Hungary's Ombudsman has told a primary school it must stop discriminating against its Roma (Gypsy) pupils after finding that it separated them from other children and listed them all as having learning disabilities.The school in Kerepes, about 10 km (6 miles) east of the capital Budapest, erected bars down a corridor to segregate Roma children […]
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Hungary school discriminates against Gypsies
Girl tells dad teacher molested her, dad punches teacher
The girl's father, Dave F. Swafford, was charged with felony battery on a school employee after he hit the 35-year-old Tuesday in front of a full class. A Tampa radio station named him "Father of the Year" and offered the family Daytona 500 race tickets.School surveillance cameras show that a teacher's aide who was punched […]
Research: Parental stress a factor in ADHD diagnosis
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is the most frequently diagnosed behavioral disorder in children. The diagnosis affects approximately 3 to 5% of school children or approximately 2 million children in the United States. A large number of children with ADHD, 40-60%, are also diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and/or Conduct Disorder (CD). According […]
CNN reports on unschooling
It's a child's dream. Wake up whenever you want, with nobody telling you what to do and when to do it. And here's the kicker: No school to rush off to.Welcome to the world of "unschooling" -- an educational movement where kids, not parents, not teachers, decide what they will learn that day."I don't want […]
Italy: Did Jesus exist?
An Italian court is tackling Jesus -- and whether the Roman Catholic Church may be breaking the law by teaching that he existed 2,000 years ago.The case pits against each other two men in their 70s, who are from the same central Italian town and even went to the same seminary school in their teenage […]
US: Parents demanding that school be out for summer
MIAMI -- The pressures of federally mandated exams have pushed public schools in Florida and in several other states to begin classes weeks earlier than usual to squeeze in more days of instruction before the critical tests, sometimes striking August entirely from vacation calendars and devoting the month, traditionally left open for childhood leisure, to […]
US: No More Nightmares at Tranquility Bay?
Largely unregulated, the teen rehab industry has scarred thousands of kids for life. Now one lone congressmember is pushing to stop the abuse.From Czechoslovakia to Costa Rica and Mexico, cops have seized American overseers for caging or mistreating American teens at harsh "boot camps" run under foreign flags to escape U.S. law.But here at home, […]
Role of sex education among adolescents stressed
MANGALORE: "Sex education should be an integral part of every individual from birth to death irrespective of age as it deals with various aspects of human development including the thinking pattern and behaviour of an individual," said well known gynaecologist Dr Padmini Prasad.Addressing the gathering at the one-day workshop as a part of the "Yuva […]
UK: Blair frustrated over school rebels
Winning support for the Government's controversial school reforms is proving "a high-wire act" amid growing opposition from Labour MPs, Tony Blair has said.Mr Blair hinted at his frustration over criticisms from back-benchers and senior Labour figures including Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and former party leader Lord Kinnock.But the Prime Minister insisted the White Paper […]
Taming a defiant mind
Lori Farmer's recovery from mental illness opens window on insanity defense. Lori Farmer paces around with her guitar on open-mike night at the sandwich shop, a colorful place filled with other eager performers who don't know about her past. The song she will sing mentions him, but not what happened. Not how.She settles down at […]
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