BERLIN (Reuters) - Teachers in a German school were treated in hospital after gobbling up an anonymously donated chocolate cake, unaware it was laced with hashish, authorities said on Thursday.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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Teachers Treated After Eating Doped Cake
Girl Suspended from School for Saying 'Hell'
A second-grade girl from Pittsburgh was suspended this week from her public elementary school for saying the word "hell" to a boy in her class. "I said, 'You're going to go to hell for swearing to God,'" Brandy was quoted as saying in an article that appeared on the Web site of the Pittsburgh Tribune […]
Anti-Homework Petition
We, the Undersigned, believe that homework is unfair in our schools. We beleieve that homework is a waste of time. If you include homework (especially in high school), school could take up half of the day. Kids already spend on average of seven hours a day in school.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
School board's plan to improve student performance includes giving the superintendent a $4K Rolex
State auditors found that the cost of the watch, plus other expenditures from a fund to promote the Union Township School Corp. in 2003, exceeded the state limit of $3,000 by $1,790.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Heads predict chaos if ban goes ahead
Britain's biggest classroom teaching union yesterday gave the go-ahead for a ballot for a boycott of next spring's national tests for seven- and 11-year-olds in England. The move jeopardises the tests due to be taken by millions of primary school children and may result in the most serious educational disruption for more than 10 years.Posted […]
UK: Police may move into violent schools
Sir Charles Pollard, head of the Youth Justice Board, warned that weapon-carrying has become so widespread that some pupils now regard stabbings as acceptable if they avoid the heart.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Computer games: Facts and fiction
Nearly 5,000 people, most of them young men or teenaged males, spent last weekend in Dallas killing one another in the bloodiest fashion possible.Aside from the occasional caffeine overdose, however, every one of the participants walked away without a scratch. A few even returned home with tens of thousands of dollars in prize money.The event […]
Feds Push Reforms at High School Level
In an effort to improve the nation's high schools, the Education Department has kicked off a campaign to get states to offer more rigorous courses and demand more of students before they go to college or work. The campaign will include a series of regional meetings on high school improvement, grants to help students prepare […]
San Francisco Schools Set New Healthy Food Standards
With the beginning of the fall school semester, the San Francisco Unified School District is setting a bold new standard for healthy school food. While many school districts around the nation are raising standards for food, San Francisco may be the first to adopt a "no empty calories" policy. The standard not only sets maximum […]
How fast is too fast? 3-year high school option begins in fall
Beginning this fall, Florida high school students might miss opportunities under a new state law that gives them the option to graduate in three years by skipping physical education, arts classes and most electives.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
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