Apparently, girls are more likely to work hard and boys more likely to "not be bothered" about schoolwork. Of course, people are now getting all worked up about equality laws and threatening legal action. Here's the article:===Schools may be open to legal action if they do not do more to help boys catch up with […]
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UK: In Scotland, girls work harder
UK: Children 'must not stay up late'
Parents must make sure their children are not too tired for school after staying up late to watch television, the head of the watchdog Ofsted said.Chief inspector Maurice Smith said families had a duty to make sure pupils turned up to lessons feeling alert and ready to learn.Children must be "properly nourished" and "not scruffy", […]
US: Get to them when they're even younger
California is considering putting more money and effort into the preschooling system - to prepare kids for school... to "raise achievement and lessen crime and delinquency". They can sugar-coat it all they want... here's the rest of the article:Study: Universal preschool will raise achievementProposed program on California's June ballot SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A proposed […]
US: Compulsory Age Expansion Blocked
The U.S. tried to increase the compulsory age of attendance up to 18, but their attempt failed miserably... for now.----By a vote of 309 to 44, the House halted the progress of Senate Bill 268, a bill which would have raised the age of compulsory attendance from 16 to 18.The April 12 vote shunted the […]
US: Missouri lawmakers vote to create 'virtual school'
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) -- Missouri students who are home sick, home-schooled or in need of a different approach to education could soon find their teachers on the Internet.State lawmakers voted Tuesday to create a "virtual public school" that would link students to teachers and textbooks by computer starting in 2007. Gov. Matt Blunt supports […]
Subliminal Militarization
The U.S. Army and video game producers are increasingly collaborating on war simulation games designed to attract a new generation of potential soldiers.In the last few years, war simulation video games have enjoyed a boom. Marketed primarily to teenage boys and twentysomethings but played by gamers of all ages and sexes, they offer the thrill […]
UK: Whole family banned from going out at night
A couple have been banned from going on nights out for three months to ensure they send their teenage son to school.Neath magistrates heard the parents, who cannot be named, were going to the pub and bingo and having lie-ins rather than sending the boy, 16, to school.The court ordered that the pair must be […]
UK: Mother's truancy conviction wrong
A mother found guilty of failing to ensure her son attended school despite trying to physically drag him there has had her conviction quashed.The woman was convicted last year by Liverpool magistrates using the Education Act 1996.A High Court judge ruled it should have been down to the prosecution to prove she had failed to […]
US: Boot Camp Teen Likely Suffocated
A teen who died after guards punched and kicked him at a boot camp likely was suffocated during the confrontation and was brain dead when he was brought to a hospital, a pathologist told lawmakers Friday.Dr. Michael Baden observed the second autopsy performed on 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson on Monday in Tampa. He was there […]
UK: Secondary school destroyed in sudden blaze
A 1000-pupil secondary school has been all but destroyed after fire ripped through its building in the early hours of this morning.Fourteen separate fire tenders fought the raging blaze at Penyrheol Comprehensive School, near Swansea, south Wales, at its height.Water from a leisure centre swimming pool on the school campus was used to douse the […]
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