An Arizona high school cheerleading squad’s efforts to raise money for breast cancer research has been a bumpy ride, the Huffington post reports. When Gilbert High School cheerleaders revealed the pink T-shirts they were planning to wear at the next two football games as they cheer and raise money from spectators, the administration issued a ban on the shirts for their “objectionable slogan,” the Arizona Republic reports. The shirts say “Gilbert Cheer” on the front and “Feel For Lumps, Save Your Bumps” on the back, featuring the recognizable pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the cheerleaders were hoping to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure…
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Are schools teaching the wrong lessons about 9-11?
What should teachers be discussing with their students to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks? Asks the Washington Post. It may seem like a simple question, but a report just issued by the nonprofit Thomas B. Fordham Institute explains why it has become a complicated issue—and why some of the lessons being given by teachers across the country are missing the point. Chester E. Finn Jr., the author of the introduction to the report, which is entitled “Teaching about 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know,” writes that too many teachers are giving lessons that give short shrift to the history of the event and the way American society has changed as a result…
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