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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US: Teacher accused of giving 'liberal' quiz
US: Tennessee high school newspaper seized
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (AP) -- Copies of a high school's student newspaper were seized by administrators because the edition contained stories about birth control and tattoos, stirring a First Amendment debate.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
What's the Buzz? Rowdy Teenagers Don't Want to Hear It
BARRY, Wales - Though he did not know it at the time, the idea came to Howard Stapleton when he was 12 and visiting a factory with his father, a manufacturing executive in London. Opening the door to a room where workers were using high-frequency welding equipment, he found he could not bear to go […]
US: Innocent Man Was Put To Death In Texas
A Texas man executed in 1993 for a robbery-murder was probably wrongfully convicted, according to a prosecutor, the jury forewoman, an alibi witness and even a victim, the Houston Chronicle said on Tuesday.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: No Child Left Behind lawsuit thrown out
A judge threw out a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to block the No Child Left Behind law. The NEA and school districts in three states had argued that schools should not have to comply with requirements that were not paid for by the federal government.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Mother punishes daughter by public humiliation
Tasha Henderson got tired of her 14-year-old daughter's poor grades, her chronic lateness to class and her talking back to her teachers, so she decided to teach the girl a lesson. She made Coretha stand at a busy Oklahoma City intersection November 4 with a cardboard sign that read: "I don't do my homework and […]
US: Principal resigns after shaming student
An elementary school principal resigned after parents denounced her for parading an 8-year-old girl from class to class after a classmate falsely accused her of stealing $5.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Sony BMG: Update
The public has spoken! Power to the people! The masses smote the faceless monolithic corporate entity, which now cowers in shame!I'm speaking, of course, about the spectacular turnaround in the attitude of Sony BMG records. Last week, I wrote in this space about the nasty copy-protection software that the company installed on several dozen of […]
UK: Will babies face testing times?
(OK, so the previous baby news post was apparently a "false alarm"... Or was it?) - What about the section on becoming "a skilful communicator"? No, there was nothing there about parsing sentences or learning grammar. Instead children are to be encouraged in conversation and to "enjoy sharing stories, songs, rhymes, and games". (they don't […]
US: Kids write letters to soldiers
(Kids apparently completely unaware that soldiers kill people in Iraq). - "We know you're going to do a great job," reads one letter, which contains a heavily traced outstretched hand and the words "Let's Pray" written inside.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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