School Survival

MANGALORE: "Sex education should be an integral part of every individual from birth to death irrespective of age as it deals with various aspects of human development including the thinking pattern and behaviour of an individual," said well known gynaecologist Dr Padmini Prasad.Addressing the gathering at the one-day workshop as a part of the "Yuva […]

Largely unregulated, the teen rehab industry has scarred thousands of kids for life. Now one lone congressmember is pushing to stop the abuse.From Czechoslovakia to Costa Rica and Mexico, cops have seized American overseers for caging or mistreating American teens at harsh "boot camps" run under foreign flags to escape U.S. law.But here at home, […]

MIAMI -- The pressures of federally mandated exams have pushed public schools in Florida and in several other states to begin classes weeks earlier than usual to squeeze in more days of instruction before the critical tests, sometimes striking August entirely from vacation calendars and devoting the month, traditionally left open for childhood leisure, to […]

Apparently, It's All In a Life's Work. As a loyal member -- well, as a member -- of the District of Columbia Bar, I am aware of the tension between advocacy and honesty. But until the recent controversies over Supreme Court nominees, I was unaware of the scope and depth of my professional obligation to […]

EVERY RESIDENT of Prince George's County should be on notice that the future of the public school system -- indeed, that of the county -- is on the line in the coming months. Decisions in Upper Marlboro, in Annapolis and by the citizenry will determine the quality of leadership that the county's education system will […]

PEORIA -- Soft taco shells served at lunch in Peoria schools early last month contained an unusual amount of a preservative, and Illinois schools have been directed to stop using the product, state health officials said.Chicago-based Del Rey Tortilleria has agreed to recall and stop shipping the tacos and will adjust its ingredients, Marlena Bordson […]

Anti-psychotic drug calms down five-year-old boy but mom says placebo effect may be responsible.Things are looking up for the little Hamilton boy who was kicked out of seven day-care centres and suspended twice from junior kindergarten last year.He's now in senior kindergarten in a different school and has managed to get through the whole term […]

Lori Farmer's recovery from mental illness opens window on insanity defense. Lori Farmer paces around with her guitar on open-mike night at the sandwich shop, a colorful place filled with other eager performers who don't know about her past. The song she will sing mentions him, but not what happened. Not how.She settles down at […]

Government plans to expand parenting classes to help foster a "culture of respect" must be properly funded, head teachers have warned.Ministers want to ensure parents "fulfil their responsibilities" and are offering allowances to teenage parents if they sign up for classes.There are also plans to set up a new national parenting academy to train professionals […]

Former insider at the National Security Agency turned whistleblower, Russell Tice, has made the starling claim that the number of Americans the NSA eavesdropped on could total in the millions. Tice states that it is highly likley that if an American has placed a phone call oversees since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, […]