http://dir.salon.com/topics/schools/?source=rss&aim=schools en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/23/china_s_tofu_construction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/23/china_s_tofu_construction/index.html?source=rss A rescue worker's lament while searching the rubble in Sichuan. Plus: Three minutes of no searching, in honor of the dead By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/09/unambitious_man/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/09/unambitious_man/index.html?source=rss How important is education in a relationship, and can we be happy if he is less ambitious than I am? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/07/creative_duty/index.html?source=rss I know I am different. I know I go for broke. What if my gift is rejected? By Garrison Keillor Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/09/19/september/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2007/09/19/september/index.html?source=rss Get a grip. We have passed the great test of a republic to survive the most incompetent leadership ever. By Matthew Fishbane Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/30/kozol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/08/30/kozol/index.html?source=rss Jonathan Kozol, author of "Letters to a Young Teacher," talks with Salon about why No Child Left Behind squelches learning and about reading Rilke's sonnets to first graders. By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/23/harassment/index.html?source=rss A certain 50-ish lothario lured a student into his office and made clumsy advances. Should a complaint be lodged? Carol Lloyd Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/19/day_of_silence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/19/day_of_silence/index.html?source=rss Not really getting the message, vandals and school administrators seek to silence the national Day of Silence. Lynn Harris Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/02/legotown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/02/legotown/index.html?source=rss Seattle after-school program temporarily bans the bumpy plastic building blocks of capitalist meritocracy. By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/30/battered_law_student/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/30/battered_law_student/index.html?source=rss I am humiliated and outraged and don't know what to do. By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/29/university/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/29/university/index.html?source=rss I'm an older student, and I could take a more prudent course, but... By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/06/academic_betrayal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/06/academic_betrayal/index.html?source=rss Advice for creative types everywhere: Grow a thick skin. You're going to need it. By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss Why do arts graduate schools, in particular, bring out our vulnerabilities? By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/01/creative_writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/01/creative_writing/index.html?source=rss I got into the hot creative writing MFA program I dreamed of, but now I feel I don't belong. By Cary Tennis Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/31/settling_with_the_dead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/31/settling_with_the_dead/index.html?source=rss My friend's father is just one more reason feminism exists -- but can we say that? By Sarah Karnasiewicz Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/31/hothouse_kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/08/31/hothouse_kids/index.html?source=rss The author of a new book about gifted children talks about the big business of "enrichment" and the joys of just being average. By Garrison Keillor Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/30/keillor/index.html?source=rss We're sticking the next generation with debt and an unjust war. Solution: We must cut healthcare for people with "Bush-Cheney" bumper stickers. By Mark Benjamin Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/29/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/29/torture/index.html?source=rss An Army document proves that Guantánamo interrogators were taught by instructors from a military school that trains U.S. soldiers how to resist torture. Page Rockwell Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/05/woza/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/05/woza/index.html?source=rss As education becomes out of reach for many students in the impoverished country, WOZA storms the streets again. By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/03/rosen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/01/03/rosen/index.html?source=rss Christine Rosen attended a fundamentalist Christian school, but the doctrinaire teachings -- and the scary sex-ed classes -- couldn't stem the tide of her questions. Page Rockwell Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/23/ethiopian_schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/23/ethiopian_schools/index.html?source=rss Poor sanitation makes it harder for girls in sub-Saharan Africa to stay in school. By Ayelet Waldman Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/22/homework/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/waldman/2005/10/22/homework/index.html?source=rss Today's 7-year-olds must do interviews, look through thousands of words, and answer 60 math questions in four minutes. This homework mania doesn't teach kids anything except that life is full of pain. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/10/03/unschool/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/10/03/unschool/index.html?source=rss Unschooling is a radical branch of home-schooling where kids control what and when they learn -- free of teachers, schedules and tests. Unschoolers say it's intellectually empowering. Critics call it irresponsible. By Michael Scherer Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/19/schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/19/schools/index.html?source=rss Texas officials want to waive federal rules that prevent schools from segregating homeless students. But advocates and others are crying foul. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/13/bankrupt_parents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/13/bankrupt_parents/index.html?source=rss Home mortgages, insurance and, above all, children are driving middle-class parents into bankruptcy, says Harvard law professor and author Elizabeth Warren. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 23 May 2008 12:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/10/01/johnstone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/10/01/johnstone/index.html?source=rss Computers can spark a learning revolution, says the author of a new study of technology and education. But how will we pay for it?