http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/school/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:16:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418016/posts <Members of the Iraqi Police hand out book bags with school supplies for Iraqi schoolchildren during a combined humanitarian mission in the Faylaq neighborhood of Kirkuk, Dec. 22. Photo by Pfc. Jessica Luhrs, 1st Armored Division. KIRKUK — To help with their education, three hundred Iraqi children near here in the village of Faylaq were treated to a surprise donation of school necessities, Dec. 22. In an effort to improve education here, Iraqi Police and members of the Atyah Women's Organization (AWO), assisted by Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, donated the school supplies for the children.This humanitarian... Multi-National Force-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418016/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:16:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417405/posts A leader of a Houston Islamic educational institution said Tuesday that the organization is investigating a report that the Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day attended classes here last year. Shaykh Waleed Basyouni, vice president for the AlMaghrib Institute in Houston and imam of the Clear Lake Islamic Center, said he has asked staffers to look into a report that 23-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had attended classes in Houston during a trip to the U.S. Houston Cronical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417405/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:46:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417307/posts Two Iraqi boys smile for the camera while recently visiting their new school in Ramadi. The Gulf Region District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers handed the school over to the Iraqi Ministry of Education this week. USACE photo. RAMADI — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recognizes the importance of education and places a high priority on school projects as part of their reconstruction mission here. With more than 1,135 school projects completed and operational, USACE finished and turned the Mazraa elementary school in the western city of Ramadi over to the Iraqi Ministry of Education this week.Paul Ijames, project... Multi-National Force-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417307/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:40:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416171/posts I AM a math teacher at Brockton High School, the site of a school shooting earlier this month. --------------------cut---------------------------- An alternative to lockdown is immediate exodus via announcement. Although this removes potential hostages and makes it nearly impossible for the shooter to acquire preselected targets, it unfairly rewards resourceful children who move to safety off-site more shrewdly and efficiently than others. Schools should level playing fields, not intrinsically reward those more resourceful. A level barrel is fair to all fish. -------------------------------cut------------------------ But as a progressive, I would sooner lay my child to rest than succumb to the belief that the... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416171/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:15:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415366/posts The National Education Association is recommending reading Saul Alinsky - This avowed Communist is being promoted Straight from the site of the NEA. Disgusting! They are excitingly promoting this Communist “An inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their community! And to every organizer!” even though this book promotes violence against Conservatives – this is right from the NEA webpage “Radicals are most adept at breaking the necks of Conservatives”. Please read their webpage - it is a promotion of this radical agenda and tactics. http://www.nea.org/tools/17231.htm It's time to take our kids out of public schools and we really need to... NEA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415366/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414460/posts A Willows High School student expelled from school for having a shotgun found inside his truck is getting some free legal help in his appeal. The National Rifle Association is providing 16-year-old Gary Tudesko with an attorney in his bid to be re-instated at Willows High School. At issue, does the school district's zero tolerance policy on guns make sense if there's no criminal intent. In his very first interview with Action News, 16-year-old Gary Tudesko showed us where he parked his truck on a city street on October 16th, minutes before class at Willows High School Was about to... khsltv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414460/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411513/posts The issue of concealed weapons has stirred up debate in Georgetown County. S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster said the county’s ban on concealed weapons on school grounds does not comply with state law. School district officials they will re-think the policy, which prohibits the possession of concealed weapons on school grounds even if the owner has a permit. The attorney general’s office said state law requires the permit holder to lock a weapon in a trunk, a center console or glove box of a vehicle. The district’s plan to work its policy has some families concerned. “If you have your... SC Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411513/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411088/posts An opinion from South Carolina’s attorney general is forcing the Georgetown County School District to rethink an illegal policy that bans concealed weapons on school property. Henry McMaster told the district that the policy, which prohibits visitors, parents, teachers and students from carrying weapons on school property including parking lots — even with a concealed carry permit — was a violation of state law. That law was approved by the General Assembly earlier this year and allows anyone with a concealed carry permit to keep weapons locked in their vehicles on school property. Rep. Thad Viers (R-Horry) requested the opinion... palmettoscoop.