School Survival

"My Genes Made Me Do It!: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation�," argues that sexuality is shaped by a variety of factors, not just biological. Visit most public school libraries and you'll find an array of books that address the subject of homosexuality. Many include sexually explicit content, and some even include graphic images. But […]

U.S. colleges aren’t adequately preparing teachers for jobs in the nation’s elementary and secondary classrooms, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. “By almost any standard, many, if not most of the nation’s 1,450 schools, colleges, and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st century classroom,” Duncan […]

Last week the New York Times reported the results of a disturbing but unsurprising new study from Northeastern University, On any given day, about one in every 10 young male high school dropouts is in jail or juvenile detention, compared with one in 35 young male high school graduates, according to a new study of […]

An 11th grade Carolina Forest High School student is dead Friday morning after stabbing a resource officer who defended himself with gunfire. Teal Britton, spokeswoman for Horry County Schools, said Trevor Varinecz, asked to speak to the student resource officer in his office and a fight between the two ensued. Varinecz, 16, stabbed the officer, […]

The best way to explain something is to get the students to explain it to themselves... here's an example: The following is a transcript of a teaching experiment, using the Socratic method, with a regular third grade class in a suburban elementary school. The class was conducted on a Friday afternoon beginning at 1:30, late […]

Schools Minister Vernon Coaker dismisses as a "backward" step a review of primary school education saying children should receive formal lessons before the age of six. The Cambridge primary review found children respond better to play-based learning at a young age, and that there was no evidence to suggest it would hold them back in […]

A teen who was arrested in a potential threat against his western Colorado high school is accused of trying to acquire explosives. Mesa County district attorney Pete Hautzinger says 18-year-old Robert Dell Johnson appeared in court on Thursday to face a felony charge of solicitation to commit possession of an explosive or incendiary device. Johnson […]

Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not easy. But there was Zachary Christie last week at a school disciplinary committee hearing with his karate instructor and his mother’s fiancé by his side to vouch for him. Zachary’s offense? Taking a camping utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon […]

Few things in France can provoke heated debate faster than moves to tinker with the country's vaunted public-education system, which embodies republican values that date back to the French Revolution. It's especially true when the changes involve an idea as capitalistic and nonegalitarian as paying certain students — the ones most apt to fail and […]

A brand new homeschool mom was in the front office of a middle school in Lake County withdrawing her child when the principal overheard what was transpiring. At that point the principal approached the mom telling her that she could not homeschool because “there was a case decision last year declaring homeschooling to be illegal.” […]