School Survival

UK: Communing with God on school grounds is the best way to put youthful sinners back on the straight and narrow, claimed the popular bishop of Limassol, Athanassios, who made the suggestion. The sanctuary of a confessional, he said, would provide "instant relief" for anyone caught smoking or missing a class. (So missing class is […]

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of the famous case in which a judge ruled that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words "under God".Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A former Cy-Fair High School student will serve five years of probation after admitting Tuesday to committing felony arson by burning two U.S. flags in the spring.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

Brian Robertson was just months away from graduation at Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma, last year when he found the beginnings of what he thought was a short story on a school computer. He copied the file to another computer, added some paragraphs to the initial text and then promptly got arrested.Posted by: SoulRiserSource […]

A new Gallup poll conducted for Phi Delta Kappa International, whose education surveys command high respect in the teaching profession, reveals a compelling motivation for the fierce opposition teacher union leaders and most public school officials show toward school vouchers: Most students wouldn't attend public schools if they had a voucher.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

A federal judge has ruled that high school student Bretton Barber may legally wear an anti-war shirt to school with a picture of President Bush above the words "International Terrorist". The American Civil Liberties Union had intervened on Barber's behalf after the principal had ordered him to cover up the shirt or go home.Posted by: […]

"If you don't clap, then you get detention." The face of the menacing teacher giving us this new rule angered me. Who was he to tell us whom to clap for? Who was he to tell us whom to like or dislike? For two days, the news that Gov. Sonny Purdue was coming to our […]

Schools that do not allow girls to wear trousers as part of their uniform should change their policy, says the Equal Opportunities Commission.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article

While some adults may shake their heads at the changing lexicon of students, Sara Matthews noticed much the same phenomenon in the language of educators. The current word of fashionable choice is "rigorous." All schools proudly claim to be "rigorous," and all teachers within schools are eager to have their classes and curricula be rigorous. […]

Susan and Edmund Benson boldly broke ground in 1986 when they made the decision to establish ARISE, a not-for-profit foundation, in response to escalating problems of high-risk children and young adults whose future seemed unpromising at best. These youths, besieged by sexual promiscuity, teen pregnancy, overuse of drugs and alcohol, domestic abuse, and violence, live […]