The school’s history is a twisted one, involving atypical therapy methods and company mergers, good intentions and success stories, but also cases of what some, including the state, call abuse. The story behind the academy’s closure. An era ended when Mount Bachelor Academy closed Nov. 3, following allegations of child abuse by the state Department […]
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Boarding school for troubled teens files for closure
Teen Confesses To Molesting Sister, Dad Executes Him
A 15-year-old boy who was killed by his father in an execution style killing spent the last moments of his life pleading, "No, Daddy! No!" Jamar Pinkney Jr. was shot in the head Monday by his 37-year-old father, Jamar Pinkney Sr., who allegedly made the teen strip his clothes off and kneel in a vacant […]
Is there such a thing as school phobia?
A school is being asked to apologise to the family of a boy it prosecuted for truancy. The boy was diagnosed as having "school phobia", but what exactly is that? Most adults can remember days when they vehemently didn't want to go to school. There would be protestations of illness, and of the danger of […]
Seattle's teenage Jesse James
As an outlaw in the grand tradition, 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore has both infuriated and impressed the Pacific North-West with his escapades. Now he's back on his home turf. Victims call him a one-man crime wave who ought to be in prison. Fans say he's a misunderstood folk hero in the grand tradition of Robin Hood, […]
Judge Asks School Paper to 'Tidy Up' Remarks
WASHINGTON — The school newspaper at Dalton, a private school in Manhattan, contained a cryptic note from its editors last Friday. “We are not able to cover the recent visit by a Supreme Court justice due to numerous publication constraints,” the note said. It promised “an explanation of the regrettable delay” in the next issue. […]
Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook!
The First Amendment right to insult one's school increasingly challenged. High school sucks. Did you forget? Don’t believe it? Check out Facebook. Contrary to the evidence on Facebook student pages however, high schools aren’t the only educational institutions capable of totally sucking. Even schools you elect to attend, for example, the Salon Professional Academy of […]
Internet use boost brain function even in older people
Perhaps proving once and for all, that, you can and should teach an old dog new tricks, UCLA scientists have found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web. The findings, […]
Childhood stress contributes to adult depression, study finds
Growing up in a stressful environment isn’t conducive to becoming a well-adjusted adult. Studies have shown that people who were constantly stressed out during childhood have an increased risk of being depressed. How exactly are the two related? Stress at a young age permanently alters the expression of a key gene in the brain, resulting […]
State finds child abuse and neglect at school
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children. "Our first priority is to ensure the safety of the students at Mt. Bachelor […]
Fifth grader refuses to stand for the pledge
Will Phillips isn't like other boys his age. For one thing, he's smart. Scary smart. A student in the West Fork School District in Washington County, he skipped a grade this year, going directly from the third to the fifth. When his family goes for a drive, discussions are much more apt to be about […]
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