School Survival

As many as five thousand rioters of white Australians harassed and attacked, what several of them described as, "people of Middle Eastern appearance" in response to two incidents which occured last week. The two incidents were an attack on two lifeguards by as well as an attack on a camera crew. Apparently text messages have […]

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines woman said that the U.S. military should not be allowed to recruit at children's schools. Jan Hill is part of the Iowa Peace Task Force, which is a coalition of groups that wants to see the school board set more specific limits on military recruiters in schools.Posted by: […]

Why is Sony BMG using its CDs to sneak unidentified software onto people's computers?When Sony BMG admitted in early November that it had shipped a couple million CDs containing a hidden software program called XCP that secretly installs itself on computers, the public was weirded out.Why the hell was a music company sneaking unidentified software […]

The co-editors of a high school newspaper are suing their school district, claiming their free-speech rights are being violated by officials demanding to review editions of the paper before distribution.Sara Michelle Eccleston, 17, and Claire Marie Lueneburg, 18, argue that the Kodak has long served as a public forum for students at Everett High School […]

Bush rewarded one of his loyalists with the ambassadorship to Italy -- despite his past as the founder of an cult-like teen rehab clinic. Among our president's appointments of GOP activists to important posts, we've done worse than Melvin Sembler, the Ambassador to Italy who couldn't speak Italian.........But where Melvin Sembler, 74, demands attention is […]

According to The New York Times, reported on Sunday, December 11th, 2005, newly disclosed email messages from the FBI include some which bemoan the "radical, militant librarians" who resist releasing their records for terrorism investigations. "Radical, militant librarians" is a concept I have a lot of trouble getting my brain around. By "radical" and "militant," […]

Allowing schools and colleges to design their own curriculum would boost the rate of 16 year olds staying in education, research suggests. The curriculum should be more responsive to local employment needs, the Institute for Public Policy Research report says. Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Putting a child through nursery education helps set them up for "success" in later life, a study suggests. The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) research found adults with pre-school education were more likely to be employed and earning higher salaries. [Yep, teach 'em to be doormats earlier on, will help prevent all that 'teen rebellion' […]

A report into the suicide of a 13-year-old girl recommends that schools should be given clearer guidance on homophobic bullying. Laura died in 2004 after taking an overdose of painkillers in a suicide pact with a friend who survived. She had disclosed that she thought she might be gay and had also been teased about […]

A professor who also is an outspoken anarchist has agreed to leave Yale University this spring, dropping an appeal over whether his termination was politically motivated. Graeber, 44, who has taught at Yale since 1998, is a prolific writer, and his work on value theory is taught worldwide. The London School of Economics recently asked […]