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Are 'No-Fail' Grading Systems Hurting or Helping Students? (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

What's a kid gotta do to get an "F" these days?At a growing number of middle schools and high schools across the country, students no longer receive failing marks when they fail. Instead, they get an "H" - for "held" - on their report cards, and they're given a chance to rectify their poor performance [...]

April 24, 2009:

Stop Your Representative From Sponsoring Federal Bill to Mislabel Video Games (8 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

As you read this, your Congressperson may be considering co-sponsoring the newest regulatory assault on video games - Rep. Joe Baca's (D-CA) bill H.R. 231 "The Video Game Health Labeling Act." Baca's bill mandates that video games rated Teen or higher receive the following warning label:
"WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent [...]

Pupils at truant school to get Savile Row suits by Prince Charles's tailor to boost morale (7 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A school with one of the country's worst truancy records is issuing its pupils with Savile Row suits.Tom Mahon - tailor to Prince Charles - has designed suits to replace the replace polo shirts and sweaters worn by the 750 children at the Manchester school.The Savile Row touch is being applied as part of a [...]

April 15, 2009:

Girl sues sperm bank for father's 'defective' sperm (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

NEW YORK: Whom to blame if the sperm from a sperm bank leads to complications in children?An American teenager, who was born with a genetic disorder called X syndrome causing mental impairment, has filed a suit against the sperm bank that her mother used to conceive her.Thirteen-year-old Brittany Donovan from Pennsylvania is suing the sperm [...]

Celebrity culture is fuelling violence and sex among children, says schools tsar (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Celebrity culture is fuelling violence and sex among children, says schools tsarUnruly pupils are copying the worst behaviour they see from footballers and celebrities on television, the Government's discipline tsar said today.Sir Alan Steer, a retired head who has conducted a four-year investigation into school discipline, claimed that abusive football stars fuelled violence in the [...]

April 13, 2009:

All Under 19's in UK to do Community Service (11 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to ensure every young person has done 50 hours of voluntary work by the time they are 19 years old.Mr Brown said a promise to bring in compulsory community service would be a part of his next election manifesto.Under the scheme, the work may include helping charities and is [...]

April 3, 2009:

Naked men line-up at Bristol school to help with sex education (6 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

A Bristol secondary school has tried out a new style of sex education by letting teenage pupils examine a line-up of naked men.The pupils at Hanham High School, aged 14 to 16, watched a screen in the main hall showing a live feed of different men who were being filmed in the school's gym.The youngsters [...]

April 1, 2009:

Student suspended for passing gas on bus (4 Comments)Posted in: News by NewsBot @ 12:00 AM

LAKELAND, Fla. - An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas.The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that a 15-year-old teen passing gas on the bus on March 16 to make the other children laugh, creating a stench so bad that it was difficult [...]

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