School Survival

Two teacher’s aides are accused of holding a 14-year-old autistic boy’s head under running water, forcing him to eat his own vomit and making him sit in his soiled clothes for hours. Garrett Schilling, who cannot speak, attended Great Falls’ North Middle School, in Montana, from 2008 until April 2009. He allegedly suffered abuse at […]

An adult hall monitor at a high school on New York's Long Island is facing petit larceny charges after she was apparently caught on video breaking into school lockers. The video camera was secretly planted by Newfield High School senior Tiana Rapp, who says she was victimized twice and had $190 taken from her. Rapp […]

A teacher and two pupils appeared in court after they were found in possession of leaked 2009 matric examination papers, Mpumalanga police said on Friday. The teacher, Milton Msimango, was released on R3 000 bail in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court while the two pupils, Patience Mkhantshwa and Charity Xulu, were released on R1 000 bail […]

xcriteria posted this on the forums: There was a conference/meeting earlier this year called Hacking Education. The topic was the intersection of technology and education. It had a very entrepreneurial focus. Technology is going to change education the same way it's changing the news and music and movie industries. A long summary of what was […]

POLICE were called to control a protest by students at Whitworth Community High School over the new head teacher's "draconian" rules. A message was sent to pupils on Facebook calling on them to walk out and stand outside the head teacher's office on Friday morning in protest over head Maggie Holt's newly enforced dress code. […]

Got this in my email a few minutes ago: Dear Youth Rights Supporter, This Thursday, the State of Wisconsin is voting on a bill that will make it more difficult for parents to teach their children how to drink responsibly. The best way to reduce abusive binge drinking is to get parents involved in teaching […]

Lauderdale County officials are guilty of unconstitutional abuses at the county Juvenile Detention Center, a lawsuit filed Monday alleges. "Staff frequently spray children in the face with a substance that causes an excruciating burning sensation on the skin and in the eyes and restricts the youth's ability to breathe," said the lawsuit filed in U.S. […]

The landmark expansion of hate crimes legislation to protect homosexuals could punish the speech and opinions of evangelical Christians, opponents of the newly approved measure say. The Senate finalized congressional action on the effort to extend hate crimes protection to homosexuals by passing the controversial proposal Oct. 22 as part of an annual military bill. […]

Forty local groups that represent people of color, low-income consituences and other historically marginalized communities sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on October 21, 2009, urging the Chairman to remain firm in his support for network neutrality rules. Network neutrality rules, often called "the first amendement of the Internet," would prohibit Internet Service […]

"I was taken from my house in the middle of the night by two men," recalls Chris Noroski, who says he was legally abducted from his home in Minnesota at age 15. His parents, he says, paid the Family Foundation School in Hancock, N.Y., a boarding school for troubled teenagers, to take him into custody […]