School Survival

It's okay to hate school: There is nothing wrong with you. FORUMS - Come talk to other people who hate school as much as you do. :) Site Purpose: This is a support site for students who can't stand being forced to go to school. We are not telling you to drop out, rebel or do […]

Cassie Tompkins wanted her children to receive a quality education, but the Seattle resident also wanted Bailey and Brannon to pursue their blossoming acting careers. “After months of research, what we found at East Valley (Online School) meets both of these,” Tompkins said of a program launched this year by East Valley School District. Bailey, […]

Clio, Michigan -- Mid-Michigan youth are continually being encouraged to get involved in their communities, but one local teenager took that to the extreme. He's the newest Clio City Commissioner, and he's just 19-years-old. The next time you go shopping at the Clio VG's, be sure to say hello to City Commissioner Edward Mosher. That's […]

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Health has banned the use of physical punishment to wean teens off the net, months after a boy was beaten to death at an Internet boot camp. Chinese parents have turned to more than 200 organisations offering treatment for Internet "disorders" as the government increasingly warns of unhealthy Internet […]

Authorities are investigating after a fire was set in a bathroom at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy on Tuesday. Several hundred students and faculty were evacuated after police said someone intentionally set the blaze by using a spray can to make a blow torch. An arrest was made, but police haven’t released the suspect's identity […]

A paraprofessional at Deltona Middle School has been suspended for allegedly trying to force a student to eat pizza. According to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the Volusia County School Board suspended Daniel Marquis for three days without pay Friday. A school district investigative report says Marquis held the pizza to the student’s mouth and continued […]

By Peter Gray Someone recently referred me to a book that they thought I'd like. It's a 2009 book, aimed toward teachers of grades K through 12, titled Why Don't Students Like School? It's by a cognitive scientist named Daniel T. Willingham, and it has received rave reviews by countless people involved in the school […]

Apparently a teacher at Oak Ridge High School in Sacramento has been watching too much Fear Factor on television. Maybe the next time this teacher dares his students to eat dead bugs for an A on a test, he should tell them he was joking before he actually grades the test. Stephen Zeldag, a student […]

A transgender teenager who identifies as a girl said she was subject to constant abuse and discrimination during 18 months in the custody of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services. At the Youth Study Center, the 16-year-old teen was placed in the boys' unit, where, she said, staff and residents harassed her despite a judge's order […]

Will the Little Buddy be parents' new best friend? Best Buy's entry into the child monitoring market is aimed squarely at budget-minded parents with young children. The concept isn't new -- Verizon Wireless and Sprint cell phones offered a similar service three years ago, but the child had to have a cell phone. Other dedicated […]