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• Depression in Teachers Impacts Classroom Learning
• Shooting deaths of young Muslims leave North Carolina community reeling
• Glimmer of hope in eight-year battle to replace No Child Left Behind
• Prosecutors rest case in Atlanta school test cheating trial
• Study a Foreign Language Online
• The Daily Fix: Three Muslim College Students Fatally Shot in North Carolina
• Indonesia lawmakers drop virginity tests for female students after uproar
• 3 college students shot to death in Chapel Hill, NC; suspect charged
• Fear of missing out drives net addiction in Japan

Depression in Teachers Impacts Classroom Learning Posted: 11 Feb 2015 04:48 PM PST Elementary school teachers who have more symptoms of depression may have a negative influence on some students' academic performance, a new study suggests. In the small study, third-grade teachers who were struggling with symptoms of depression — such as poor appetite, restless sleep, crying spells and feeling like a failure — were generally less likely to create and maintain a high-quality classroom environment for their students compared with teachers who had fewer signs of depression. The research also showed that students who had weak math skills tended to be more affected by their teachers' depressive symptoms and the poorer-quality classroom environment. In contrast, the performance of their classmates with stronger math skills was not affected by the learning environment.

Shooting deaths of young Muslims leave North Carolina community reeling Posted: 11 Feb 2015 04:34 PM PST By Colleen Jenkins CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Reuters) - In post-9/11 America, Aya Zouhri and her fellow Muslim female friends who cover their heads with scarves say they are used to getting occasional dirty looks or ugly comments from strangers. "The way he said it was very much like, 'I'm actually worried something could happen to you,'" the senior global studies major recalled outside a room at the university where Muslim students gathered for afternoon prayers. Several Muslim students who attend the university said they have always felt safe and accepted in Chapel Hill, a college town about 30 miles (48 km) from Raleigh that is known for basketball and affordable higher education. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, was a University of North Carolina dental student, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, was preparing to start at the dentistry school in the fall, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, was a sophomore at nearby North Carolina State University, where the couple were both alumni.

Glimmer of hope in eight-year battle to replace No Child Left Behind Posted: 11 Feb 2015 12:29 PM PST The eight-year effort to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the controversial bill that sets federal education policy, has come down to a battle over testing and accountability among some odd bedfellows. To teachers' unions, the NCLB's aggressive testing regimes, combined with ambitious targets for annual progress, have straitjacketed education. Through its tests, NCLB directed attention to how to close the persistent achievement gaps between white students and many minorities. Abandoning NCLB's principles, they fear, could mean a return to a time where poor and minority students slip through the cracks and schools aren't held accountable for providing them with a good education or raising achievement levels.

Prosecutors rest case in Atlanta school test cheating trial Posted: 11 Feb 2015 08:17 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Six months after a trial began, prosecutors have rested their case against educators accused of cheating on standardized tests in the Atlanta Public Schools.

Study a Foreign Language Online Posted: 11 Feb 2015 08:15 AM PST Learning a foreign language isn't easy, but the flexibility of online learning could help simplify the process. While students can earn an online degree or certificate from different colleges and universities, online software like Rosetta Stone and free apps like Duolingo are also popular. Still, they typically allow students to take classes from any location and even balance a job and an education. With so many available options, students should first consider which type of class or program will most help them achieve their goals at the best price.

The Daily Fix: Three Muslim College Students Fatally Shot in North Carolina Posted: 11 Feb 2015 08:12 AM PST The police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, have arrested and charged a 46-year-old man in the fatal shootings of three Muslim college students, the Charlotte Observer reports. The question is, who'll replace him?

Indonesia lawmakers drop virginity tests for female students after uproar Posted: 11 Feb 2015 05:25 AM PST By Alisa Tang BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesian officials have dropped a plan to require female students to pass virginity tests in order to graduate from high school and apologized after sparking a public outcry, human rights campaigners said on Wednesday. Habib Isa Mahdi, a lawmaker from Jember in East Java province, said last week that the district council was drafting a "good conduct" regulation that would include a virginity test as many high school students were having pre-marital sex. Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, last year admitted conducting virginity tests on women seeking to join the police or military even though the practice has no scientific validity, according to the World Health Authority.

3 college students shot to death in Chapel Hill, NC; suspect charged Posted: 11 Feb 2015 04:40 AM PST A 46-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting deaths of three people in Chapel Hill Tuesday night.

Fear of missing out drives net addiction in Japan Posted: 10 Feb 2015 11:58 PM PST High school girls in Japan spend an average of seven hours a day on their mobile phones, a survey by information security firm Digital Arts revealed this week, with nearly 10 percent of them putting in at least 15 hours. "This is what we call the conformity type," psychiatrist and leading net addiction specialist Takashi Sumioka said. - 'Digital Detox' - Despite greater awareness of such pitfalls, the potential for digital addiction has multiplied, presenting a growing problem for today's teenagers -- the so-called Generation Z -- whose digital immersion started early. It's more difficult to see that someone has a problem." In a 2013 government survey conducted on some 2,600 young adults, 60 percent of Japanese high school students showed strong signs of digital addiction.

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