PARENTS are breaking the law if they take their children out of school for holidays during term without the permission of the head teacher, the High Court ruled yesterday.Schools, not parents, must decide whether children can be withdrawn from lessons for holidays or other family activities, Lord Justice Auld and Mr Justice Sullivan ruled.They declared […]
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UK: Taking children out of school for holidays is illegal
UK: Web surfers only browse six sites
A UK government survey says that despite a huge number of sites to visit, half of web users will only look at six sites a day.The survey, by Directgov found that three quarters of people questioned say the Internet was indispensable to their daily lives. However 90 percent visit the net with a specific destination […]
US: New Albany resident trying to bring back curfew for kids
If it was up to Djuana Harris, no child under the age of 17 would be allowed on the streets after 9 p.m. without adult supervision.Sound drastic? Harris doesn't think so, especially after vandals used spray paint on several cars parked on her street recently. And the vandalism didn't end there."I live on a nice […]
US teacher suspended for teaching real journalism
A MICHIGAN teacher has been suspended after her students produced a hard hitting documentary about the perils of Myspace.com.Devon Fralick approved the eight minute documentary by two Lakeview High School students which tried to warn classmates about the dangers of putting personal information on the Internet.The documentary was screened on the school's in house network […]
Christians get their own convert-em-up
BORN-AGAIN Christians may not have to repent if they play the right sort of violent game, apparently.Left Behind Games has just released a game which has a similar level of violence to Grand Theft Auto but contains a wholesome Christian message.The game revolves around New Yorkers who are "left behind" after something called the rapture. […]
US: Recycle bins for "problem" students
Over the last two years, while serving as Senior Superintendent of Alternative Schools and Programs, I have visited New York City public school programs in church basements, housing projects, homeless shelters, storefronts, suspension centers, juvenile detention centers, and prisons. I ventured into places that few department of education officials would dare go. Most pretend these […]
US: High school students stage mock trial of president
TRENTON, N.J. -- A mock war crimes trial of President George W. Bush at a Parsippany high school continued Friday, despite criticism from people across the nation who heard about the classroom exercise from a prominent Web site and talk-radio programs.Parsippany-Troy Hills School District interim Superintendent James Dwyer said the hearing in the 12th grade […]
US: Attempt to Raise Compulsory Age
ASHEVILLE - North Carolina's dropout rate declined slightly in 2004-05, while the rate at Asheville High School increased for the first time in seven years, according to a report issued Wednesday.Nearly one out of every 20 high school students in the state dropped out, jeopardizing their opportunities for future success. The report released by the […]
Fighting mandatory RFID in schools
A school in California has declared that chipping its young pupils is mandatory - and parents are furious about it.Brittan Elementary School in Sutter, California, introduced a scheme last month to use RFID to identify its pupils. The RFID chips are worn around the neck in the form of ID badges and can be used […]
US: Kids Build Soybean-Fueled Car
The star at last week's Philadelphia Auto Show wasn't a sports car or an economy car. It was a sports-economy car - one that combines performance and practicality under one hood.But as CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports in this week's Assignment America, the car that buyers have been waiting decades comes from an unexpected […]
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