France's new medieval castle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10440300.stm
http://www.guedelon.fr/

A castle is being built deep in a French forest in an unusual experiment to replicate medieval construction techniques.

Don't you just love standardized tests, especially when they're developed by outside companies.

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1120ap_us_odd_error_riddled_tests.html?source=mypi

Mass. school district tests rife with errors
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The school superintendent in Springfield, Mass., has taken responsibility for tests given to the district's 11th- and 12th-graders that were rife with spelling, grammatical and factual errors.

CU Researcher Finds 10,000-Year-Old Hunting Weapon

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/24082591/detail.html#

The weapon, which is a dart, looks like a small tree branch, but CU Boulder research associate Craig Lee said the birch sapling still has personal markings on it from an ancient hunter.

Lessons From Harlem Take Root In Tribal Lands

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128106158

When community activist Diana Buza read about plans to clone the Harlem Children's Zone with government funding, she said, "Count me in."
But she's far from Manhattan; Buza lives in Cortez, Colo., and runs The Pinon Project, which helps low-income residents — many of them Native American — learn how to be better parents and find health care and day care.

History, with rose-tinted hindsight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8762969.stm

Why rewrite history books - to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative for the good of the nation, asks David Cannadine in his Point of View column.

Preserving Navajo History In Canyon De Chelly

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127575126

Every spring and summer, after the winter thaw allows, about a dozen Navajo families still return to their old homesteads at the bottom of Arizona's Canyon de Chelly. The canyon has cradled human civilization for thousands of years.

Schools struggle to meet new race-labeling rules

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2012155704_ethnicitydata19.html

Washington educators, leaders aim for progress with new tribal curriculum

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2012168195_sovereignty21m.html

Summer 2010 Rejuvination Guide from Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/summer-rejuvenation-classroom-resource-guide

4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_four_day_school_week.html

Good Question: What's The Value Of A H.S. Diploma?

http://wcco.com/education/high.school.diploma.2.1731858.html

Paleontologist for the Day: Head to the Hills and Dig Up Dinosaurs

http://www.edutopia.org/dem-bones

Lesson Plans from the US Census

http://www.census.gov/history/www/teaching_resources/lesson_plans/