Use of brain-enhancing drugs is on the rise, and a ban wouldn't work, expert warns Students are using smart drugs to boost the performance of their brains. Students are increasingly using brain-boosting drugs – and they're virtually impossible to ban, an expert warned today. Drugs normally used for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and attention […]
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Students turn to 'smart drugs' to boost grades
Police: Taiwan teen chops off dad's hands
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A 17-year-old Taiwanese boy has been arrested for chopping off his father's hands, allegedly to avenge years of physical abuse, a police official said Tuesday. The boy cut through his father's wrists with a knife while he was asleep at the family's home in central Miaoli on Monday, the official said. The […]
School asks parents to stop drinking at gates
A school governor has called for a ban on parents drinking alcohol while picking up their children. Arthur Mitchell, chairman of the board of governors at Doncaster Road primary school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said a street drinking ban had been proposed after police received reports that parents had been seen drinking at the school's […]
More Efforts Needed To Promote Rights Of Youth, Tunisia Tells UN Debate
Calling for 2010 to be proclaimed the International Year of the Youth, Tunisia's Foreign Minister today urged the United Nations and its Member States to boost their efforts to ensure that young people do not feel marginalized and become attracted to extremism. Abdelwaheb Abdallah told the General Assembly's annual high-level segment, held at UN Headquarters […]
Teen sailor hits halfway mark
(Previously mentioned here) Teenage sailor Jessica Watson is expected to reach the halfway point in her trial run to Sydney on Friday night. The 16-year-old will pass Coffs Harbour on Friday evening, as her online blog clocks up around 114,000 hits a day from virtual spectators around the world. She set sail from the Gold […]
Three Charged in Beating Caught on Video
CHICAGO (Sept. 28) – Three teenagers were charged Monday in the beating death of a 16-year-old Chicago honor roll student on his way home from school, a melee captured on a cell phone video that shows a group striking him with boards and kicking him as he lay on a sidewalk. The death of Derrion […]
Alternative school in Hadley, Massachusetts
I received this via email: I just wanted to let you know about North Star in Hadley, MA. My son started there this fall. It is Self Directed Learning for teens and is one of the boldest and cutting edge approaches to educating Middle and High Schoolers. Basically, we are a family that left school last […]
Obama Seeks Power to Shut Down the Internet
Senator Democrats are attempting to pass legislation which will give President Obama the authority to shut down the Internet and seize private networks. On CNET News, Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), stated “As soon as you’re saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind […]
Some schools monitor off-campus online conduct
Should schools police student conduct on the Web if the conduct takes place off campus? At Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, the policy on Internet usage says that students can be held accountable for what they say or post online, even if the action occurs away from school. "We're extending our standards online," […]
Schools waste millions - report
Millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being wasted in the Department for Children, Schools and Families, an internal government report suggests. The report, by former WH Smith chief executive Richard Handover, has been seen by BBC One's Politics Show. It claims civil servants and head teachers appear to have no idea what value for […]
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