School Survival

It is a dark day in the history of America when an eighth-grader commits suicide after participating in a student walkout, protesting anti-immigrant legislature. On March 30, Anthony Soltero -- an organizer of his school's walkout -- shot himself in the head after the administration of De Anza Middle School in Ontario, Calif., threatened Soltero […]

ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A state report on a Massachusetts school for the disabled said electric shocks were administered to students - sometimes as they bathed - for offenses as minor as nagging, swearing and sloppy appearance."Various injuries to students have been reported" at the Judge Rotenberg Center, according to the report released Wednesday […]

In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.In settings where cellphone use is forbidden - in class, for example - it is perfect for […]

Going too far: Two proposed laws want to punish online 'bad-talkers' by revealing their identities to anyone who finds them offensive.Our lives are led increasingly online. According to the Pew Internet and American Life study, "the web has become the "new normal" in the American way of life." We buy and sell online, date, discuss […]

One principal in the UK goes into kids' homes and TAKES their computers, TV's and game consoles out of their rooms, and forces them to "earn" it back if their "behaviour" improves. Parents are supporting and encouraging this, and the kids mentioned in this article seem to think it's a good idea as well...Here's the […]

China will scramble mobile phone signals in some exam halls and have police stand guard in a bid to stop cheating, as millions of students take the highly competitive college entrance exams this month, state media said Friday.Some 9.5 million young people will take the June 7-8 college entrance exams, but only one in four […]

This is pretty inspirational if you read the whole thing...=====Like ninjas, a group of students slinked into the back of the room. They were dressed a little differently than others at the meeting: ties replaced with necklaces, shiny shoes with torn-up Chucks, slacks with kilts and stockings with fishnet. Alright, the group wasn't discrete at […]

They want to randomly drug test everyone in UK schools. At least some drug charity has the balls to say something about it:Introducing random drugs tests in schools is an "extreme measure" which may drive abuse underground, a drugs information charity warns.The criticism from DrugScope follows news that secondary schools in Kent will be carrying […]

Black and Hispanic students see school as a more rowdy, disrespectful and dangerous place than their white classmates do, a poll says.The findings suggest that many minority kids are struggling in the equivalent of a hostile work environment, according to Public Agenda, a nonpartisan opinion research group that tracks education trends.Minority children in public middle […]

America prides itself on its unlimited opportunity. So why are fewer and fewer young people able to attend college, find jobs and reach the middle-class promised land?Renee, a white 26-year-old, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her parents wanted nothing more than to send her to a four-year college when she graduated from high school, […]