Sydney - Schools across New South Wales will be forced to play the Australian national anthem before class under a radical state government plan to create respect in a community blighted by recent race riots.Teachers at primary schools will be required to introduce ``Australian values'' studies from the beginning of this school year while the […]
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AUS: National anthem to become compulsory in schools
US: No Child Left Un-recruited
Establishing an 'opt-in' military recruitment policy in schools is the only way to prevent students from unknowingly releasing their private information to the army.The U.S. Army isn't exactly recruiting me and I wouldn't say that I spend time thinking of ways to avoid their courtship (despite the fact that we all know they're in dire […]
Living in the Moment
So, you want to be educated? Then why aren't you educating yourselves? Why do I need to threaten you with a grade in order to get you to want to know about these things, to be able to do what I'm trying to teach you to do? Where is your interest in getting good at […]
US: Students asked to teach the teachers ... video games
When the principal of Blair Elementary School needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations, she turned to the experts -- the students.The school purchased 23 PlayStations last month to use with educational games for third- through fifth-graders.But not all the teachers took to the video games -- one became so flustered that […]
It Does Worth A Thought: That madness of Convent pupils must be checked
By Theophilus S GbendaFeb 20, 2006, 12:35The issue of student misconduct is one that is poised to reach an alarming stage if frantic efforts are not immediately made by the ministry responsible to put a decisive stop to it.It is no longer a secret that in this post conflict situation of ours, one of the […]
Student reacts to Pewaukee High School Internet rules
PEWAUKEE - One Pewaukee High School student is questioning whether district officials have the right to discipline students for actions they commit off school grounds.Pewaukee High School Principal Martin VanHulle told students over the loud speaker Tuesday that students can be punished for inappropriate postings toward staff, students or the school on Web sites like […]
teacher commits suicide in back of classroom
YORK COUNTY, Pa. -- A group of students found a teacher's body at West York High School this morning.About 10 students and a substitute teacher were entering their first-period class this morning around 8:30 when they found the teacher's body lying in the back of the classroom, officials said.Officials have not released the identity of […]
Florida kids paid $1 a day to skip gym
Florida kids paid $1 a day to skip gymSchool officials seek former teacher who allegedly took bribes Updated: 1:19 p.m. ET Feb. 16, 2006PENSACOLA, Fla. - A middle school gym teacher let children sit out his class if they paid him $1 a day, collecting perhaps thousands of dollars, officials said Thursday.Terence Braxton, 28, took […]
US: New education law a failure, study says
A national study contends the Bush administration's signature education policy achievement, the No Child Left Behind Act, is a failure.The study released Tuesday by Harvard University's Civil Rights Project also concludes the U.S. Department of Education has negotiated individually with states, nullifying any uniform standard of accountability intended by the 2001 law.The administration went from […]
INDIA: The back-breaking school bag
A new study has revealed that heavy school bags cause lower back pain in children. The research team of Dr S Mehra, R Narasimhan, and three others from the Apollo Centre for Advanced Pediatrics, New Delhi, has noted that carrying excess weight could make these children vulnerable to 'musculo-skeletal problems.'In a research paper presented at […]
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