Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

19 Sep 2011 16:11

tags

U.S.: Study shows children may need a repeat vaccination

  • 3 year time-frame for whooping-cough vaccine; kids need to re-up source
  • » Or hope everybody covers their mouths? The study, presented by lead researched Dr. David Witt at an infectious diseases conference in Chicago, determined that the vaccine’s effectiveness drops off dramatically three years from when it was administered — compared to a recently vaccinated child, for example, the odds of infection are nearly twenty times higher. This has bolstered support for mandating a repeat of the vaccination for public schoolchildren, as California notably experienced a whooping-cough outbreak last year that killed ten babies. Of course, mandated vaccinations are oft-considered controversial, at times based on scurrilous reasoning.
Posted by Chris Tognotti • 0 Comments • Permalink

07 Apr 2011 11:14

tags

U.S.: A few reasons why Cathie Black is out as NYC’s schools chancellor

  • >100 number of days media exec Cathie Black worked as chancellor of NYC public schools
  • 17% her approval rating according to a NY1-Marist poll taken on Monday (really bad)
  • 23% of those polled didn’t even know who she was or had never heard of her (even worse) source
  • » Her experience? Nonexistent. While Black has had a wide and varied career in the media industry, having been chairman of Hearst Magazines and a former president and publisher of USA Today, none of that stuff suggests she knows all that much about running the country’s biggest school district. Which might’ve been her undoing. Actually, let’s just say it was.
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

17 Mar 2011 23:34

tags

U.S.: Elementary student brings a little coke to show and tell. Oops.

  • It is unusual to have elementary school students using cocaine. However, it’s not that unusual for young students to try substances.
  • National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse spokesperson Susan E. Foster • Discussing the wonderful incident in DC’s public school system today. See, some elementary student brought cocaine with him to class to share with his classmates. They tried it and got so sick that they had to be hospitalized. Meanwhile, DC’s unshakable reputation of having the worst school system in the country continues unabated. WHERE ARE YOU MICHELLE RHEE? *single tear* source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 Mar 2010 10:43

tags

U.S.: This woman’s changing mind collectively annoying educators

Diane Ravitch, a former Bush Sr. staffer who was a massive education reform wonk, no longer supports No Child Left Behind or other things she used to. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
 
top tags