day, October 8. You may not be named in the Guinness Book if you participate, but you’ll contribute to Jumpstart’s [...]
I was never concerned as to whether or not today’s school-age kids were going to be considered fully functioning adults someday; anyone who can seemingly mind-meld with a computer (or a cell phone or anything gizmo-ish), understand it, and make it work is probably going to do just [...]