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411088/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:35:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410659/posts Teachers Force School Childen to Celebrate "Santa Diet Holiday" Instead of Christmas YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410659/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409119/posts WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2009 – Police in Iraq’s Babil province soon will distribute 2,000 backpacks filled with notebooks, coloring books, pencils and pens to the children in their province. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Byers shows a police officer from Iraq’s Babil province a backpack filled with school supplies at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq, Dec. 6, 2009. The 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team donated 2,000 backpacks to the police department. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The provincial police received the school supplies here Dec. 6 from their partners in the 3rd Infantry Division’s... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409119/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408781/posts Could you imagine being jailed simply because you decided to opt your children out of sex education? Well, this is exactly what is happening to a number of fathers in Germany. And, if certain forces in the United States have their way, such a policy could one day find its way to our shores as well. This story is unfolding in the German state of Salzkotten, where the government has decided that all children must be indoctrinated with a state-designed curriculum — including explicit sex education that most parents would agree is inappropriate for children. Bob Unruh reports on the... New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408781/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:30:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408685/posts Indiana's financial shortfall has hit the education sector. Gov. Daniels has sent the message to the state's education leader, that K-12 must cut $300 million from the state's funding because of a $1.8 billion dollar shortfall in revenue. He has asked for school corporations through out the state to find ways to reduce their financial output with out laying off teachers or increasing class sizes. His suggestions are things such as freezing wages and diminishing benefits. Huntington Political Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408685/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:34:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408572/posts Criminal justice instructor Michael Minto was leaving the Kaplan Career Institute in Swatara Township on Monday night when he spotted a man being stabbed, police said. Minto pulled his gun and ordered the attacker to drop his knife, police said. The attacker fled, and authorities said Minto’s actions likely saved the life of Dillon Mitchell, 30, of Harrisburg. If Minto had not intervened, “We might be talking about someone who died,” said Deputy Swatara Township Police Chief Jason D. Umberger. “There are not many citizens out there that would have the courage to take that action.” Kevn Forde.jpgKevin FordePolice were... The Patriot-News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408572/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:30:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382397/posts Arabic classes coming to three more Chicago schools Mayor Daley announces grant, says he doesn't see Fort Hood shooting stoking anti-Muslim sentiment November 9, 2009 By FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter The Chicago public schools will expand its Arabic-language program to three more high schools, thanks to a three-year, $888,000 federal grant announced this morning. Mayor Daley accepted the grant at Durkin Park Elementary School, 8445 S. Kolin, as he rejected suggestions that the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre could lead to an outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment. “I don’t think so,” Daley said. “Every day, in society, someone’s being killed .... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382397/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408216/posts TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - An 8-year-old boy was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after he was asked to make a Christmas drawing and came up with what appeared to be a stick figure of Jesus on a cross, the child's father said Tuesday. Chester Johnson told WBZ-TV that his son made the drawing on Dec. 2 after his second-grade teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of the holiday. Johnson said the teacher became upset when his son said he drew himself on the cross. Johnson, who is black, told WBZ he... AP via Brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408216/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:44:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407926/posts President Obama's "Safe Schools Czar," already a target of social conservatives for his past drug abuse and what they say is his promotion of homosexuality in schools, is under fresh attack after it was revealed that the pro-gay group he formerly headed recommends books his critics say are pornographic. The group under fire is the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which Kevin Jennings, now the assistant deputy secretary for safe and drug-free schools in the Department of Education, founded and ran from 1990 to 2008. GLSEN says it works to create a welcoming atmosphere for homosexual students in... