School Survival

For teens, there is no greater joy than graduating high school. Shaking off the shackles of education and claiming that hard-fought diploma is truly an epic day. Unfortunately, for several students at Bonny Eagle High School in Maine, their natural exuberance has led to some surprisingly serious problems.On Friday night, when the senior class was […]

Parents may soon be able to read their children's text messages as part of a plan to give them more control over rapidly developing technologies.It is being billed as another tool in parents' armouries, but civil libertarians say if you need to pry into your kids' phones then you are not doing a good job […]

For eight years, Jessica Terry suffered from stomach pain so horrible, it brought her to her knees. The pain, along with diarrhea, vomiting and fever, made her so sick, she lost weight and often had to miss school. Her doctors, no matter how hard they tried, couldn't figure out the cause of Jessica's abdominal distress.Then […]

DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. - A local couple is facing multiple charges after a shocking discovery at their home daycare business. Authorities confiscated a stash of guns, ammo, gallons of alcohol, marijuana, and moonshine early Saturday morning from Johnnie and Judy Wilson's home business. "People have a right to live in their residence and operate a […]

PORTAGE - Police arrested five students after a food fight during lunchtime at Portage High School.The teens were led from the school in handcuffs Tuesday after yogurt and taco salad flew across the cafeteria.The mother of one of the teens, Wendy Mitchell, thinks the school overreacted by calling police. So does Lee Ann Vesley, whose […]

CANBERRA (Reuters) - A student who fell with a noose around his neck during a mock class hanging that was arranged by teachers has enraged Australian authorities.The high school student fell from a table while fellow students, under the supervision of a teacher, were photographing a staged hanging as part of an English class project."It […]

WITHthinning demand for real estate and growing cash constraints, many developers are now looking at thriving sectors. They are divesting in non-core businesses such as education with a conviction that it's a recession-proof sector.Experts believe that the reason behind this shift is a widening demand-supply gap in education sector. It may also be a rational […]

A drug used to treat ADHD children is causing concern in the United States.It is called Risperdal and it is supposed to be used primarily for adults with sever psychological problems.But last year it was prescribed more than 6.5 million times.The side effects include young males developing female sex organs.Nineteen-year-old John was just seven when […]

Some school banned a bunch of books, so this girl took copies of them and checks them out to other classmates like you would at a real library.----Is it OK to run an illegal library from my locker at school?Let me explain.I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and […]

-- From The Associated Press:A Spanaway mother says she's horrified by a cartoon video -- posted online -- that showed several ways to kill her sixth-grade daughter. The cartoon was made off school grounds by some of her daughter's classmates, girls aged 11 and 12.Titled "Top Six Ways to Kill Piper," it includes depictions of […]