Teaching tools for India from veteran US educator

NEW DELHI – He is in India with his bag of education tools. Veteran US educator Samuel W. Micklus says creativity and critical thinking are key to education as opposed to learning by rote and he is about to let Indian schools know how.

“Schools relying on rote system and learning by memorisation should actively …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Teaching tools for India from veteran US educator.

Brazil rethinks spanking: Bill asks parents to avoid corporal punishment or undergo counseling

Brazil kids’ bill would outlaw parental spankings

SAO PAULO – In Brazil, a swat to your child’s bottom could soon get you slapped with a warning.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent a bill to Congress on Wednesday proposing that Brazil join the two dozen or so countries around the world that have moved to curb … Read more : Brazil rethinks spanking: Bill asks parents to avoid corporal punishment or undergo counseling.

Illegal immigrants seeking in-state tuition rates hold ‘teach-ins’ at Capitol, White House

Illegal immigrants hold DC ‘teach-in’ to push bill

WASHINGTON – They can’t get citizenship or in-state tuition rates, so they’re taking the next steps – the Capitol and White House steps, that is.
A coalition of student immigrant advocacy groups in Massachusetts, Colorado and California on Wednesday launched a makeshift school in the nation’s capital, reminiscent of …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Univ. of Texas to consider taking former law school teacher and Klansman’s name off dorm

Univ. of Texas to mull taking Klansman off dorm

AUSTIN, Texas – The president of the University of Texas will ask the school’s regents to remove the name of a former professor and Ku Klux Klan member from a campus dormitory.
Simkins Hall, a two-story brick dorm built in the 1950s, is named after William Simkins, who … Read more >>>.

Montana school’s elementary sex ed plan draws outrage from parents

Helena school board gets earful on sex ed proposal

HELENA, Mont. – A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about gay love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue.
Helena school trustees were swamped Tuesday night at a hearing … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Montana school’s elementary sex ed plan draws outrage from parents.

Montana sex education proposal draws outrage; first-graders would learn about gay sex

Montana sex education proposal draws outrage

HELENA, Mont. – A proposed sex education curriculum in Montana is drawing outrage because it would teach young children about subjects such as gay sex.
Under the proposal for the Helena school district, kindergartners would be taught proper anatomical terms, first-graders would learn sexual relations could happen between two men or …. Read the original article  : Montana sex education proposal draws outrage; first-graders would learn about gay sex.