Texas schools to get controversial syllabus

Education officials in the US state of Texas have adopted new guidelines to the school curriculum which critics say will politicise teaching.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10141121.stm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126743261&ps=cprs

Conventional wisdom says that good teachers are born, not made. But Doug Lemov spent years observing highly effective teachers, and has developed a set of simple techniques that he says can make anyone a great teacher. His guide is Teach Like A Champion.

Historic Seattle: Viaduct work will reveal long forgotten neighborhood

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/419864_viaduct12.html

The Alaskan Way Viaduct and the First Avenue South onramp tower over a vacant lot south of King Street in downtown Seattle on Tuesday. The Washington State Department of Transportation plans to conduct an archaeological dig on the land south of King Street and north of Royal Brougham Way that used to be home to dozens of warehouses, hotels, saloons and boarding houses. The previous neighborhood was buried by fill dirt when it became a rail yard.

interesting article on autism

Disco dancing 'fixed something in my mind'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8660356.stm

Dressed in feathers and sequins and pirouetting across a packed ballroom, 10-year-old Jimmy Hobley is competing for the Disco Kid championship in Blackpool - the biggest disco championship in Europe.

The Neandertal Genome

http://www.sciencemag.org/special/neandertal/feature/index.html

A site put together by the journal Science about the latest updates.