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...gets under way. Kids in classrooms are major spreaders of infectious disease; they get sick, infect one another, then bring the disease back home. That's why officials are trying to get the new H1N1 vaccine tested and ready for use as soon as possible - the longer America's schoolchildren go unprotected, the bigger the H1N1 pandemic could become. (See pictures of thermal scanners hunting for swine...
Obama, President Barack • Anne Lamott is tired of all the sucking up by to the enemies of • upcoming speech to nation's schoolchildren by inspires hysteria among the lunatic right...
...Senate floor, Kennedy furiously alleged that “Bork’s America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens’ doors in midnight raids, and schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of government, and the doors of the federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of Americans...
...Washington Unsparing with the Rod According to a new report by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, more than 200,000 U.S. schoolchildren were subjected to corporal punishment during the 2006-07 academic year, with disabled students receiving a disproportionate share. In Tennessee, one of 20 states where physical discipline is legal, children with disabilities were twice as likely to be paddled...
...disturbed to read about extending the academic year for schoolchildren [July 27]. The free time afforded by summer vacation does much for the mind, provided children have ample time to play, especially outside. If the issue is that low-income kids lose reading skills, communities would be better off implementing fun reading programs to keep kids growing. Childhood is a time of creativity and play. I'm not against education. I am completing my Ph.D. But I can't stand to think about my kids being behind their desks longer than they already are. Bethany Snyder, RESTON...