School Survival

BEAUMONT - A founder of a high school clique accused of providing senior football players with favors from younger girls denied such actions ever occurred, and officials at the school also said they'd never heard it was a "sex ring."Thurston "Trey" House, 23, one of the founding members of the Kutchie Kissing Klique, said it […]

Seattle Public Schools racially discriminates among its students. When it comes time to determine which students are admitted to the system's most sought-after high schools, the most important factor (other than sibling attendance) is whether a student is "white" or "non-white."If a student refuses to self-identify his race, school officials make a visual inspection of […]

The government should reconsider its decision to allow sixth-formers to opt out of religious worship, the Catholic Education Service (CES) says.The Education and Inspections Bill has been amended to let children over 16 withdraw from prayers, rather than their parents having to request it.But CES chief executive Oona Stannard said this change should be reversed […]

A man who hated school and was expelled 15 years ago prepares to return - as a teacher.Fifteen years ago David Wilson-Stonestreet's academic career was non-existent.Having failed his GCSEs he was expelled from school, with a reputation for low-level disruption his only lasting impression.But this time next year the 32-year-old father will be ready to […]

PHOENIX (AP) - Dealing with a strict state law banning junk food and soda, creative educators have thought of a way to feed students chunks of potatoes that aren't fried.Because of the new state law prohibiting fried food, soft drinks and junk food in K-8 schools during the school day, French fries are off-limits. But […]

PORTAGE, Ind. -- An Indiana judge fed up with teenage traffic violators is kicking them in the seat -- the driver's seat.Porter Superior Judge Julia Jent is sentencing the ticketed teens to the embarrassment of riding the school bus, if they are found guilty in her courtroom.Jent got the idea after a girl in her […]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced Monday that President Bush has signed the Perkins Act, the first major update of the nation's vocational education law since 1998.Bush signed the law after Congress overwhelmingly rejected his attempts to scrap it.The law steers $1.3 billion a year into career-based courses in high schools and community colleges. […]

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) - For the last three summers, 13-year-old Joey Cadieux has headed outside with his flashlight on rainy nights to collect nightcrawlers from his yard.Purchased by passing fishermen for $2.50 a dozen, the wriggling worms brought him $7 to $10 in a good month, just enough for bike trips to his favorite neighborhood […]

Kevin Barrett believes the U.S. government might have destroyed the World Trade Center. Steven Jones is researching what he calls evidence that the twin towers were brought down by explosives detonated inside them, not by hijacked airliners.These men aren't uneducated junk scientists: Barrett will teach a class on Islam at the University of Wisconsin this […]

A Newport couple have been jailed for four months for failing to ensure their 14-year-old daughter went to school.Newport magistrates heard Shlaine Haine had a long record of truancy. From January to July 2006 she was at school for only six out of a possible 113 daysChristopher and Deborah Haine, both 41, had already been […]