Education

Post | 08/19/2008 8:25 am

Columbia Accused of Discriminating Against and 'Demonizing' Men

Anti-feminist lawyer says Columbia and other education officials are promulgating a ‘religionist belief system called feminism’

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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Post | 07/30/2008 11:50 am

UK Court Rules in Favor of British Teen Wearing Religious Bracelet to School

Traditional Sikh bracelet approved for Welsh School with "no jewelry" rule

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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Post | 07/25/2008 9:30 am

Study: Girls Are Just as Good at Math as Boys

Today girls across the country are taking just as many advanced math classes as boys, and they are performing just as well

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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Poll | 08/20/2008 12:00 am

How do you feel about school starting before Labor Day?

Love it Hate it Other (tell us below)

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HerTube | 08/14/2008 12:00 am

HerTube: Did You Know?

In the next eight seconds, 34 babies will be born. One out of eight couples married in the U.S. in 2005 met online. There are more than 540,000 words in the English language. Want to know more?

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

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Conversation | 08/05/2008 12:15 pm

The Vancouver Conversations Part One: A Few wOw Women Remember Traumas and Dramas in High School, First Jobs, First Children

Cynthia McFadden, Mary Wells, Lesley Stahl, Joni Evans and Liz Smith revisit the early choices and influences that shaped their lives

With Cynthia McFadden, Joni Evans, Lesley Stahl, Liz Smith and Mary Wells

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Poll | 07/11/2008 12:00 am

Should Spanish be taught as part of the mandatory curriculum in our elementary schools?

Yes No Other (tell us below)

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Conversation | 06/20/2008 12:00 am

The Desert Island Reading List

What would you take? Would you go for diversion or self-improvement? Join the conversation as the wOw women reveal their choices

With Jane Wagner, Judith Martin, Liz Smith and Mary Wells

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Video | 06/16/2008 12:00 am

HerTube: Go Ahead, Fail Me, Make My Day

Student outsmarts professor in this clever video commercial

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Post | 06/06/2008 10:04 am

Economic Outlook? Good. Education Gap? Not So Good. Unemployment? Even Worse

Bears, Bulls, Chickens and Pigs: wOw’s Wall Street Weekly With Liz Peek (Week of 6/2)

By Liz Peek

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Conversation | 06/02/2008 11:16 am

Good Luck, Class of 2008! With 1930s-Style Economic Turmoil PLUS Terrorism, Possible Nuclear Annihilation, You'll Need It

Candice Bergen: ‘They’re all apprehensive … but they’re the most energized kids and they’re very much of service.’ With special guest Kathleen Jamieson

With Candice Bergen, Lesley Stahl and Liz Smith

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Post | 06/02/2008 10:44 am

Commencement Speech Highlights of 2008 From Barack Obama to Will Shortz

George W. Bush, Barbara Kingsolver and James Carville: What do these people have in common? They’ve all delivered commencement speeches that are among the most notable of 2008

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Liz Smith | 05/30/2008 1:55 pm

From Sesame Street to Madonna and Cavalli: Summing Up the Merry Month of May

wOw’s grand dame of dish recaps the events of last month

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Edith Ann | 04/25/2008 2:15 pm

Life in the Little Lane: Edith Ann on Learning

I used to think learning something meant having the right answers

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Question of the Day | 04/22/2008 12:16 pm

Forty years ago, students shut down Columbia University protesting the Vietnam War. Have you ever marched in a protest?

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A Friend
Stopped by…

Three Women and a Baby, by Diane Clehane

After losing her mother, ‘wOw Friend’ Diane Clehane gains a daughter … and the courage to raise her

Reader Voices

Today 12:00 am

Who or what do you think you were in a past life?

I believe that every atom in my body has been recycled a vast number of times and probably, during the recycling, I was part of the interplanetary dust, a swirling nova, a bubbling primordial soup, a

— Sam Mirando

09/05/2008 12:00 am