-- From The Associated Press:A Spanaway mother says she's horrified by a cartoon video -- posted online -- that showed several ways to kill her sixth-grade daughter. The cartoon was made off school grounds by some of her daughter's classmates, girls aged 11 and 12.Titled "Top Six Ways to Kill Piper," it includes depictions of […]
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"Kill Piper" cartoon threatens Spanaway sixth-grader
Boy, 4, walks home from Pittsburgh school midday
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh school officials are trying to figure out how a 4-year-old boy slipped away from his preschool in the middle of the school day and walked to his home about a mile away.The boy's mother, Markeya McCary, says she was shocked when her son showed up at home Monday when he was […]
Irish Reform Schools: Thousands Beaten, Raped
DUBLIN - A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades _ and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation. High Court Justice Sean Ryan on Wednesday unveiled the 2,600-page final report of Ireland's Commission […]
Ohio Christian school tells student to skip prom
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Schoolgirl 'left in sun to die'
New Delhi - An 11-year-old Indian schoolgirl died after a teacher allegedly made her stand in the baking sun as punishment for not doing her homework, reports said on Friday.Shanno Khan started bleeding from the nose and fainted after hours in the searing New Delhi heat on Wednesday, and slipped into a coma after being […]
Pennsylvania's kids deserve justice
Some state senators believe our children need to spend more time with the police. Senate Bill 56 would mandate school administrators to call the local police in certain situations, leaving administrators with no discretion to consider the individual circumstances.Students today are more likely to be arrested at school than students of previous generations, despite the […]
Norway tests laptop exam scheme
About 6,000 students in Norway are doing exams on their laptops in a trial that could soon be rolled out across the country.Every 16-19 year-old in Nord-Trondelag county in Norway has been trying out the laptop-based system.The secondary students are given a laptop by the government when they turn 16 to help them with schoolwork.During […]
Are 'No-Fail' Grading Systems Hurting or Helping Students?
What's a kid gotta do to get an "F" these days?At a growing number of middle schools and high schools across the country, students no longer receive failing marks when they fail. Instead, they get an "H" - for "held" - on their report cards, and they're given a chance to rectify their poor performance […]
Pupils at truant school to get Savile Row suits by Prince Charles's tailor to boost morale
A school with one of the country's worst truancy records is issuing its pupils with Savile Row suits.Tom Mahon - tailor to Prince Charles - has designed suits to replace the replace polo shirts and sweaters worn by the 750 children at the Manchester school.The Savile Row touch is being applied as part of a […]
Celebrity culture is fuelling violence and sex among children, says schools tsar
Celebrity culture is fuelling violence and sex among children, says schools tsarUnruly pupils are copying the worst behaviour they see from footballers and celebrities on television, the Government's discipline tsar said today.Sir Alan Steer, a retired head who has conducted a four-year investigation into school discipline, claimed that abusive football stars fuelled violence in the […]
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