School Survival

A school has defended its decision to encourage pupils to wear Nike branded sportswear for games and PE lessons. Some parents are annoyed students will have to pay

HARTFORD, Conn. - Bad words are costing Hartford Public and Bulkeley high schoolers $103 each.Police officers assigned to the schools have fined about two dozen students for cursing in a new program to curtail unruly behavior. The joint effort by school and police officials targets students who swear while defying teachers and administrators."We're sending a […]

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A Des Moines woman said that the U.S. military should not be allowed to recruit at children's schools. Jan Hill is part of the Iowa Peace Task Force, which is a coalition of groups that wants to see the school board set more specific limits on military recruiters in schools.Posted by: […]

The co-editors of a high school newspaper are suing their school district, claiming their free-speech rights are being violated by officials demanding to review editions of the paper before distribution.Sara Michelle Eccleston, 17, and Claire Marie Lueneburg, 18, argue that the Kodak has long served as a public forum for students at Everett High School […]

A professor who also is an outspoken anarchist has agreed to leave Yale University this spring, dropping an appeal over whether his termination was politically motivated. Graeber, 44, who has taught at Yale since 1998, is a prolific writer, and his work on value theory is taught worldwide. The London School of Economics recently asked […]

School-based programs that target students' emotional, social and decision-making skills are likely to also boost their academic achievement, a team of Washington researchers reports. Their findings suggest that more broadly focused interventions can have a wider-ranging effect than those that specifically target academic achievement. "Students with early discipline problems are likely to experience negative reactions […]

A 16-year-old, homeschooled California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday banning schools from requiring students to take Ritalin or other anti-hyperactivity drugs as a condition of attending class.Posted by: lifeischeeseSource Article

Allowing schools and colleges to design their own curriculum would boost the rate of 16 year olds staying in education, research suggests. The curriculum should be more responsive to local employment needs, the Institute for Public Policy Research report says. Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Putting a child through nursery education helps set them up for "success" in later life, a study suggests. The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) research found adults with pre-school education were more likely to be employed and earning higher salaries. [Yep, teach 'em to be doormats earlier on, will help prevent all that 'teen rebellion' […]