NFL analogies get tossed around all the time in the education world. And they get fumbled too.
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Palm Sunday Plea: Let Priests Marry
One of the best Roman Catholic priests I’ve ever known, Father Berns, was a widower. He had a mind as broad as his faith was deep; he served a dry martini but never a dry homily
America’s Holy War
To say that God is everywhere in American life is as much a statement of fact as of faith.
Mississippi teacher gets life for killing lover’s pregnant fiancee
A Mississippi schoolteacher was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for shooting and stabbing to death her lover’s pregnant fiancee in 2006.
Profile: Who is Robert Mugabe?
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who is scheduled to give a rare interview to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Thursday, is one of the most controversial world leaders of recent times.
Sunday school teacher to face death in child’s killing
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a former California Sunday school teacher accused of killing an 8-year-old girl earlier this year. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was indicted last month in the death of Sandra Cantu, a playmate of Huckaby’s daughter.
Volunteer fighters help purge Taliban in Pakistan
Sixteen-year-old Akbar Zaid dreams of becoming a teacher. But for now, his summer job involves holding an automatic rifle and hunting down Taliban fighters
Obama urges students to work hard, stay in school
One of the most unexpected controversies of the Obama administration came to a head Tuesday as the president delivered a hotly debated back-to-school speech to students across the country. Many conservatives over the past week expressed a fear that the president’s address would be used to push a partisan political agenda.
Why India’s Teachers Do Not Spare the Rod
My three-year-old son came home from a private preschool recently and told me that his teacher had hit him for not being able to color properly. I was shocked and angry