School Survival

DES MOINES, Iowa -- In the Story County town of Roland, the new mayor hasn't graduated from high school yet. Sam Juhl, 18, got 48 percent of the vote. He will be sworn in as Roland's mayor in January.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A New Jersey school district will pay $117,500 to a student who was punished for creating a website that included critical statements about his middle school.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A proposed "national curriculum" for babies and toddlers in England has received a mixed response. Under the Childcare Bill, childminders would teach the curriculum to children "from birth" - with some worrying that it might be too prescriptive.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A primary school headteacher has been suspended after he forced two boys to free a 10-year-old girl they had trapped in a cupboard.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A federal appeals court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by parents outraged that the Palmdale school district in California surveyed their elementary school children about sex. Parents whose students took the survey signed consent forms. But the forms never mentioned sex would be a topic.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Teachers in England are to be given stronger legal rights to restrain pupils and to punish badly behaved children, the government has confirmed. Its report said schools should be able to apply for legal orders against parents who fail to co-operate with them.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Head teacher Rev Kieran McHugh said that any student who ran a blog on the internet will be suspended. Although he didn't say from what, although we are assured that the Church doesn't hang people for opposing it these days.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

The parents of 14-year-old James Watkins agree he deserves school discipline for wearing a penis costume outside a dance at Steilacoom High School. But they want a "sexual harassment" note about the incident dropped from his school record.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

It is thought the attacker used a blade from a pencil sharpener to slash her victim. On her release from Sheffield Children's Hospital, Shanni's father said it was not yet clear whether his daughter would return to the same school. "I would like it to be a lot stricter with more security and safety, not […]

Educators from all across the U.S. came to central Iowa this week for a learning experience: Meyer said they look at each student's needs and specify a strategy for that student. Students in small groups receive individual attention 30 minutes a day. The difference is that everyone at the school, including teachers and administrators, is […]