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407926/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:16:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407823/posts A Taunton father is outraged after his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and required to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick-figure picture of Jesus Christ on the cross. The father said he got a call earlier this month from Maxham Elementary School informing him that his son, a second-grade student, had created a violent drawing. The image in question depicted a crucified Jesus with Xs covering his eyes to signify that he had died on the cross. The boy wrote his name above the cross. “As far as I’m concerned, they’re violating his religion,” the incredulous... The Taunton Daily Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407823/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407029/posts SNIPPET: "PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district Monday, officials said, as two soldiers and seven insurgents were killed in clashes in the northwest tribal belt. The pre-dawn school attack took place in Saddokhel town in northwest Khyber tribal district, where militants detonated explosives planted around the building, destroying all five school rooms but causing no injuries. "They are Taliban. They are the same people who do not want children to get an education," senior administration official Rahim Gul Khattak told AFP. Islamist militants opposed to co-education have destroyed hundreds of schools, mostly... (AFP) via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407029/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:10:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406775/posts Second Teen Arrested in Alleged NJ High School AttackBY STEPHANIE BARISH wpix.com 7:14 PM EST, December 12, 2009 SOUTH RIVER, N.J (WPIX) - A second teenager has been arrested in connection with an investigation into a planned "Columbine-style" attack at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne J. Forrest said the second teen is a friend of the 16-year-old who was arrested on Thursday. The suspect has only been identified as a 17-year-old boy who lives in Bridgewater and is a senior at Immaculate High School in Somerville. Last night, police searched the 17-year-old's home and reportedly found a wide... WPIX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406775/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406623/posts WHEELING - Ohio County Board of Education members will decide Monday whether to join 49 of West Virginia's 55 school districts in a lawsuit over health care benefits for retirees. Since 2006, school boards have had to record in their accounting books the amount of "other post-employment benefits" (OPEB) owed to their retirees. The figure primarily pertains to retirement health care and life insurance benefits. The Intelligencer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406623/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:53:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406197/posts The Saudi Arabian government will open an Islamic secondary school for hundreds of Muslim students and Christian converts in Dublin. These plans were revealed in Arabic on the website for the new Saudi embassy in Dublin. The Saudis intend to use the embassy to "further develop our political, trade and cultural relations with Ireland." The Saudi ambassador to Ireland, Abdulaziz Aldriss, said, "Many Saudi students have found Ireland as a friendly destination to improve their English language skills and pursue their second and third-level education." Ireland has a Muslim population of more than 40,000 people, but there are only about... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406197/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404383/posts MANILA, Philippines - Bandits have seized about 75 hostages, including elementary school students and teachers, from a village in the southern Philippines, an official said. Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. of Agusan del Sur province said 19 gunmen entered the isolated hamlet of San Martin on Thursday, a day after authorities chased them away from a nearby village. He said police were pursuing the gunmen, who appeared to be using the hostages as human shields to escape. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404383/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:45:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402873/posts The media is trying to keep this story in the closet, but it's important not to wink at all the serious problems surrounding President Obama's controversial "safe schools czar," Kevin Jennings. Mr. Jennings is the moral malefactor who gave a speech about how he merely advised a 15-year-old high-school sophomore who was having sex with an older man that, "I hope you knew to use a condom." He knew the boy had met the adult in a bus-station restroom. Mr. Jennings also expressed admiration for Harry Hay, a notorious and extremely prominent supporter of the North American Man Boy Love... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402873/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:01:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402448/posts A male student at Service High School was taken into custody shortly before 1 p.m. today after a female student was found stabbed several times at around noon. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. Alaska Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402448/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:39:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401299/posts The Chemsford, Massachusetts schools have been in the news lately, especially on O'Reilly because of the "holiday" festival controversy. As you recall, the Chelmsford school system went out of their way to remove anything vaguely reminiscent of Christmas so as not to "offend" anyone. Well back in 1992 the Chelmsford school system was not so sensitive to people's feelings when they put on a lewd, pornographic sex ed production during school hours at the high school auditorium. Some parents ended up sueing the schools. Here are some court documents pertaining to the lawsuit. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=95-1275.01A http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401299/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:18:48 GMT