Children – Putting Children Ahead of ‘No Child’
Washington Post – Regarding the Feb. 1 Metro article “Va. Is Urged to Obey ‘No Child’ on Reading Test” and the Jan. 30 editorial “Left Behind”: The No Child Left Behind Act is illustrative of what happens when those who know little about a topic create rules and
Ky. house fire kills 10, including 6 children
Seattle Times – BARDSTOWN, Ky. — Fire swept through a one-story house early today, killing 10 people, six of them children, and leaving two others hospitalized, authorities said. Most of the victims were dead by the time firefighters reached them, Nelson County
Six Children Among Ten Killed in Kentucky House Fire
WKOW TV – BARDSTOWN, Ky. – A fire department official in Kentucky says it looks like an explosion at the center of a house touched off a horrific fire this morning. Ten people, including six children, were killed. The coroner in the central Kentucky town of
A positive (top)spin on education
Christian Science Monitor – ST. LOUIS – A small white ball pops back and forth between corners of a table in the basement gym, fixing the children’s attention with its rhythm steady as a metronome. The demonstration by two competitive young table tennis players gives these
Family stands by mom charged in children’s deaths
Detroit Free Press – In a trancelike state, Jennifer Kukla heard voices before she stabbed her two young children repeatedly in the neck while they were awake in their Macomb Township home, she told investigators Monday. Kukla, who had been drinking and possibly doing