Care2 Causes � Education

Louisiana Approves Taxpayer Funding For School Operating “On Faith”

Judy Molland — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Louisiana has been hard at work expanding its school voucher program recently, and the results are alarming. This is the same state that four years ago passed a law that encourages teachers to critique science such as evolution and global warming, although there is currently a push to put evolution back in the curriculum. Now [...]

Why iPads Won’t Be “Made In America” Any Time Soon

Kristina Chew — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:21:03 +0000

At the D: All Things Digital conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook reiterated that he would indeed like to have components for Apple products made and even assembled in the US.

Is Young Adult Lit Too “Obscene”?

Julie M. Rodriguez — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:30:50 +0000

Books for teens contain a surprising amount of swear words – at least, so says a study by Brigham Young University social sciences professor Sarah Coyne. Looking at 40 YA bestsellers, Coyne found that the average teen novel contains 38 swear words – or, by her calculations, seven instances of profanity per hour of reading. [...]

Summer Vacation? Think Again

Ashley Lauren — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:00:35 +0000

On my whiteboard in my classroom, there was a countdown until the end of the school year. I would joke with my students every day that teachers look forward to summer vacation as much as students do. Of course, I didn’t go into the fact that this is not necessarily because we’re looking forward to [...]

Oxnard, California, School District Bans Mexican Epithet

Judy Molland — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:15:47 +0000

A Southern California school district has banned the use of Mexican epithets for indigenous people in a campaign to encourage tolerance and stop bullying. The Los Angeles Times reports that Oxnard School District, just about 60 miles west of Los Angeles, home to a large community of Mexican farm workers, has prohibited the use of [...]

Espresso Book Machine: Unlimited Possibilities for Readers

Anna Klenke — Wed, 30 May 2012 03:30:43 +0000

Despite the recent doom and gloom in the book publishing industry, which still mourns the fall of Borders and isn’t always quite sure what to do about Amazon or e-books, there are actually more books being written and published than ever. For bookstores, that means that shelf space is at a premium — and no [...]

Can Gym Class Make You Smarter?

Anna Klenke — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:30:30 +0000

Most people usually don’t think of the kids who excel in gym class to also have an academic advantage, but a small study conducted in Sweden suggests that physical activity in childhood increases learning ability. The positive effects of increased physical activity were still evident nine years later. Swedish researchers studied 200 schoolchildren over nine [...]

So Fresh and So Clean: Making Soap in Guatemala

Hudson Baird — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:45:17 +0000

By�Cameron Roth, Manna Project International As a Program Director with Manna Project International, we are not only entrusted to continue past teams’ projects, but also given the freedom to create new development programs in the communities where we work. I have been working on my own health project focused on hygiene and homemade soap, [...]

Breaking: Another 160 Girls, Teachers, Poisoned At School In Afghanistan

Judy Molland — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:45:07 +0000

And here we go again: another depressing story of misogyny in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, May 29, 160 schoolgirls and teachers were admitted to a hospital after a suspected poisoning at a school in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province. The female students, ranging in age from 10 to 20 years old, had been poisoned in their classrooms [...]

Viral Video of Quebec ‘Pots and Pans’ Protesters

Annie Urban — Tue, 29 May 2012 17:42:19 +0000

Protesters in Montreal who oppose the Quebec government’s planned tuition hikes and the new undemocratic Law 78 limiting freedom of expression have been taking to the streets daily and banging pots and pans. Film maker J�r�mie Battaglia created a beautiful video, called “Casseroles” set to the music of Quebec band ‘Avec pas d’casque’ that captures [...]