School Survival

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A juvenile prison guard was wrestling with a teen inmate before the guard collapsed and later died, the state said Tuesday in a report that blamed the guard for ''inappropriate contact'' with the youth. Juvenile inmates interviewed for the report also said horseplay between guards and youth was commonplace. One youth told […]

As soon as classes end in early June, workers will begin transforming Roanoke Elementary School into a high school. By the time school begins in August, the campus will reopen as James M. Steele Accelerated High School, designed for Northwest district students who want to earn high school credits faster. This week, students from Northwest […]

As most people count their blessings and prepare to enjoy Christmas with family, many others face serious struggles. Among these is the Swedish family of Annie and Christer Johansson whose only child, 7-year-old Dominic Johansson, was “kidnapped” by Swedish authorities in June of this year as the family was on a plane leaving the country […]

by Alan Sitomer Yesterday I wrote about how first and foremost I must raise my standardized test scores. I also expressed how I was disheartened by such a cold, black and white reality. However, these are the cards I’ve been dealt. The federal government is literally strong-arming the states through a lording of the purse […]

A study, which found that young children whose parents spank them perform better at school later on, isn’t winning high marks with child development experts. The research, by Calvin College psychology professor Marjorie Gunnoe, found that kids smacked before age 6 grew up to be more successful, and that there was not enough evidence to […]

Stun gun maker Taser wants to help parents, not with jolts of electricity but with a tool which allows parents to effectively take over a child's mobile phone and manage its use. "Basically we're taking old fashioned parenting and bringing it into the mobile world," Taser chairman and co-founder Tom Smith said at the Consumer […]

According to the British National Party website the British National Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Britain suffers from more than 27,000 crimes per day, or more than ten million crimes per year – the direct result of decades of softly-softly politically correct policing and […]

A teenager who can think 20 moves ahead in a chess match has become the game's youngest ever number one. Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, 19, has been called the 'Mozart of Chess'. He is listed at the top of the World Chess Federation's rankings for January with 2,810 points, five ahead of his nearest rival, Bulgarian […]

(Information contributed by Edward) In the Philippines, out-of-school youth can take the Alternative Learning System program in the Department of Education. There is like a training for 10 months or so, then the next year, the youth can take the Accreditation & Equivalency Test. If the youth passes the test, then the youth gets something […]

His pictures cost upwards of £900, there are 680 people on a waiting list to buy them, and his second exhibition sold out in 14 minutes. Patrick Barkham meets the gifted artist Kieron Williamson, aged seven. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...ron-Wi-001.jpg Kieron Williamson kneels on the wooden bench in his small kitchen, takes a pastel from the box by […]