School-based programs that target students' emotional, social and decision-making skills are likely to also boost their academic achievement, a team of Washington researchers reports. Their findings suggest that more broadly focused interventions can have a wider-ranging effect than those that specifically target academic achievement. "Students with early discipline problems are likely to experience negative reactions […]
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US: School behavioral programs may improve grades
US: Behave or else
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- Dan McCauley had seen one too many kids at his cafe lying on the floor in front of the counter, careening off the glass pastry case, coming perilously close to getting their fingers pinched in the front door. So he posted a sign: "Children of all ages have to behave and […]
US: Homeschooled boy wins national science contest
A 16-year-old, homeschooled California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: House: Don`t require Ritalin in school
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday banning schools from requiring students to take Ritalin or other anti-hyperactivity drugs as a condition of attending class.Posted by: lifeischeeseSource Article
US: Hell No, She Won't Go
Katherine Jashinski is the first female soldier to refuse to participate in the Iraq war. Her refusal could change the face of the anti-war movement.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
When "Tough Love" Kills - Murder at Boot camp for teenage offenders
Gina Score was never much of an athlete. At five feet four inches tall and 226 pounds, the eighth-grader was in no condition for strenuous exercise. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where military-style discipline ("Quitting is not an option") prevailed.The second day, July 21, 1999, […]
US: Camera in school bathroom
A Jasper County mother says her 8th grade son found a video camera taping in the school bathroom this week. But now, he is the one in trouble. Cindy Champion says her son, Mac Bedor, and a few of his friends took the camera out of the ceiling because they felt it violated their privacy.Posted […]
US: New textbook aims to teach Bible
Since the U.S. Supreme Court banned the promotion of religion in public schools in 1963, the Bible has virtually disappeared from most American classrooms. Now, a new textbook for high school students aims to fill a gap by teaching the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, in a non-sectarian, nonreligious way as a central […]
US: Students Face Punishment for Anti-Bush Walkout
On Nov.2, 20 college students in Virginia staged a walkout on the World Can't Wait day of action. The school administration shut down the protest and threatened to expel them.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Teacher accused of giving 'liberal' quiz
BENNINGTON, Vermont (AP) -- A high school teacher is facing questions from administrators after giving a vocabulary quiz that included digs at President Bush and the extreme right.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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