School Survival

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.He called it "landmark legislation that is vital to the security of our people."Bush signed the measure in a Rose Garden ceremony a day after […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A US judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned by the Internet giant and privacy advocates.US District Court Judge Louis Stanton backed Viacom's request for data on which YouTube users watch which videos on the website […]

By DENNIS YUSKO, Staff writerLast updated: 5:09 p.m., Thursday, June 26, 2008SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A 19-year-old man dressed as a penis was arrested for disturbing a high school graduation today at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Calvin Morett of 337 Pyramid Pine Estates allegedly interrupted the Saratoga Springs High School graduation by marching across SPAC's […]

It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.If convicted on all 69 counts, […]

More than 2,200 children in England are excluded from school every single school day, show official figures.The annual statistics, showing pupils removed for disruptive and bad behaviour, show short term exclusions have risen to 425,600.However permanent exclusions have fallen by 7% - down to 8,680.Children's Minister Kevin Brennan says that the fall in permanent exclusions […]

Teachers were thrilled when students at a Brooklyn high school sweetly offered them slices of homemade cake last week.But the innocent-looking treat contained a nasty surprise - it was laced with laxatives that sent two educators to the hospital and sickened three other staffers.Now, three seniors at the Brooklyn School for Global Studies in Cobble […]

We brought attention to the difficult climate for homeschooling in Germany in this column in March 2007. We shared the trials and tribulations of the Busekros family, whose 15-year-old daughter was forcibly removed from their home because she was being homeschooled. Melissa was placed in the psychiatric wing of a Bavarian clinic and was deemed […]

School Transports Young Children By TaxiState Law Requires Child-Restraint Device For Any Child 5 Years Or YoungerMIAMI (CBS4) ? A Montessori school in Miami Shores is accused by parents to have used taxis without any child car restraints to transport children between the ages of 2 and 4 on a recent field trip.The Children's Village […]

(Ivanhoe Newswire) - Delaying the start of school may help kids stay awake during class. A new study reveals 40 extra minutes could make children more productive in class.Researchers from Norwalk Hospital's Sleep Disorder Center in Connecticut focused on 259 high school students. The kids filled out a questionnaire about their sleep habits before and […]

Fan Meizhong, nicknamed Fan Paopao by netizens who condemn his escape in the May 12 quake, defends himself saying he would sacrifice everything, including his mother's life, for his survival.China's education authorities have revoked the teaching certificate of a "coward teacher" who left his students behind as he escaped during the May 12 quake. He […]