School Survival

A mother has been electronically tagged after allowing her 15-year-old daughter to repeatedly skip school.Carol Horne, of Crowthorne, Berks, was placed under a two-month curfew after her daughter missed more than half of lessons in the summer term of 2005.It is the sixth time the 42-year-old from Pinefields Close has been before magistrates since 1996 […]

Police in Aurora have confirmed that a 12-year-old boy who said he brought powdered sugar to school for a science project last week has been charged with a felony for possessing a look-alike drug.The sixth grade student at Waldo Middle School in Aurora also was suspended for two weeks from school after showing the bag […]

Could you be the next Steven Spielberg? If you think you have what it takes, then the Film for Youth festival could be just what you are looking for.The challenge is to produce a short film on the theme of youth.Guy Ritchie, who directed the hit movie, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, will then […]

The parents of teenagers who quit education at 16 suffer stress and depression, a poll suggests.A survey by the Learning and Skills Council found that a third of such parents suffered depression symptoms.Parents of pupils who left school, college or training without basic skills were the most likely to be affected, researchers said.The UK has […]

An 18-year-old girl was arrested Thursday for a fake bomb threat at Victor High School, officials said.Betsy Rodriguez, a senior, was charged with first-degree falsely reporting an incident and was sent to Ontario County Jail on $2,500 bail.The high school's 1,700 students were evacuated after a threatening note was found around 8 a.m. in a […]

No bumping, grinding, ankle-grabbing or simulated lovemaking will be allowed when Carmel High School students hit the dance floor at the school's next party sometime in March or April.With a new policy banning ``freak dancing,'' the school has the authority to kick out unruly teenagers from future dances. In addition, students who fail random breath […]

Schools in England are to get new powers to punish pupils who behave badly on the way to and from school.Pupils misbehaving on buses and trains or in the street will be targeted under the moves, which form part of the prime minister's "respect" agenda plans.Teachers will also be given the right to confiscate pupils' […]

A high school principal ordered all copies of a student newspaper recalled because of material she deemed inappropriate, including a photo of a student with his fly unzipped and an illustration of a tampon.Peninsula High School Principal Patricia Scott said she had no problem with the subject matter of the Peninsula Outlook's special edition last […]

Head teachers are sceptical that extended powers to restrain unruly pupils will make much difference, a survey suggests.The government's White Paper proposes a more clearly-defined set of rights for teachers in disciplining pupils.The Association of School and College Leaders asked 100 members about the new powers, which would allow teachers to restrain pupils using reasonable […]

There's a controversy brewing over the latest issue of Roosevelt High School's newspaper. A story in the paper takes aim at religious, racial, ethnic and other groups. The author said it's meant to be funny. Some are not laughing.The front page gives a hint of what's inside the Roosevelt Round-Up. The story talks of using […]