While the number of students who have been suspended from public schools over the past few years has remained relatively constant, some local districts - particularly vocational technical schools - have bucked the trend and cut their rates, sometimes sharply.Driving the change, said officials, is an effort to deal with students individually and get them […]
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At vocational schools, suspensions are down
Teachers accused of checking pupils' underwear to make they are wearing the right colour bras and pants
A row erupted today over claims that teachers were checking pupils' underwear to make sure they comply with a new school uniform policy.Parents said their children were told what colour pants and bras they can wear and teachers were doing 'spot checks' under the new rules introduced at Kings School in Winchester.Staff at the mixed […]
Schools react to 'Kick a Ginger Day' joke
For some, it's a joke. To others, though, it urges violence against a visible minority.A movement called "Kick a Ginger Day" had many people seeing red yesterday and caused some Manitoba schools to issue stern warnings to students.The Nov. 20 event was inspired by a South Park episode where one character argues gingers -- people […]
Teachers wild on social networks
As part of a disturbing new trend, America's public-school teachers are increasingly posting questionable and even sexually explicit information on video-sharing websites and social networks frequented by youth.According to several nationwide reports, students often search for their teachers on MySpace and Facebook, and some find more information about their instructors than they ever expected.Posted by: […]
Experts: Interrogation of boy, 8, 'out of bounds'
The third-grader's legs dangle from an overstuffed leather chair as he answers the questions of two female police officers. His manner and voice are casual, even helpful, but his words are shocking. Police say an 8-year-old boy confessed to murder. Legal analysts say the questioning crossed the line.And so, legal analysts say, were the methods […]
Proposed school catering to gays expands mission
Organizers behind a plan to develop Chicago's first public high school catering to gay and lesbian students have changed the name and broadened the focus of the school to include all disenfranchised groups of students, according to officials.The revised plan is expected to be voted on Wednesday by the Chicago Board of Education. It comes […]
Limit 'risky' book, couple says
Cindy and James Dacus should know by early December the outcome of their months-long fight to restrict elementary students' access to a book about two male penguins that raise a chick together.Officials at Ankeny's East Elementary School, where in late February the couple's kindergartner found the book, "And Tango Makes Three," denied the couple's request […]
Girl, 5, beaten 'for the hell of it'
A 5-year-old girl was beaten bloody with a metal rod and had her face shoved in her own vomit before one final beating left her dead on the family's dirty basement floor, a Manitoba court heard yesterday.Samantha Kematch and her common-law husband, Karl McKay, are accused of first-degree murder in the 2005 death of Phoenix […]
Boy slits girl's throat in Montrose High lobby
A 14-year-old boy calmly walked into the entrance of Montrose High School this morning, grabbed a girl from behind and slit her throat in front of her sister and dozens of classmates. The sophomore girl, Mallory Haulman, was taken by ambulance in serious condition to Montrose Memorial Hospital, where she underwent several hours of surgery […]
Strong Education Blunts Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Suggests
A test that reveals brain changes believed to be at the heart of Alzheimer's disease has bolstered the theory that education can delay the onset of the dementia and cognitive decline that are characteristic of the disorder.Scientists at the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that some […]
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