U.S. teenagers today are less hopeful than they were just five years ago about America's ability to address its most critical problems, from the economy and global warming to international terrorism. But a new survey of American high school students...
New York City is not only home to the nation's most diverse population, its public school system also has the largest variety of so-called specialized schools. These academies concentrate on everything from science and the performing arts to social...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 June 2008 School begins in Burma on Monday. But, few children from the cyclone struck Irrawaddy Delta will be going. The government has delayed the opening for at least one month in the hardest hit places. Lisa Schlein repo...
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Mr. Dewitt: Mr. and Mrs. Seaver. Please, take your usual seats. So, doctor Seaver. How's the world of psychiatry? Jason: Fine. Fine. So what about Ben? Mr. Dewitt: And Mars Seaver. Gee I miss your newscasts on channel nineteen. Why did you leave? Ma...
By Shahnawaz Khan Srinagar 26 November 2007 The Indian Army has left schools and hospitals it had been occupying in Kashmir. Although the move is largely symbolic and no troop reductions in Kashmir are planned at the moment, the transfer has diminish...
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By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 November 2007 Experts involved in a two-year program on disaster mitigation run by United Nations and other bodies aim to raise awareness at schools about the dangers of natural disasters, and how to react when disasters stri...
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Dearborn, Michigan 16 November 2007 There are some six to eight million Muslims living in the United States and many Muslim children attend public schools. For decades, Muslim families relied on Islamic Sunday schools to teach t...