Another generation of American kids are dying and being maimed for life because someone in high office lied and then covered it up -- or, in this case, tried to cover it up.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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US: Lies, lies everywhere, all for war
US: Email screwup leads to politician telling truth
AN EMAIL to a constituent was accidentally sent with a US senator's spinners real views about the issue tacked on the bottom. Ooops!Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
UK: Law to punish kids AND their parents?
Teachers in England are to be given stronger legal rights to restrain pupils and to punish badly behaved children, the government has confirmed. Its report said schools should be able to apply for legal orders against parents who fail to co-operate with them.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Teen says penis costume was prank, not sexual harassment
The parents of 14-year-old James Watkins agree he deserves school discipline for wearing a penis costume outside a dance at Steilacoom High School. But they want a "sexual harassment" note about the incident dropped from his school record.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Top 10 Dumb Things Bush Said in 2004
Does this need any explanation? :PPosted by: SoulRiserSource Article
US: Catholic school bans blogging
Head teacher Rev Kieran McHugh said that any student who ran a blog on the internet will be suspended. Although he didn't say from what, although we are assured that the Church doesn't hang people for opposing it these days.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
UK: Girl attacks other girl with blade
It is thought the attacker used a blade from a pencil sharpener to slash her victim. On her release from Sheffield Children's Hospital, Shanni's father said it was not yet clear whether his daughter would return to the same school. "I would like it to be a lot stricter with more security and safety, not […]
UK: Teacher guilty of 'snogging' boy
A teacher has been found guilty of "snogging" a 15-year-old pupil. Judge Sally Cahill QC said she would not pass sentence today, but when she did, the teacher would not be going to jail. "You have throughout this trial portrayed yourself as a victim," she told the teacher. "It's fair to say that you are […]
US: FBI trying to repair image on college campuses
The bureau was badly damaged in the 1970s by revelations about its COINTELPRO program, begun under J. Edgar Hoover and aimed at disrupting civil rights, student and dissident groups. Even since September 11, civil libertarians and student activists have voiced concerns that the bureau again is trying to stifle lawful protest, and that the FBI's […]
US: "Intervention" program in schools
Educators from all across the U.S. came to central Iowa this week for a learning experience: Meyer said they look at each student's needs and specify a strategy for that student. Students in small groups receive individual attention 30 minutes a day. The difference is that everyone at the school, including teachers and administrators, is […]
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