US/education/primary/public

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Reference

• Wikipedia: no equivalent article or section as of 2014-04-07

Blogs

• Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!: a blog about zero tolerance policies and overreaction in American schools

News

• 2014/06/02 [L..T] The Conservative War on Girls: School Accused of Shaming Girls for Wearing Shorts (Video) "Shaming women has become almost a sport in schools. Every day, it seems we are confronted with a new instance of a yearbook editing female students to make them less sexy or a girl being kicked from prom because it was likely that she was going to drive a crowd of middle-aged men wild with lust."
• 2014/05/29 [L..T] Utah High School Photoshops Yearbook Pics To Make Girls "Less Sexy" (Video) "Female students at Wasatch High School in Utah is under fire after selectively editing female students' yearbook photos to show less skin – without the students knowing about it."
• 2014/05/15 [L..T] Hedge Fund Titans Hum a Happy Tune as They Target Public Schools «Hedge fund flacks hail this growing charter presence as a new window of opportunity for underprivileged kids in failing traditional schools. But many educators consider charters a diversion of badly needed public tax dollars into unaccountable private entities that cream off top students and refuse to take in the most challenged.»
• 2014/04/26 [L..T] A Walmart Fortune, Spreading Charter Schools
• 2014/01/26 [L..T] Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism. "Thousands of schools in states across the country can use taxpayer money to cast doubt on basic science."
• 2000/08/18 [L..T] Wake up, parents! «Schools have already taken over the decision as to when and in what manner your child will be introduced to sex. Some schools are teaching various techniques of homosexual acts and some have gay activists visiting the schools, passing out cards giving the addresses of local homosexual hangouts.»

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• 2013-12-15 How much teachers get paid – state by state