School Survival

Teachers in England are to be given stronger legal rights to restrain pupils and to punish badly behaved children, the government has confirmed. Its report said schools should be able to apply for legal orders against parents who fail to co-operate with them.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Head teacher Rev Kieran McHugh said that any student who ran a blog on the internet will be suspended. Although he didn't say from what, although we are assured that the Church doesn't hang people for opposing it these days.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Does this need any explanation? :PPosted by: SoulRiserSource Article

The parents of 14-year-old James Watkins agree he deserves school discipline for wearing a penis costume outside a dance at Steilacoom High School. But they want a "sexual harassment" note about the incident dropped from his school record.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Educators from all across the U.S. came to central Iowa this week for a learning experience: Meyer said they look at each student's needs and specify a strategy for that student. Students in small groups receive individual attention 30 minutes a day. The difference is that everyone at the school, including teachers and administrators, is […]

The bureau was badly damaged in the 1970s by revelations about its COINTELPRO program, begun under J. Edgar Hoover and aimed at disrupting civil rights, student and dissident groups. Even since September 11, civil libertarians and student activists have voiced concerns that the bureau again is trying to stifle lawful protest, and that the FBI's […]

A teacher has been found guilty of "snogging" a 15-year-old pupil. Judge Sally Cahill QC said she would not pass sentence today, but when she did, the teacher would not be going to jail. "You have throughout this trial portrayed yourself as a victim," she told the teacher. "It's fair to say that you are […]

It is thought the attacker used a blade from a pencil sharpener to slash her victim. On her release from Sheffield Children's Hospital, Shanni's father said it was not yet clear whether his daughter would return to the same school. "I would like it to be a lot stricter with more security and safety, not […]

Stephen Kobasa taught Catholic school for 25 years. Then he tried to remove the American flag from his classroom. "Everything in the Gospel rejects what flags stand for: boundaries, hatreds, creation of enemies," Kobasa says. "For a Catholic Christian school that holds up the crucifix as a symbol of God's love, the flag can only […]

On September 23 Dustin Thomas, a senior at Kalama High School (in the Kalama School District), dropped a friend off at a party. He returned later to pick up another friend who had called him for a ride. On October 3 the Kalama School Board suspended him for 20 days for being present at an […]