School Survival

Have you tried getting your parents to homeschool you, but they insist that they wouldn't know how to be teachers? Then you tried telling them about unschooling, but they thought that was just plain crazy? There is another option, and it's called online homeschooling... although technically it's really more plain online high school, with the […]

The bad news: You can't actually take the GED test at home or online. You have to physically attend a testing center to take the test there. The good news: You can prepare yourself for the test at home, and take practice tests online, so that when the time comes to take the real test, […]

This is something all teachers should read.=========Listening, looking, or doing? Make the most of what works.Stick with what works. That's what Judi Newell thought when she started talking about coins with her daughter, Fiona, 3. "A penny is brown and worth one cent," she began, pointing to a drawing of one in a book. "A […]

Wading into a contentious issue that has pitted students and parents against City Hall, GOP state Senate candidate Robert Helbock said that, if elected, he would introduce legislation to allow the city Department of Education to prohibit the use of cell phones during school hours.Helbock said the legislation would permit students to carry their phones […]

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A perfect score on the American College Testing exam is rare enough. Same goes for perfection on the SAT Reasoning Test. Acing both? No statistics are available on how many students manage that feat, but it's a safe bet that Bishop Carroll High School senior Jakub Voboril doesn't have a lot […]

Seattle Public Schools racially discriminates among its students. When it comes time to determine which students are admitted to the system's most sought-after high schools, the most important factor (other than sibling attendance) is whether a student is "white" or "non-white."If a student refuses to self-identify his race, school officials make a visual inspection of […]

BEAUMONT - A founder of a high school clique accused of providing senior football players with favors from younger girls denied such actions ever occurred, and officials at the school also said they'd never heard it was a "sex ring."Thurston "Trey" House, 23, one of the founding members of the Kutchie Kissing Klique, said it […]

Attorneys for Abraham Cherrix, the Virginia teen fighting to avoid treating his cancer with chemotherapy, reached an agreement today with the state's social services that will allow Abraham to skip chemotherapy treatments.Sixteen-year-old Abraham had undergone a round of chemotherapy after his initial diagnosis that left him feeling sick and weak, though his Hodgkin's disease went […]

PHOENIX (AP) - Dealing with a strict state law banning junk food and soda, creative educators have thought of a way to feed students chunks of potatoes that aren't fried.Because of the new state law prohibiting fried food, soft drinks and junk food in K-8 schools during the school day, French fries are off-limits. But […]

A man who hated school and was expelled 15 years ago prepares to return - as a teacher.Fifteen years ago David Wilson-Stonestreet's academic career was non-existent.Having failed his GCSEs he was expelled from school, with a reputation for low-level disruption his only lasting impression.But this time next year the 32-year-old father will be ready to […]