Feb 6th, 2006 · Public schools are offering classes in Mandarin Chinese with an eye to prepare students for a future where China has an even greater influence in the world. But critics say the money could better be spent on basic skills, such as math and science.
Jan 24th, 2006 · Many American parents are toilet training their children earlier, returning to a 19th-century practice of teaching children to use the bathroom before they could walk. Madeleine Brand speaks to Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a Connecticut pediatrician and Slate contributor, about the new toilet training movement.
Jan 17th, 2006 · Sex with an underage student can end a teaching career and even lead to prison. But are the consequences the same if the offender is a woman? There have been a number of recent high-profile arrests of female teachers caught in sexual relationships with underage male students -- Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate contributor Will Saletan about whether female teachers receive lighter punishment than male teachers in similar cases.
Jan 16th, 2006 · Racial tensions between blacks and Latinos have developed recently in Los Angeles high schools. Youth Radio reporter Jennifer Obakhume visits a South Los Angeles high school to find out how Martin Luther King's legacy is taught there, and how those lessons are received.
Jan 13th, 2006 · Maliha Zulfacar left Afghanistan when the Soviets invaded in 1979. She now splits her time between a teaching post in California and one in Kabul, where she's leading an oral history project that she hopes will help Afghans make sense of the impact of three decades of war.
Jan 1st, 2006 · While debate rages in this country over teaching science and so-called "intelligent design," the Roman Catholic Church is in the midst of a renewed discussion over the compatibility of evolution and faith.
Dec 30th, 2005 · From teaching evolution in Pennsylvania, to the hurricane season in the Atlantic -- and a 10th planet in our solar system -- science captured the headlines this year.
Dec 28th, 2005 · A non-profit community kitchen in San Francisco is part of a growing movement to launch small food businesses around the country. Reporter Pauline Bartolone examines La Cocina's focus on poor immigrant women.