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by Donna St. George --- 06/01/11 --- The Washington Post --- http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/more-schools-are-rethinking-zero-tolerance/2011/05/26/AGSIKmGH_story.html
Nearly two decades after a zero-tolerance culture took hold in American schools, a growing number of educators and...
Crop circles might be known for their beauty and paranormal allure, but the giant phalluses etched into the field of a New Zealand high school hold no such mystique. Fairfield College, in the North Island town of Hamilton, has been snapped by satellite cameras with six huge penises burnt into the grass. The x-rated image, […]
YOU’D think there would be a little sympathy. This month, college graduates are jumping into the job market, only to land on their parents’ couches: the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds is a whopping 17.6 percent.
The reaction from many older Americans? This generation had it coming.
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James Wallace said he and his wife, Tammy, gave permission for the Belfry Middle School principal to paddle their 12-year-old son in November for spitting on another child in a fight.
But Wallace said his son ended up in a hospital emergency room for treatment of bruises and blisters on his...
The brother of a Black Earth church pastor who advocated corporal punishment for children of church members pleaded guilty Wednesday to child abuse and causing mental harm to a child.
A plea agreement would have asked Dane County Circuit Judge Sarah O’Brien to place John R. Caminiti, 45, on...
While searching for a school in New York for my two-year-old son, I recently made the disturbing discovery that children are still beaten in both private and state schools in America. I had assumed that a country built on a belief in liberty and disgust for “cruel and unusual punishment” would not...
A Toronto District School Board ban on the use of cellphones and other personal electronic devices in classrooms and hallways will be eliminated in September.
Early Thursday, the school board voted to lift the four-year-old ban; however, it will remain in effect for the remainder of the current...
Michele Bachmann, as virtually everyone knows, is currently deciding whether she's going to make a run for the Tea Party, oops, I meant to say, Republican, nomination for president. What most don't know, though, is that her educational policies are being challenged by an amazing high school student...
BREMEN, Germany, May 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in the German city of Bremen have lowered the voting age to 16 in an effort to interest young people in politics, officials said.
It is the first time the voting age has been lowered from 18, the BBC reported Sunday. Voters must be 18 or older to vote...
The principal of a Pompano Beach, Fla. high school will not face any consequences after he threatened two female students with suspension and outed them to their parents after he saw them holding hands.
Principal Karlton Johnson was driving a golf cart on the campus of Blanche Ely High School on...
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