A Montgomery County teacher has agreed to apologize to a 13-year-old student whom he reprimanded and sent to the office for twice refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, said a lawyer who represents the student. The unidentified student was embarrassed and humiliated after the teacher called a school security officer to escort her […]
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Pledge of Allegiance apology will come from Montgomery teacher
Bubble-wrapped kids missing out on childhood, author claims.
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New Research Supports John Holt's Views About Learning
by Pat Farenga One of the core ideas of John Holt’s approach to education is that children are good at learning. John asserted in the early sixties, often and clearly, that children are natural learners and that adult interference in their attempts to learn, often through uninvited teaching, inhibits children’s learning. This idea continues to […]
High Schools to Offer Plan to Graduate 2 Years Early
Dozens of public high schools in eight states will introduce a program next year allowing 10th graders who pass a battery of tests to get a diploma two years early and immediately enroll in community college. Students who pass but aspire to attend a selective college may continue with college preparatory courses in their junior […]
Gordon Brown: UK voting age should be lowered to 16
Unveiling proposals to restore trust in the political system following the expenses scandal, the Prime Minister said that he was in favour of votes for 16 and 17-year-olds following an extensive consultation and as part of wider reforms. One of these could see 16-year-olds given a formal coming of age ceremony, as is done for […]
Pa. high school students form anti-censorship alliance
Students of Council Rock High School South have united to form South Students Against Literary and Cinematic Censorship in order to combat attempts by some parents to limit media use in the curriculum. Ryan Carlin founded the group after parents petitioned the school board to ban R-rated films in the classroom. Carlin accumulated more than […]
Willows teen duck hunter's school expulsion reversed
The Glenn County Board of Education has reversed a decision to expel a Willows High School student for having two shotguns and ammunition in his pickup truck parked off campus. In a unanimous vote, board members rescinded the expulsion of Gary Tudesko. He was expelled by the Willows Joint Union School District in November for […]
Meet Marko, the 9-year-old systems engineer
Marko Calasan, a 9-year-old from Macedonia, is more than just a kid who's into computers. At age 6, he got his first systems administrator credential from Microsoft and, last month, he became perhaps the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. "I must say that from the technological point of view, Marko is definitely a wonder child," […]
Guantánamo guard Facebooks former prisoner and they become friends
New to Facebook, Brandon Neely was searching the site for acquaintances in 2008 when he typed in the names of some of the detainees he had guarded during his tenure as a prison guard at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Mr. Neely, an Army veteran who spent six months at the prison in 2002, sent messages to […]
17-year old Breaks Record and Climbs All 7 Summits
He could just go to high school and be a normal senior. Or he could climb mountains. Johnny Collinson isn’t your normal high schooler. His friends might be fretting about the SATs and finding a date for Friday night, but he’s had his eyes on a bigger prize: Climbing the seven summits—the highest peaks on […]
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