School Psychologist Defends His Racist Comments About African American Kids
School psychologist, Mark Traina, is blaming “the liberal media” for a complaint filed by the federal government in response to various racist comments he made online, reports MSNBC.com. Traina who is employed by the Jefferson Parish Public Schools in Slidell, Louisiana in the suburbs of New Orleans, works with troubled students in the school system’s [...]
Sinclaire Coffer, a 17-year-old high school student with autism, is fighting to be allowed to graduate from North Springs Charter High School in Sandy Springs, Ga.,after the state Board of Education ruled against it, WSB-TV reports. While Coffer has passed every other portion of the states graduation exam, he has failed the math portion [...]
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While the benefits of physical activity among children has given rise to little, if any, debate, the benefits of midday playtime has. On one end of the spectrum some say that recess poses safety hazards and cuts into much needed instructional time; on the other end of the spectrum, proponents say recess may actually [...]
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Black and Latino students may be getting less critical, but helpful, feedback from teachers than their white counterparts, a new educational study indicates. “The social implications of these results are important; many minority students might not be getting input from instructors thatstimulates intellectual growth and fosters achievement,” study researcher Kent Harber, a Rutgers-Newark psychology professor, said [...]
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The stakes are high for a group of teenagers trying out for a fictional television quiz show called “Smart, Smarter, Smartest,” and competitive situations are a breeding ground for unconscious stereotypes says MSNBC host Melissa Harris Perry. The experiment is part of ”Dateline NBC’s” four-week series “My Kid Would Never Do That,” which previously captured children [...]
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The picture shows choir members from several six grade schools performing Tuesday night at South Cobb High School, while wheelchair bound Alex Pollard, also a chorus member, was kept way off to the side. Alex’s mother, Arla Jan Wilson, said she was just sure someone would roll him up to the group before the music [...]
Continue reading …Christian College Administrator Believes Gunman Who Killed 7 Was Looking For Her
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The college administrator at the California Christian college where a gunman went on a deadly shooting rampage said today she believed that she was the intended target – but had been teaching elsewhere that morning. Ellen Cervellon said alleged shooter One Goh, 43, dropped out of the nursing program at Oikos University in November but [...]
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Two Alabama teachers were caught cruelly taunting and abusing a 10-year-old boy who has celebral palsy after the boy’s mother attached an audio recorder to his wheelchair. The shocking recording captures two voices chiding Jose Salinas for his ‘disgusting’ drooling and reveals he was left alone with no instruction for long periods of time. ‘Why [...]
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Parents of two pupils are suing New York City after they claim five-year-olds in a kindergarten class took their clothes off and ‘kissed and touched each other intimately’ under their desks while the teacher was in the classroom. The activity is said to have taken place at the elementary school in Amsterdam Avenue, Washington Heights, [...]
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