School Survival

A new study has revealed that heavy school bags cause lower back pain in children. The research team of Dr S Mehra, R Narasimhan, and three others from the Apollo Centre for Advanced Pediatrics, New Delhi, has noted that carrying excess weight could make these children vulnerable to 'musculo-skeletal problems.'In a research paper presented at […]

This week counterterrorism officals have revealed that 325,000 names are on the terrorism watch listed maintained by The National Counterterrorism Center. The number of people on the list has quadrupled since the fall of 2003 accoridng to officals. The number of people who live outside of the United States makes up a large majority of […]

A major American attack on Iran's nuclear sites would kill up to 10,000 people and lead to war in the Middle East, a report says today.Hundreds of scientists and technicians would be targets in the opening salvos as the attacks focused on eliminating further nuclear development, the Oxford Research Group says in Iran: Consequences of […]

A national study contends the Bush administration's signature education policy achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, is a failure.The study released Tuesday by Harvard University's Civil Rights Project also concludes the U.S. Department of Education has negotiated individually with states, nullifying any uniform standard of accountability intended by the 2001 law.The administration went from […]

Could you be the next Steven Spielberg? If you think you have what it takes, then the Film for Youth festival could be just what you are looking for.The challenge is to produce a short film on the theme of youth.Guy Ritchie, who directed the hit movie, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, will then […]

Police in Aurora have confirmed that a 12-year-old boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project last week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug.The sixth grade student at Waldo Middle School in Aurora also was suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag […]

The parents of teenagers who quit education at 16 suffer stress and depression, a poll suggests.A survey by the Learning and Skills Council found that a third of such parents suffered depression symptoms.Parents of pupils who left school, college or training without basic skills were the most likely to be affected, researchers said.The UK has […]

Schools in England are to get new powers to punish pupils who behave badly on the way to and from school.Pupils misbehaving on buses and trains or in the street will be targeted under the moves, which form part of the prime minister's "respect" agenda plans.Teachers will also be given the right to confiscate pupils' […]

No bumping, grinding, ankle-grabbing or simulated lovemaking will be allowed when Carmel High School students hit the dance floor at the school's next party sometime in March or April.With a new policy banning ``freak dancing,'' the school has the authority to kick out unruly teenagers from future dances. In addition, students who fail random breath […]

An 18-year-old girl was arrested Thursday for a fake bomb threat at Victor High School, officials said.Betsy Rodriguez, a senior, was charged with first-degree falsely reporting an incident and was sent to Ontario County Jail on $2,500 bail.The high school's 1,700 students were evacuated after a threatening note was found around 8 a.m. in a […]