A third of children in the UK use blogs and social network websites but two thirds of parents do not even know what they are, a survey suggests.The children's charity NCH said there was "an alarming gap" in technological knowledge between generations.Even when parents had put controls on what youngsters could access, almost half the […]
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UK: Parents warned over computer use
US: Afterschools tap school records to 'get to know' students
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Schools usually keep outsiders away from student records. Not in Louisville, Kentucky.With the blessing of students' parents, the Jefferson County public school system lets private afterschool centers tap directly into the school database to see grades, attendance, disciplinary problems and details of life at home.The thinking goes like this: If schools and […]
Bullying advice completed
I've finally decided to stop collecting advice on how to deal with bullies. I got very few suggestions, but I have now put what I did get on a page. There's still a contact form there so you can send more tips if you think of any. And on that note, I move on to […]
UK: Pupils return to school to work
A group of 14 former pupils at a Birmingham school loved their time in class so much they have all returned to take up jobs there.Most of the group are teachers at St Paul's School for Girls in Edgbaston, with others taking up support jobs.The ex-pupils have even given a name to their exclusive club, […]
The world doesn't know how to connect with young people
"Young people aren't turning away from mainstream media because they don't care about current events but because the media don't know how to connect with them." - Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks.Cuban made that comment in his blog about is working with Dan Rather to start a new tv show. Interesting, isn't it, […]
US: School demands phone searches
FRAMINGHAM High School in the land of the free is demanding the right to take students' cell phones and to search them for evidence of criminal activity.The action, which is well above the usual "confiscate the phone until after school", is angering students becasue it infringes their privacy rights.School administrators say that they need to […]
US: Autism: A Hidden Epidemic
One in 166 children are diagnosed with autism. We look at how parents struggle to care for their children in a school system that is not prepared. (Part 1 of 2)With a full head of thick berry-red hair and large auburn eyes, Dante Squarzon is a beautiful child. At the dining room table of his […]
UK: 'Clever' answer loses pupil marks
An "excellent" GCSE student had a mark taken away for giving an answer which a teacher said was "too sophisticated".Katie Merchant, 16, of Brighton College, missed a "key word" in a Latin mock exam, although she showed more than enough knowledge for a full mark.Headmaster Richard Cairns said the OCR exam board's assessment scheme, which […]
US: Federal Government Studying How To Undermine The Freedom Of Information Act
Beginning this month St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio will begin recieving $1 million dollars worth of funding from the federal government to study how to limit the Freedom of Information Act.St. Mary's professor Jeffrey Addicott claims his teams research will be used to design a model statute which state and federal […]
US: Young People of America... Rise Up and Rebel!
Just over 50 years ago, it was No Gun Ri. Then My Lai. And now Haditha
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