School Survival

School locked down after man with gun spotted. Man with gun turned out to be World War II veteran with a plugged rifle coming to speak at a social studies class.---Rome High School was locked down for a few minutes this morning because of a miscommunication between the middle and high school, according to Rome […]

The Mount Vernon public-school science teacher who won't remove his personal Bible from the top of his desk also is accused of conducting a religious "healing session" during school and burning crosses onto students' arms.Administrators say John Freshwater taught his own religious beliefs in his classes, including describing the meaning of Good Friday and Easter.An […]

PARENT EMPOWERMENT NETWORK - Carl Chew, a 6th grade science teacher at Nathan Eckstein Middle School in the Seattle School District, last week defied federal, state, and district regulations that require teachers to administer the Washington Assessment of Student Learning to students."I have let my administration know that I will no longer give the WASL […]

PHOENIX - Arizona schools whose courses "denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization" could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a state House panel.SB 1108 also would bar teaching practices that "overtly encourage dissent" from those values, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism and religious toleration. Schools would have to […]

Spanish family court judges believe parents are divorcing to increase their children's chances of getting into their preferred state school.Spain is certainly not the only country where the government-funded school system is regularly under the spotlight over concerns about the quality of the education and the need to improve standards. Finding a good state school […]

On Feb. 28, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District found in the case of In re: Rachel L. that a homeschooling family involved in a juvenile court proceeding did not have a right to homeschool in California unless the children's teacher held a California teaching credential. That decision sent shock waves […]

The rampage carried out nearly a year ago by a deranged Virginia Tech student who slipped through the mental health system has changed how American colleges reach out to troubled students.Administrators are pushing students harder to get help, looking more aggressively for signs of trouble and urging faculty to speakup when they have concerns. Counselors […]

CCTV cameras could be used in examination halls to catch cheats and prevent unfounded complaints against invigilators.The Examination Officers' Association is planning to test the idea in a handful of exam centres.It says exam cheats are using increasingly hi-tech methods and that invigilators themselves fear a rising number of complaints from students.Some schools and colleges […]

Six days after she was sucker punched and beaten in her own Baltimore classroom, high school art teacher Jolita Berry still finds it almost impossible to watch the MySpace video of the attack. And she can't make herself go back to work."I am petrified to go back to that particular building," Berry told TODAY's Matt […]

Five teenage boys brandishing machetes and baseball bats have left a trail of destruction and injuries in their wake, after storming a western Sydney high school, police say.The terrifying rampage through Merrylands High School left 18 students and one teacher injured and may have been motivated by revenge, police said.ADVERTISEMENTTeachers immediately locked down the school […]