The tags -- similar to those used for merchandise at retailers and wholesalers for inventory control -- will be attached to students' school bags or nameplates, while tag readers will be installed at the school gate and locations the parents and teachers think could be dangerous.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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School to put electronic tags on students to monitor safety
Italy School Foils Cheats by Blocking Phone Signals
Mobile phone-savvy teenagers tempted to cheat on exams by sending text messages or scanning pictures of tests could be thwarted by a device that jams signals inside the school walls.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Anti-drug program linked to Church of Scientology
California's top educator said Wednesday that he has ordered the state Department of Education to investigate an antidrug program used by schools around the state whose teachings have been linked with the Church of Scientology.State schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell said the investigation could lead to an order barring schools from using the program, called Narconon […]
Jaws drop as city High-School dropouts total 350k
The Big Apple could be called Dropout City - a staggering 350,000 public high-school students have quit or flunked out of school since 1986.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
School pulls the plug on Christian concert
After the band finished its first song under a stage light, the room's fluorescent lights came on and Assistant Principal Dale Staley entered the room. Band member Beau Hodges had just mentioned figuring out something about the sound system when Staley said, "You've got nothing to figure out. You're out of here. I said so. […]
Students decide that surrounding their school with manure, blood and dead animals as a senior prank would be splendid fun for all
High school officials say a senior prank became a health hazard when someone spread hundreds of pounds of manure on school doors and around the building and put dead animals, animal blood and stolen "for sale" signs outside the school.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Teen suicides after being told she failed exams
AN Indian teenager killed herself after receiving a mobile phone text message saying she had failed her school leaving exams, although she had actually passed, a report said today. Pressure from parents and peers on students to score high marks in the exams is immense and each year dozens across the country kill themselves when […]
Legal smoke rooms for schoolkids
Russian schools are planning to set up 'smoking centres' where children can smoke without being punished to help prevent fires.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
School officials pull plug on graduation speech
School officials pulled the plug on a senior class president's commencement speech shortly after he referred to his high school as a prison. They also refused to give Nicholas Noel his diploma.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Student suspended cause his last name reminds people of cocaine
A student election at Chichester High School turned ugly last Friday after a candidate for senior vice-president was suspended for trying to launch a write-in campaign. It got downright nasty Monday when sympathetic students decided to show their election-day support for the banned candidate.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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