School Survival

Your representatives in Washington have worked less than any Congress in almost 60 years. But what's even worse is that on those rare times they do work, they work to pass laws that screw us all over. "For those who really believe in limited government, then there's virtue in being away from Washington, it's not […]

Children are entitled to a childhood and parents need help to realise this right, the Conservatives have said.Shadow education secretary David Willetts told the party's conference that "more and more, we treat children as though they are adults".He also told delegates in Bournemouth that teachers accused of inappropriate behaviour deserved anonymity unless they were charged […]

NEW YORK (AP) -- A public school is requiring detention for parents who get their kids to school late.Under the new rule at the Manhattan School for Children, parents who don't drop off their children by 8:25 a.m. have to pick up late slips from the principal's office and go to the auditorium to serve […]

Parents now have science to back them up when they say, "Turn off the TV. It's a school night."Middle school students who watch TV or play video games during the week do worse in school, a new study finds, but weekend viewing and gaming doesn't affect school performance much."On weekdays, the more they watched, the […]

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) -- The city's school district took the unusual step of canceling Monday's classes for all 6,700 students because vandals trashed the city's school bus fleet twice during the weekend.The shutdown was intended to give police time to investigate all 50 buses for damage and evidence that could lead to the perpetrators, district […]

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A suburban school superintendent says he was only trying to be funny when he took videotaped interviews with his new teachers, spliced in his own gag questions and made the faculty members look like killers, strippers and drug users.Now he could lose his job."How do you like to unwind?" Bremen High […]

Yakima's A.C. Davis High's production of The Laramie Project has been canceled, because the play "could be perceived as promoting homosexuality.""We'd brought it up in the meetings...there might be issues we never really expected it was going to be the school district," said drama club president and Davis senior Kristie Prescott. Prescott and several drama […]

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As another reminder of attempts to take educational choices out of the hands of parents, legislation has been introduced in Congress proposing to amend the U.S. Constitution to make public education a "right."House Joint Resolution 29, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., (D-Illinois) in 2005, is eerily similar to language in the United […]

The directors of the new documentary 'Jesus Camp' discuss the good, the bad, and the disharmony in the evangelical community.They have billions in media holdings, the ear of the president, and the ability to make or break a Republican candidacy. To Becky Fischer, however, former manager of a custom sign business and current children's minister, […]