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Apr 9, 2007 10:42 AM CDT

India Short On Skilled Workers

Despite the tech boom, a third of the country is still illiterate

(Newser) - Why is India short on skilled labor when it's teeming with Ph.D.s? While the staggering growth of its tech industry seems to have put the country in the running for the world’s next superpower, James Surowiecki observes that the Bengal tiger could be made of paper. Thirty...

Islamic Scholars Need U.S.

Apr 6, 2007 4:27 PM CDT

Islamic Scholars Need U.S.

Freedom fosters faith and scholarship

(Newser) - The Iraq war may be unforgiveable, but America has given Islam a priceless gift: a haven for Muslim scholarship, says a professor at the University of Deleware. "Muslim scholars have always maintained that true happiness comes from the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge," writes M. A. Muqtedar Khan....

NYC Pays Kids To Go to School

Mar 30, 2007 8:17 AM CDT

NYC Pays Kids To Go to School

Cash bonuses to poor families for attendance, grades, holding jobs

(Newser) - Forget gold stars: poor New York City kids who attend class regularly or improve grades will get cash rewards. Mayor Michael Bloomberg tells the New York Times the program, which could net a low-income family up to $5,000 a year, is akin to sales bonuses in the private sector.

Day Care Kids Learn to Act Up

Mar 26, 2007 10:55 AM CDT

Day Care Kids Learn to Act Up

Study finds preschoolers in day care

(Newser) - Day care centers enlarge kids' vocabularies--and teach them how to act up, too, says a study that’s followed 1,300 children from birth through 6th grade. Although parental guidance and genes were the strongest predictor of behavior, who attended day care as preschoolers were slightly more likely to be...

V-Word Gets
Teens Suspended

Mar 8, 2007 2:11 PM CST

V-Word Gets Teens Suspended

"Vagina Monologues" excerpt deemed too racy for children in audience

(Newser) - Three high school girls in a New York City suburb were suspended for reciting the word "vagina" in an excerpt of the "The Vagina Monologues" during a school open-mic night. Faculty had instructed the 16-year-old honors students to delete the word, in deference to children in the audience,...

Lawsuits Aimed at Swapping Students

Mar 5, 2007 10:40 PM CST

Lawsuits Aimed at Swapping Students

Record honchos hit college campuses to make the music stop

(Newser) - The recording industry is bringing out the big guns in its battle to stop illegal music downloads, threatening to sue hundreds of college students each month if they don't stop swapping swiped tunes. The kids need to be taught some download etiquette, says RIAA President Cary Sherman. "Remember...