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Willows teen duck hunter's school expulsion reversed (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 6:53 PM

The Glenn County Board of Education has reversed a decision to expel a Willows High School student for having two shotguns and ammunition in his pickup truck parked off campus.
In a unanimous vote, board members rescinded the expulsion of Gary Tudesko. He was expelled by the Willows Joint Union School District in November for the [...]

February 7, 2010:

Parent Arrested For School Fight (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 8:36 PM

An Augusta area woman faces charges after authorities say she joined in a high school brawl.
Richmond County school safety Lt. Richard Roundtree says authorities charged 38-year-old Lawanda Lovett with disorderly conduct for her involvement in the fight at Josey High School.
Police also arrested her 18-year-old daughter Tequila Lovett, and five other students. School officials say [...]

Peppermint oil at school results in suspension (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 7:01 PM

The label on the bottle says it should be kept out of reach of children. However, ten year old Sara Greiner of Commack, New York brought peppermint oil to school in December, 2009. She put a few drops in her water bottle and shared some with two classmates.
Sara’s mother explained that the oil is organic [...]

February 6, 2010:

Meet Marko, the 9-year-old systems engineer (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 12:16 AM

Marko Calasan, a 9-year-old from Macedonia, is more than just a kid who's into computers.
At age 6, he got his first systems administrator credential from Microsoft and, last month, he became perhaps the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
"I must say that from the technological point of view, Marko is definitely a wonder child," said Matej [...]

February 5, 2010:

China Says Clinton Remarks on Internet Censorship "Damage" Ties (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 8:26 PM

China said remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticizing China’s censorship of the Internet were unjustified and damaged bilateral ties.
In a speech in Washington yesterday, Clinton called on U.S. technology companies to resist censorship of the Internet and said perpetrators of cyber attacks such as those who targeted Google Inc. must face [...]

February 4, 2010:

Teacher places bag over grammar school student's head as punishment (1 Comment)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 10:47 PM

Police say bag placed over head of student not a criminal matter.
An incident in which a Parkview School teacher allegedly placed a plastic bag over the head of a student, possibly as punishment, is not a criminal matter, police said Friday.
The incident was being investigated by police as a possible assault and battery.
Sgt. Ford Porter [...]

British Airways sued for treating all men like perverts (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 8:13 PM

A businessman is suing British Airways over a policy that bans male passengers from sitting next to children they don't know - even if the child's parents are on the same flight.
Mirko Fischer has accused the airline of branding all men as potential sex offenders and says innocent travellers are being publicly humiliated.
In [...]

Israel's Time To Know Aims To Revolutionize The Classroom (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 2:29 PM

This is the story of Time To Know, an enigmatic Israeli startup that has somehow managed to remain under the radar of Israel’s tightly knit startup scene. What makes this feat wondrous is not only because of the daunting challenge the company has chosen to meet, but that it has quietly ramped to 350 employees [...]

February 3, 2010:

The "Zero Tolerance" Approach to Fighting in Schools (1 Comment)Posted in: Commentary by SoulRiser @ 8:34 PM

By lostincali
Many school districts have recently implemented "Zero Tolerance" fighting policies. What this means varies from locality to locality, but it generally involves severe punishments for anyone involved in fighting, without regard to any details of the case. In practice this means that those who attack others and those who defend themselves are punished equally.
Recently [...]

Boy Scientist Sent for Counseling (No Comments)Posted in: News by SoulRiser @ 8:08 PM

Students were evacuated from Millennial Tech Magnet Middle School in the Chollas View neighborhood Friday afternoon after an 11-year-old student brought a personal science project that he had been making at home to school, authorities said.
Maurice Luque, spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, said the student had been making the device in his home [...]

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