FRAMINGHAM High School in the land of the free is demanding the right to take students' cell phones and to search them for evidence of criminal activity.The action, which is well above the usual "confiscate the phone until after school", is angering students becasue it infringes their privacy rights.School administrators say that they need to […]
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US: School demands phone searches
US: Federal Government Studying How To Undermine The Freedom Of Information Act
Beginning this month St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio will begin recieving $1 million dollars worth of funding from the federal government to study how to limit the Freedom of Information Act.St. Mary's professor Jeffrey Addicott claims his teams research will be used to design a model statute which state and federal […]
UK: 'Clever' answer loses pupil marks
An "excellent" GCSE student had a mark taken away for giving an answer which a teacher said was "too sophisticated".Katie Merchant, 16, of Brighton College, missed a "key word" in a Latin mock exam, although she showed more than enough knowledge for a full mark.Headmaster Richard Cairns said the OCR exam board's assessment scheme, which […]
US: How to Educate Young Scientists
The United States could easily fall from its privileged perch in the global economy unless it does something about the horrendous state of science education at both the public school and university levels. That means finding ways to enliven a dry and dispiriting style of science instruction that leads as many as half of the […]
US: Through Hell, High Water or Web Filters
Excuse me, Congress? You know that bill you're thinking about passing, the one that would prevent kids from accessing social networking websites like MySpace.com at schools and libraries? Kris Sosa, a junior at West Ottawa High School in Holland, Miss., has something to tell you:"Anything that youth attaches themselves to, the public gets scared about," […]
US: New York education officials ban shock therapy
NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York officials voted on Tuesday to prohibit the use of electric shock therapy on students after a report released last week revealed that a Massachusetts school has been electrically shocking its students, nearly half of whom are from New York state.The New York State Education Department (NYSED) report criticizes the […]
US: School is winning - kids don't know how to play anymore
At home, the phrase "Go watch TV" to kids has replaced "Go outside and play" in many families. At school, the daily hour of recess is dwindling. The combination is contributing to many kids not getting enough exercise, according to some experts."Parents are not allowing their kids to play after school because of the safety […]
US: Parent censors, fights school censorship, over same MySpace post
UPPER DARBY, Pa. - The father of a high school student who was suspended for "inappropriate" journal postings on her MySpace.com Web site is challenging the girl's punishment.William Scantling said his daughter's constitutional rights were violated when the Upper Darby School District in suburban Philadelphia suspended her for two days because of comments generated from […]
US: The Pledge of Allegiance is socialist in origin
The Pledge of Allegiance court case is a blessing in disguise, by providing a temporary delay. It allows the fight to widen against the entire Pledge, not just two words. As a libertarian and a lawyer, too, I am spearheading the next court case as a pro bono service to the public to liberate Americans […]
US: Tougher attendance policy under consideration
WATERBURY, Conn. --A doctor's note may not be good enough for city school children who are absent because of illness under a tougher attendance policy under consideration by the Board of Education. Routine illness, even with note from a physician, would no longer be considered an excused absence under the policy proposed on Monday. The […]
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