Middle Tennessee: Students and parents across the state have complained about the high weight of textbooks and backpacks. And lawmakers are listening. A proposal making its way through the General Assembly calls for the state to study - and set - textbook weight limits in elementary, middle and high school.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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State may lighten students' textbook load
Chicago wants same-sex public schools
Some public school officials in Chicago decide that making seperate schools for boys and girls will be better for everyone.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Teacher vows to shut down teacher rating site
A website which allows students to rate the teachers at their school and make comments anonymously. Recently, a teacher happened upon the site and was outraged when looking at her ratings. She has since conspired with teachers to destroy the credibility of the site.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Bellevue school bans hats, hoods to keep focus on academics
Interlake High School is taking steps to prevent gang-related incidents... by banning hats and other head-gear.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Schools try new, quickie drug test
Schools trying new drug testing method that can detect drug use with items a student has touched.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Boy Forced To Wear Skirt As Punishment
A Central Florida preschool faces allegations of punishing children in an unusual and potentially traumatic way after a teacher's reported confession of putting a boy in a girl's dress, according to a Local 6 News report.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
School Survival becomes front page news!
The "School Survival" site, run by a student from South Africa, boasts it is "The Complete Anti-School Site." She began the site in 1999 when she became disappointed in her school and protested its policies. The site hosts a lot of good information, and had me laughing outloud at great tactics and antics...Posted by: SoulRiserSource […]
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U.S. soldier refuses to fight; seeks refuge in Canada
On a snowbound afternoon 955 kilometres north of where the U.S. Army says he should be, Private First Class Hinzman, Jeremy D., No. 503946779, is sitting in the sunroom of the rambling old mansion owned by Toronto's pacifist Quakers. He is describing the chants he learned in basic training."You're always walking around in formation. And […]
TShirt Leads to Town Tizzy
Showing town spirit in Climax is cause for punishment in this Minnesota town. Shirley Moberg, superintendent of Climax-Shelly schools, said T-shirts bearing the town's slogan "Climax -- More than just a feeling," are inappropriate because of the sexual innuendo. Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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