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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 7 reports

Sex education 'must counter porn'

In an age when "extremely violent and sadistic imagery is two clicks away", school sex education is struggling to keep pace, a study suggests. Relationship and sex education should be compulsory in all schools and include time for pupils to discuss the ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 57 mins ago]

Entities: Pornography, Sex, Education, Sue Berelowitz

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 11 reports

Institute of Medicine

Report: Nation’s children need to get more physical

WASHINGTON — The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that U.S. public schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and that physical education become a core subject.The report, released ... [Published Seattle Times - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Institute of Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Education, Obesity, University of Texas Medical Branch

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 6 reports

Lincoln Chafee

RI education board approves arming university cops

Police at the could soon be carrying firearms following a vote Thursday by state education officials to end Rhode Island's distinction as the only state to prohibit police on public campuses from carrying guns. The Rhode Island voted 8-1 to allow leaders ... [Published Sify - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Police, Colleen Callahan, Lincoln Chafee, Nightingale, Higher Education

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 reports

Clay Christensen takes closer look at how online learning will disrupt K-12 education

When you first hear disruptive economics guru Clayton Christensen’s prediction that by 2019 half of all K-12 classes will be taught online , it’s easy to wonder if brick-and-mortar schools as we know them are on their way out.But a new study released ... [Published GigaOM - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Clay Christensen, Clayton Christensen, Education, Invention

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 11 reports

Women call for respect in sex ed

The End Violence Against Women (EVAW) coalition called today for sex and relationship education to be compulsory in secondary schools. ... [Published Morning Star Online - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Sex, Coalition, Education

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 6 reports

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

‘Education is our top priority’

Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that more than 7 billion rupees will be spent on education during next 5 years as education was their top priority. He said that PML-N government will welcome opposition’s ... [Published Pakistan Today - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan Muslim League (N), Education, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 15 hours ago - 9 reports

Senate approves sex education bill

Springfield The Illinois Senate approves a sex education bill. Senators passed the proposal yesterday, which would revamp sex education in Illinois public schools. The bill would have schools include information about contraception and STD's, while still ... [Published WAND TV - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Sex, Education, Abstinence

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 3 reports

Call for early money education

Children have an understanding of money from the age of seven, says a studyMost children's money habits have been formed by the time they reach seven years old, research from a Government-backed body has found.The Money Advice Service (MAS) urged parents ... [Published MSN UK - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Education, AdvICE™, Caroline Rookes, University of Cambridge, Illustrator

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 12 reports

Readers Forum: Keith Ballard: Common Core would boost academic rigor

School is more than learning your ABCs and how to solve quadratic equations. We know that learning how to think critically, work cooperatively, and solve problems creatively are among the most important skills children need to be good citizens, contributing ... [Published Tulsa World - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Keith Ballard, Tulsa, Education

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 6 reports

Lawmakers wrap up education reform

Z By MiKE WISER, michael.wiser@lee.net Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier12 minutes ago • By MiKE WISER, michael.wiser@lee.netDES MOINES --- Iowa lawmakers approved a sweeping reform package Wednesday which changes the way thousands of teachers across the ... [Published Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Education, State Education, Des Moines (Iowa, United States)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 5 reports

Memphis City Schools arrive at road's end

Students demonstrated the usual end-of-the-school-year glee at Memphis City Schools on Wednesday.The first day of the unified districtâs 2013-14 fiscal year on July 1 will mark the end of a long and arduous process that began in December 2010 when a slim ... [Published Memphis Commercial Appeal - May 23 2013]

Entities: Memphis (Tennessee, United States), Education, Demographics, Mergers & Acquisitions

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

5/23/2013: NATION: Only trained educators should teach in schools: SC

NEW DELHI: Only trained persons should beallowed to impart education in schools, the Supreme Court today said while questioning recruitment of ad-hoc primary teachers by states without following qualification criteria. A bench of justices B S Chauhan ... [Published Hindustan Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Education, New Delhi (India), Supreme Court

Quotes

Public Relations Officer at the IOJ, Mishka Mcreath, said, "Despite the economic challenges we still have to give back. We can't just think about ourselves, and as a cultural agency, we have to reach people wherever they are."

Corporations get to work [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 4 mins ago]

Damion Crawford, member of parliament for the area, was on hand for the launch of these programmes at Little Copa, Bull Bay, on Tuesday. "We are pleased that Red Stripe is doing this well-needed capacity building in this constituency. We recognise that our country can only develop with these partite collaborations. I urge all participants to make the best of this. While this is free for you, it is a major investment made by a company that recognises the value of education in a country's development. Take advantage of this opportunity as it is better to be prepared and unemployed than to be unprepared and unemployed" he said

Red Stripe to offer skills training to more than 1,000 [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 4 mins ago]

"I think Google Fiber helped us a lot, because we're kind of a micro version of that, Mr. Girvan said. "We don't have to do a lot of education. Our customers have heard what Google is doing in Kansas City, so when they hear we're building something similar, they want to sign up.""

Electric co-op brings fiber to the home [Published Individual.com - 8 mins ago]

Susan Brown, a university spokeswoman who attended the event, said Columbia is "continually engaging in efforts to expand and diversify its regional studies programs."

Africans speak out on middle east studies [Published Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - 8 mins ago]

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Blogs

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Tell UKIP that it holds the key to the future o... [Published Security Bloggers Network - 1 hour ago] Let me explain why UKIP MEPs (and their allies in other member states) may well determine the future of EU Internet regulation and what is at stake if they do. I have attended a number of recent meetings on the EU Cyber Security strategy. There is ...
Going global: The Guardian newspaper announces ... [Published The Next Web - 1 hour ago] British national daily newspaper The Guardian has unveiled plans to create a new global online identity, one that will serve as a home for its various digital properties around the world.The Guardian’s publisher, Guardian News & Media, announced it is ...
Going global: The Guardian newspaper announces ... [Published The Next Web - 2 hours ago] British national daily newspaper The Guardian has unveiled plans to create a new global online identity, one that will serve as a home for its various digital properties around the world. The Guardian’s publisher, Guardian News & Media, announced ...
Clashes in Lebanon Feed Fear of Syria Spillover [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - 3 hours ago] (BEIRUT) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised the five-day ...
Clashes in Lebanon Feed Fear of Syria Spillover [Published The China Blog - 3 hours ago] (BEIRUT) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port city of Tripoli in years. The battles raised the five-day ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Schools set alight in Stockholm violence [Published BBC News Video - World - 5 hours ago]
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Commencement Address [Published UC Berkeley Events - YouTube - 15 hours ago]

Press Releases

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