Politics has become a game for a group of California college students who have launched an online video game, "Fantasy Congress," in the lead-up to next month's U.S. congressional elections.The game, officially launched on Monday, is a new spin on the popular online fantasy sports games where players chose a team of real-life players and […]
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US: Students make politics a fantasy game
US: Meet the lunch lady's new best friend
It takes more than a lunch lady to run today's public school cafeterias. It takes a logistics expert.Take Rome's West End Elementary, where two classrooms of students charge into the lunchroom every five minutes, load their trays up with corn dogs, steak nuggets and fresh fruit and pile into cashier Lydia Galego's line.Galego, though, has […]
After Studying Homework, Teachers at One Canadian Junior High Cut Way Back on their Assignments
A principal from Edmonton, Alberta, asked the teachers at his junior high school to do their own summer reading on whether homework actually works.The result, as reported by Toronto, Canada's, Globe and Mail: "With their return to the classroom this fall, teachers at the affluent Edmonton school are thinking twice about the pages of homework […]
UK: The ADHD dilemma for parents
With a recent survey suggesting almost 50% of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have been excluded at some point, parents face difficult choices.Up to one in 20 children have ADHD, which affects concentration and can cause them to be disruptive.Many are being put on medication but unions warn that some schools cannot meet their […]
UK: Schools 'borrow' staff for inspections
Schools in England are "borrowing" good teachers to help them pass their Ofsted inspections, researchers have said.Academics at Manchester University visited schools serving inner-city or rural areas in 30 local authorities.They found some schools imported strong teachers to help impress inspectors and heard of weak pupils being sent on work experience during an inspection.Ofsted said […]
UK: Boy, 9, threatens principal with knife
A primary school pupil in Bristol has been suspended after threatening his headteacher with a knife.The headteacher was not injured in the incident, which happened at the Two Mile Junior School in the Kingswood area of the city on Thursday.The nine year old is understood to have brandished the blade during a lesson.Bristol City Council […]
US: Candidate proposes using textbooks as shields
A candidate for state superintendent of schools said Thursday he wants thick used textbooks placed under every student's desk so they can use them for self-defense during school shootings."People might think it's kind of weird, crazy," said Republican Bill Crozier of Union City, Oklahoma, a teacher and former Air Force security officer. "It is a […]
US: School bans tag, other chase games
Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.While there is no […]
US: Scientists say video games can reshape education
Scientists call it the next great discovery, a way to captivate students so much they will spend hours learning on their own.It's the new vision of video games.The Federation of American Scientists -- which typically weighs in on matters of nuclear weaponry and government secrecy -- declared Tuesday that video games can redefine education.Capping a […]
US: High-schoolers skip classes after threat found in bathroom
A threatening message found scribbled on a boys' bathroom wall at Fairview High School on Tuesday led to nearly empty hallways and plenty of parking spots Wednesday as half the student body opted to take the school up on a free, get-out-of-classes day."October 18, 2006, is when 'it' happens. Watch how safe we actually are," […]
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