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What are we doing to the children? School Lunch Programs need improvement

5 hours ago ago from Atticannie's Blog

Good morning. I received an email last week about school lunches. It seems that the quality of the food, especially chicken. that is used in school lunches should be examined more closely. I subscribe to a service from USA Today that sends me daily briefings. This article  caught my eye. In the past three years, the government has provided the nation's schools with millions of pounds of beef and chicken that wouldn't meet the ...

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As schools abandon Christmas, Santa pushed out as well

17 hours ago ago from The Underground

More public schools are abandoning Christmas…and now they’re throwing out Santa Claus, too. After all, the concept of Santa is based on a real Christian do-gooder named Nicholas. Ironically, our “tolerant” society simply can’t tolerate this in the name of diversity. In continued efforts not to offend anyone, numerous public school officials have crossed a new bridge this year. They’ve decided that not only the religious ...

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By Derrell Bradford Deputy Director of Excellent E

22 hours ago ago from E3 (Excellent Education for Everyone)

By Derrell Bradford Deputy Director of Excellent Education for Everyone. The School Choice Advocate I was in a cab taking the long ride out to Northwest D.C. The sun glistened off the window and reminded me of one of my favorite Philip Larkin poems, and the drone of the street massaged the air around me. I went to an all-boys private school outside of Baltimore on a scholarship, so I am no stranger to wealth, or, rather, to other ...

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I’m quoted on “The Daily Dish.”

15 hours ago ago from Global Strategies

Andrew Sullivan is off for a bit at “The Daily Dish.” Conor Friedersdorf is helping fill in. He asked readers to email him stories that have been missed by the main stream media. I sent him the email below. He cut it and ran it h ere as the fourth, or last, cited response. Dear Connor, The main stream media totally ignored President Obama’s recent announcement before Chinese students in Shanghai that “the United States will ...

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Public Schools Elementary students told Jesus and Bibles not welcome

21 hours ago ago from Jeremiah Films: Christian-based controversial films, DVDs, movies, videos, books - Christian films on VHS and DVD

BlogWatch : Education Christian Coalition Blogs Elementary students told Jesus and Bibles not welcome A 3rd grade student in New Jersey was recently admonished by her teacher for reading her Bible during class quiet time. The teacher told the girl that the Bible was not "appropriate reading material" and ordered her to put it away. The girl then put it in her desk, but the teacher told her she had to put it "in her backpack", (to take it ...

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Dave Murphy: USDA Allows Meat In Schools that Doesn't Meet Fast Food Chains' Standards

1 day ago ago from Huffington Post

How is it that the United States can put a man on the moon, but can't seem to feed its children school lunches that are no healthier than the food served at McDonald's or Jack in the Box? In the past 10 years, more than 23,000 children have become sick as a result of hundreds of food poisoning outbreaks in our schools' lunchrooms. A recent investigation conducted by USA Today found that the meat served in U.S. school cafeterias undergoes ...

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School Board Approves 2010-2011 Calendar

19 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This School Board Approves 2010-2011 Calendar By Messenger Staff Reports Published: December 18, 2009 The Darlington County Board of Education approved the 2010-11 school district calendar at their December board meeting. The calendar was developed by a ...

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Ind. ed board to give schools budget cut options

23 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Ind. ed board to give schools budget cut options INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indiana Board of Education plans to give school districts a list of options on how they can collectively cut at least $300 million from state spending without laying off teachers, including the possibility of wage freezes. The board met Thursday to advise Gov. Mitch Daniels on his decision to cut at least $300 million in state spending on schools over the next 18 ...

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Some schools are dropping driver’s ed to cut costs

21 hours ago ago from Media General - WNCT.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Some schools are dropping driver's ed to cut costs By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press Writer Published: December 18, 2009 Updated: December 2009 MIAMI (AP) - Some high schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the ...

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EDITORIAL: Thumbs up to robotics team

18 hours ago ago from Media General - SCNow.com

Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This EDITORIAL: Thumbs up to robotics team Morning News Published: December 18, 2009 Thumbs up to the Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Awesome Possums robotics team, which is heading to a national championship competition in Atlanta in April after ...

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