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Teacher's Time Vs. Pay

"Ever wonder how the hours American teachers work and the salary they earn compares to teachers in other industrialized nations? Well, the picture's not pretty. In this infographic courtesy of the Future Journalism Project, American educators work the most hours of all industrialized nations, but are the fifth lowest paid after 15 years on the job. Only Luxembourg, Hungary, Iceland, and Norway pay their teachers less."

Via: GOOD

School of One - Hybrid Schools

GOOD Magazine just wrote an article about increasing prevalence of hybrid schools with this incredibly interesting video. The School of One uses a myriad of technological tools to tailor each child's education to what will make them most successful. There have been a lot of discussions of education reform going around and there are many cases being made for restructuring how students are taught at the most basic level. As someone with a job involves very specific education plans for each student, it's really amazing to see how The School of One recognizes and embraces all the students different learning styles. Unfortunately, most schools in America don't have the type of money to get this amount of technology in a classroom. Would parents support such a different way of learning? Could entire districts succeed in this way?

GOOD: Kissing

GOOD Magazine put together some facts about kissing. The last fact really is the best though.

Born This Way

This sweet blog is full of funny and interesting childhood stories. Read on....

"Over at the blog Born This Way a proud gay Angeleno, identified only as Paul V., publishes childhood photos and stories from gay and lesbian adults. Many of the photos feature young kids innocently flouting heteronormative gender expectations with total abandon (see above).
But interspersed among them are pictures of children that give no hint about their eventual sexual identity. As Paul explains:

some of the pix here feature gay boys with feminine traits, and some gay girls with masculine traits. And even more gay kids with NONE of those traits. Just like real life, these gay kids come in all shades and layers of masculine and feminine.

The point of the project, for Paul, is reflecting the truth of growing up with a different orientation and, hopefully, showing today's gay youth that others have had the same experience."

Via: GOOD Magazine