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The End of the Blogosphere? (2 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The digital gatekeepers want to set up the virtual equivalent of tolls.Blogs have gained a growing cultural and political impact in the United States and worldwide. In the United States, they've been credited with playing a key role the resignation of a U.S. Senate Majority Leader and the public repudiation of a longtime TV news [...]
US: Nerve agent to be dumped into Delaware (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won't oppose the U.S. Department of Defense and DuPont Co.'s plan to dump a wastewater byproduct of a deadly nerve agent into the Delaware River.The agency said it's assured of a safe treatment for up to 4 million gallons of caustic wastewater created in the treatment for VX, a chemical [...]
NZ: "I hate school but I can't believe it's on fire" (5 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Flames ripped through the Hastings Intermediate School hall yesterday evening destroying the building and most of the school's administration block.The 10m x 30m hall was well ablaze when fire crews arrived at the school in the suburb of Akina about 6.30pm and took more than an hour to control.Ten fire appliances, from Hastings, Napier and [...]
US: School refuses to let family homeschool due to missing textbooks (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
The McAuliffes started homeschooling in the 2005-06 school year. About Christmas time, the family received a court summons from the public school district.They were ordered to appear before a judge for criminal truancy charges. The family contacted the Home School Legal Defense Association, and HSLDA assigned the case to Texas Counsel, Tom Sanders, to intervene [...]
February 26, 2006:
AUS: National anthem to become compulsory in schools (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
Sydney - Schools across New South Wales will be forced to play the Australian national anthem before class under a radical state government plan to create respect in a community blighted by recent race riots.Teachers at primary schools will be required to introduce ``Australian values'' studies from the beginning of this school year while the [...]
UK: Bad behavior caused by 'poor mental health', apparently (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
It is thought there is a link between conduct problems in adolescence and then problems in adulthood.The burden of poor mental health among children needs to be tackled to help in later life, said Aberdeen University.The
UK: Bully victim's suffering payout (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
A 23-year-old woman has been given a payment of
US: Dangerous spiders found at school (1 Comment)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
SAN ANTONIO, TX, United States (UPI) -- A Texas elementary school has been invaded by brown recluse spiders, a species that inflicts a sometimes deadly bite.Staff members at the Highland Forest Elementary School in San Antonio first spotted the spiders this week, the San Antonio Express News reported. Children were moved out of classrooms where [...]
February 22, 2006:
US: Students asked to teach the teachers ... video games (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
When the principal of Blair Elementary School needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations, she turned to the experts -- the students.The school purchased 23 PlayStations last month to use with educational games for third- through fifth-graders.But not all the teachers took to the video games -- one became so flustered that [...]
India: 4 young people playing cricket shot dead by security forces (No Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM
If you're playing cricket in a field, don't talk to security guys and then run away - they might just shoot you and all your friends.---Four youth were allegedly killed by security forces in north Kashmir this afternoon, official sources said.However, a defence ministry spokesman said details about the incident were awaited.The sources said some [...]
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