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US: Help End the Torture of Youth in Residential Programs! (1 comments)
22 July 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

Bill could give federal oversight to private clinics for children and would require FDA inspections

Bill proposed to ban students from wearing bulletproof vests to school (6 comments)
19 July 2008
Posted by Puchiko

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Legislators are considering a proposal to restrict kids from wearing bulletproof vests at school. A young man wearing a vest and carrying a gun approached a middle school in East Baton Rouge earlier this year. Sheriff's officials say they could not legally do enough to punish him, so they want the legislature's help.

PETA ad encourages teens to have sex? (5 comments)
17 July 2008
Posted by AirMax

Why are public schools so bad at hiring good teachers? (2 comments)
15 July 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

PS 49 in Queens used to be an average school in New York City's decidedly below-average school system. That was before Anthony Lombardi moved into the principal's office. When Lombardi took charge in 1997, 37 percent of fourth graders read at grade level, compared with nearly 90 percent today; there have also been double-digit improvements in math scores. By 2002, PS 49 made the state's list of most improved schools. If you ask Lombardi how it happened, he'll launch into a well-practiced monologue on the many changes that he brought to PS 49 (an arts program, a new curriculum from Columbia's Teachers College). But he keeps coming back to one highly controversial element of the school's turnaround: getting rid of incompetent teachers.

Schools want troops to turn into teachers (3 comments)
15 July 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

After 23 and a half years in the Navy, Stefan Smolski knew he wanted to retire. But he wanted to do something with the extra time in his life.

Call for more searches of pupils (5 comments)
13 July 2008
Posted by Heart of Shadows

Schools should have greater powers to search pupils, behaviour review says.

Warning over home alone children (7 comments)
12 July 2008
Posted by Puchiko

Many parents could face prosecution for leaving their children home alone during the summer holidays, a children's charity has warned.

Bush signs bill overhauling eavesdropping rules (6 comments)
10 July 2008
Posted by Heart of Shadows

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.

Google ordered to give YouTube user data to Viacom (5 comments)
8 July 2008
Posted by Rebelnerd

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — A US judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned by the Internet giant and privacy advocates.

Man dressed as penis disrupts graduation (12 comments)
27 June 2008
Posted by Puchiko

By DENNIS YUSKO, Staff writer Last updated: 5:09 p.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008

Student hacker who upped his grades faces 38 years in jail (4 comments)
25 June 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.

School exclusions 2,200 per day (7 comments)
25 June 2008
Posted by Puchiko

More than 2,200 children in England are excluded from school every single school day, show official figures.

Students' laxative-spiked cake sends Brooklyn teachers to hospital (7 comments)
20 June 2008
Posted by Puchiko

Teachers were thrilled when students at a Brooklyn high school sweetly offered them slices of homemade cake last week.

More Problems for Homeschoolers in Germany (4 comments)
19 June 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

We brought attention to the difficult climate for homeschooling in Germany in this column in March 2007. We shared the trials and tribulations of the Busekros family, whose 15-year-old daughter was forcibly removed from their home because she was being homeschooled. Melissa was placed in the psychiatric wing of a Bavarian clinic and was deemed to be suffering from “school-phobia.”

School Transports Young Children By Taxi (7 comments)
17 June 2008
Posted by Sanjuro

School Transports Young Children By Taxi State Law Requires Child-Restraint Device For Any Child 5 Years Or Younger

Delay School, Sleep More (2 comments)
17 June 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

(Ivanhoe Newswire) - Delaying the start of school may help kids stay awake during class. A new study reveals 40 extra minutes could make children more productive in class.

'Coward teacher' deprived of certificate (5 comments)
17 June 2008
Posted by SoulRiser

Fan Meizhong, nicknamed Fan Paopao by netizens who condemn his escape in the May 12 quake, defends himself saying he would sacrifice everything, including his mother's life, for his survival.

Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't (3 comments)
17 June 2008
Posted by Sanjuro

Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't

Students told attendance at religious ceremony was mandatory (1 comments)
15 June 2008
Posted by Puchiko

LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) - The state Public Education Department and the American Civil Liberties Union are looking into a religious ceremony before graduation at Robertson High School that students were told they had to attend.

Arkansas Schools Consider 4 Day School Week (5 comments)
4 June 2008
Posted by Puchiko

Instead of going green or using more fuel efficient buses two Arkansas school districts may go a different route to save money and the environment.