Rise in US teen pregnancies proves information beats abstinence.New U.S. government stats reveal that teen births are up for the second year in a row. But when Bill Maher, on his show Real Time last Friday, asked his guest panel why that might be the case, or what could be done about it, the trio became suddenly mute.
Read more »Canada on Top in Sex Ed
http://thetyee.ca –
Category: Life Style Tags:
Are Farmer Suicides in India Your Fault?
http://thetyee.ca –
Deconstructing Dinner presents Palagummi Sainath, author of 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought.'In February 2009, Deconstructing Dinner descended upon Edmonton for a week of local and global food education. Every year, the University of Alberta hosts International Week, the largest annual extracurricular educational event on campus.
Read more »Category: Life Style Tags:
Why BC Schools Are Always Short of Money
http://thetyee.ca –
Study finds $135 million shortfall in funding, traces the source.
For years B.C.'s Liberal government has been bragging about the huge amounts of money it's pumped into the system. Premier Campbell has vowed to make this the best-educated province in Canada.
Yet the schools seem insatiable. No matter how much they get, it's never enough -- even though enrollments are dropping.