Staying in the martial vein, great Michael Winerip look at ROTC on campus from The Times.
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Via the Philly.com Notebook.
Thanks to BS for passing this along. A sure sign of the Apocalypse, indeed.
The Great Recession has scrambled the timetable for the large-scale economic change already underway, the result of the surge in the number of highly educated women. The two forces, the recession and education gender imbalances, are somewhat related but have definitely become intertwined. Social trends that I consider important, the [...]
Pinellas County schools began administering vaccinations for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, on Monday, but some students who thought they were all ready to get a shot didn't get one.
That's because their parents had not signed an updated online consent form that was posted on the district's website Friday,' [...]
Schools have become ground zero for the war against swine flu.
They're the place to go for vaccinations. They've made plans to provide alternative education if too many kids get sick. They advise all children to cough into their elbow, wash their hands frequently and use hand [...]
This happens a lot. Wine is the only type of alcohol that comes in a container that requires its own special tool to open. Other alcohols don't even have basic child-proofing. So, when you're smashed out of your mind and caught without a corkscrew, it [...]
From a district press release:
The H1N1 vaccine program is voluntary and requires a completed screening form and signed parent consent form. Vaccines will be offered at elementary, middle and high schools, as well as charter schools. Parents of elementary students are encouraged to be present when their children receive the immunization. [...]
