Apparently a teacher at Oak Ridge High School in Sacramento has been watching too much Fear Factor on television. Maybe the next time this teacher dares his students to eat dead bugs for an A on a test, he should tell them he was joking before he actually grades the test. Stephen Zeldag, a student […]
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Public school teacher dares student to eat dead fly for good grade
All students should be judged on same criteria
Education has been called the great equalizer. No matter what your race, creed or ZIP code, every child is entitled to a quality public education. Yet as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explained to an audience of aspiring educators at the University of Virginia, as a nation, “we still have not fully achieved the dream […]
Seeds of adult dishonesty are sown in youth, study finds
People who cheated in high school are more likely to cheat on their taxes or lie to spouses or customers and otherwise bend the truth, a Los Angeles-based ethics institute's report shows. "Once a liar, always a liar" is a proverbial parental admonishment. A new study claims there is truth to the adage: People who […]
4th teen from same Palo Alto high school commits suicide
For the fourth time in less than six months, a student from one Palo Alto high school has committed suicide, authorities say. The boy stepped in front of a train at the same location where three other students have killed themselves since May. CalTrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew said the latest suicide of a student from […]
Ukraine closes all schools, cinemas over swine flu
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday ordered a three-week closure of Ukraine's schools and cinemas in the toughest measures adopted yet to combat the swine flu virus in Europe. "From today, all the school establishments in Ukraine -- be they private or public -- will be put on three weeks of holiday," she told her […]
Arkansas Legislature to begin study on changes to home school law
An interim study on changes to home school law by the Arkansas Legislature is set to begin on November 5, 2009 at 10:00 am. Eleven representatives from the public school sector will be there. Dee Black of the Home School Legal Defense Association and Jerry Cox of Family Council located in Little Rock Arkansas will […]
'Teachers waterboarded my autistic son,' claims U.S. mother
Two teacher’s aides are accused of holding a 14-year-old autistic boy’s head under running water, forcing him to eat his own vomit and making him sit in his soiled clothes for hours. Garrett Schilling, who cannot speak, attended Great Falls’ North Middle School, in Montana, from 2008 until April 2009. He allegedly suffered abuse at […]
NY teen's hidden camera catches adult locker thief
An adult hall monitor at a high school on New York's Long Island is facing petit larceny charges after she was apparently caught on video breaking into school lockers. The video camera was secretly planted by Newfield High School senior Tiana Rapp, who says she was victimized twice and had $190 taken from her. Rapp […]
Exam leak - accused in court
A teacher and two pupils appeared in court after they were found in possession of leaked 2009 matric examination papers, Mpumalanga police said on Friday. The teacher, Milton Msimango, was released on R3 000 bail in the Nelspruit Magistrate's Court while the two pupils, Patience Mkhantshwa and Charity Xulu, were released on R1 000 bail […]
Pupils protest outside school
POLICE were called to control a protest by students at Whitworth Community High School over the new head teacher's "draconian" rules. A message was sent to pupils on Facebook calling on them to walk out and stand outside the head teacher's office on Friday morning in protest over head Maggie Holt's newly enforced dress code. […]
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