School Survival

Growing numbers of teachers are quitting state schools to work in the independent sector. About one in four (12,000) of the teachers in private schools has been "poached" from the state sector, shows research by the University of Kent.In the past year alone, 1,500 teachers quit, the highest number for at least two decades, which […]

Investigators say the suspect stabbed a 10-year-old girl with a pencil causing a puncture wound on the upper portion of her back.An argument between the pair happened when the suspect discovered his pencil box was missing from his desk. The item was found in the victim's possession.Detectives have charged the suspect with assault with a […]

STUART, Fla. -- A student at a Florida school has been arrested after authorities say he was "passing gas" and turned off his classmates' computers.According to a report released Friday by the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the 13-year-old boy "continually disrupted his classroom environment" by intentionally breaking wind. He then shut off some computers other […]

While the number of students who have been suspended from public schools over the past few years has remained relatively constant, some local districts - particularly vocational technical schools - have bucked the trend and cut their rates, sometimes sharply.Driving the change, said officials, is an effort to deal with students individually and get them […]

A row erupted today over claims that teachers were checking pupils' underwear to make sure they comply with a new school uniform policy.Parents said their children were told what colour pants and bras they can wear and teachers were doing 'spot checks' under the new rules introduced at Kings School in Winchester.Staff at the mixed […]

For some, it's a joke. To others, though, it urges violence against a visible minority.A movement called "Kick a Ginger Day" had many people seeing red yesterday and caused some Manitoba schools to issue stern warnings to students.The Nov. 20 event was inspired by a South Park episode where one character argues gingers -- people […]

As part of a disturbing new trend, America's public-school teachers are increasingly posting questionable and even sexually explicit information on video-sharing websites and social networks frequented by youth.According to several nationwide reports, students often search for their teachers on MySpace and Facebook, and some find more information about their instructors than they ever expected.Posted by: […]

The third-grader's legs dangle from an overstuffed leather chair as he answers the questions of two female police officers. His manner and voice are casual, even helpful, but his words are shocking. Police say an 8-year-old boy confessed to murder. Legal analysts say the questioning crossed the line.And so, legal analysts say, were the methods […]

Organizers behind a plan to develop Chicago's first public high school catering to gay and lesbian students have changed the name and broadened the focus of the school to include all disenfranchised groups of students, according to officials.The revised plan is expected to be voted on Wednesday by the Chicago Board of Education. It comes […]

Cindy and James Dacus should know by early December the outcome of their months-long fight to restrict elementary students' access to a book about two male penguins that raise a chick together.Officials at Ankeny's East Elementary School, where in late February the couple's kindergartner found the book, "And Tango Makes Three," denied the couple's request […]