Spanish town to pay kids to read
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NOBLEJAS, Spain Â A small-town Spanish mayor concerned about a high dropout rate in local schools has devised a way to keep kids studying Â pay them.
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If you want to make money go to where the people are paying.
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Press '3' to read this story or hold for a hack
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Lance Knobel: "I'd install FlickrFan in every middle school and high school social studies class. I guarantee it would provoke endless discussion and ensure engagement in the issues of the day." I totally agree. It would be great to see it at checkout lines in supermarkets and on kiosks in BART stations too.
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Rumbo del Valle will cover Starr, Cameron and Hidalgo counties in South Texas and will have the potential of reaching up to 800,000 Hispanic readers.
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A children's book about life in Cuba has parents and school board members demanding its removal from district libraries even though it only features wholesome topics.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Schools in low-income areas could be getting some extra money that would help make up for fee waivers granted to students coming from poverty-stricken homes.
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The $4.2 million Davis School District book scam is just another example of why classrooms in Utah don't have enough money. A number of years ago it was two Salt Lake County school districts that cheated our students out of books.
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By Serena Lei, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 4--Spanish and Latin instructor Erin Agren will be at the Launching Success Learning Store on Saturday to talk about teaching foreign languages to young kids.
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This childrenâs reading-readiness series on PBS uses fairy tales to communicate the power of reading. But they are fractured fairy tales.
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New products will include a free Acrobat reader with reviewing capabilities.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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When freelance writer Wang Jian shops for toys for her 5-year-old son, she's happy to pay extra for Legos blocks and Japanese-brand train sets.
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Yes Virginia, there is money to be made in web publishing, especially stock market and trading news! The news will invigorate bloggers and news publishers everywhere.
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MySpace is getting into the book business.
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Primary schools in England will receive about Â£340 each next year to make language lessons compulsory.
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If Doreen Seelig pocketed all the money she has spent on classroom supplies over 35 years as a teacher &#151; the printer cartridges, the paper, the pencils and the paperback books lent to her Venice High School students &#151; she figures she would have a new car by now.