Colgate students in the Dominican Republic for a COVE alternative winter break trip work on a garden.

Sometimes the most rewarding journeys are those you take for someone else.

Colgate students participating in alternative winter break trips through the Max Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) traveled on humanitarian missions to the Dominican Republic, West Virginia, and New Orleans in December.

In the Dominican Republic, students worked with the Community Service Alliance to help build vegetable gardens for families affected by HIV/AIDS.

“It is intended to provide a sustainable nutritional supplement to patients living on a diet that most often lacks ideal nutritional content,” said Margaret Hynes ‘13. “As a

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Staff at a Leicestershire secondary school have been told it is failing and could now become an academy.

William Bradford Community College, in Earl Shilton, has been placed in special measures – the lowest category – by Ofsted following an inspection in November.

Inspectors said in their report, which has just been made available, the school was inadequate and teaching was poor.

However, head teacher Caroline Churchill said staff were determined to raise standards and progress was already underway.

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ALBANY – Three straight home losses was enough for the University at Albany basketball team.

The Danes were determined that the streak would not stretch to four.

Mission accomplished. UAlbany, playing in front of 4,392 its biggest crowd of the season on “Big Purple Growl” night  hammered Binghamton, 79-46. With the win, the Danes improve to 6-4 in the league and 17-7 overall. Before getting last place Binghamton at SEFCU, the Danes had dropped home games to Stony Brook, Vermont and Boston University.

Binghamton falls to 1-8 in the league and 3-19 overall.

With the win, the Danes move into third place in the league. Stony Brook (8-1) is in first and Vermont (7-2 is in second). Boston

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As I read some of the responses to the blog, I have more and more sympathy for your viewpoint. The idea of a disguised punishment—the “thinking chair” with Teddy Bear—reminds me of many similar ideas coming from people I admire and respect (like Responsive Classrooms).

And as I read the comment from “jyatvin” on natural consequences, I think to myself: If they are natural, than we don’t have to intervene as teachers at all—except to prevent consequences that are disproportionate or dangerous!

But then I realize how mad I am at the bankers and hedge-funders who haven’t been punished—naturally or unnaturally. (See th

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Theres an interesting guest post today on the TED blog about efforts to use human-centered design to reduce mortality rates in the southeast African country of Malawi.

The effort is being driven by Malawi President Joyce Banda. A key part of the proposal is to construct 150 “maternal waiting homes” near clinics where rural women can stay as their due date approaches. By providing housing to expectant moms, Banda and health officials hope more women will give birth at facilities staffed with health providers and equipped to handle complications, instead of in their homes with less-experienced birth attendants. Cou

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The final flag has been tossed for the New York Giants and the University at Albany. On Friday Jan. 4, the National Football League announced they will not return to UAlbany for training camp for the Summer of 2013.

Instead, the Giants will conduct their summer training sessions in the Timex Performance Center, the Giants year-round headquarters next to the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The facility will be able to accommodate the Giants regardless of inclement weather, no practices will be lost.

The four-time Super Bowl winning Giants have held their summer training sessions at the UAlbany for 16 of the past 17 summers, since 1996.

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