School Survival

by Smalls Have you ever had a fully answered question from your teachers about the rules or in what the school believes in? Do they just dismiss you with a "Well you should know that!" answer? I can tell you with complete truth that i have never had any of my answers answered in a […]

Disciplining young children is one of the key jobs of any parent - most people would have no trouble agreeing with that. But whether or not that discipline should include spanking or other forms of corporal punishment is a far trickier issue. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not endorse spanking for any reason, […]

A high school senior in Alabama was suspended for wearing a prom dress that school officials said was too short at the hem and too revealing on top. "I was so excited because it was my senior prom and I'd never been to a senior prom, so I was excited," Oxford High School student Erica […]

As Guardian writers travel the UK to focus on the issues that will define the campaign, Libby Brooks today looks at the concerns of first-time voters – a generation who feel disenfranchised by politics, but are desperate to get involved. The swiftly assembled clutch of directional hairdos grinned awkwardly towards the cameras for the inevitable […]

THE Suffrateens want to emphasise the importance of having the voting age lowered to 16. If teenagers are given the responsibility to put forward their views on politics then they will feel more wanted in society and, in turn, will be less likely to commit crimes and hang out on street corners. Most 16 year […]

Teenagers will be able to cast their vote from the age of 16 on the Isle of Man, after ministers agreed the change of regulation at the House of Keys. Members voted by 19 to 4 in favour of an amendment to the Registration of Electors Bill, proposed by former Education Minister Steve Rodan. The […]

Nine Massachusetts teenagers were indicted Monday for driving a pretty 15-year-old "new girl" from Ireland to suicide in a case that has become a symbol of high school and online bullying. The sweeping charges - which come after months of complaints that the bullies weren't being punished - include statutory rape, violation of civil rights […]

A father tried to give his 11-year-old daughter a time-out, but she ended up getting charged with a misdemeanor. Around 9:30 p.m. March 24, the girl and her 7-year-old brother got into a fight over who got to sit in a certain chair, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. The father ended […]

County health officials say they will try to spell out more clearly the range of services available to minors after an incident in which a pregnant Ballard High student got an abortion, apparently without her mother's knowledge, some time after visiting a school-based health-care center. The consent form parents and guardians sign for children to […]

Nearly 300 teachers and other school workers were accused of abuse last year at Chicago Public Schools. The number of complaints nearly doubled from previous years. The dramatic increase may be the result of a better reporting system put into place after 2 Investigator Dave Savini exposed a citywide abuse scandal. One victim is 10-year-old […]