Teacher Suspended for Showing Garden Tools in School
By Christina Sarich | Natural Society In a Chicago suburb, school officials recently suspended a 17-year veteran teacher for showing students wrenches, pliers, and a few Phillip’s head screwdrivers in a recent discussion about ‘tool use’ in his classroom. Doug Bartlett, the teacher, has sued the school, and attorneys at Rutherford Institute have a pending civil [...]
Read More →With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
NY Times As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in schools, youth advocates and judges are raising alarm about what they have seen in the schools where officers are already stationed: a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office. Since [...]
Read More →Robots to ‘Teach’ in Experiments in New York and California
By Zachary Stieber | The Epoch Times Robots will be helping teach a range of subjects this year in California and New York classrooms, in an experiment that has been under development for several years. They won’t be replacing teachers, but helping them by furthering learning. In one experiment, set to launch in Los Angeles later [...]
Read More →School in Conneticut Teaching Students ‘Americans Don’t Have Right to Bear Arms’
Hyscience According to a Northeast Middle School worksheet, “The courts have consistently determined that the Second Amendment does not ensure each individual the right to bear arms, and “The courts have never found a law regulating the private ownership of weapons unconstitutional.” The worksheet, published by Instructional Fair, goes on to say that the Second Amendment is [...]
Read More →Massachusetts middle schoolers denied lunch over debt
Students in Attleboro, Massachusetts were denied lunch this week if they had even five cents of debt on their accounts.
Read More →Guns in US schools: South Dakota votes to allow teachers to be armed in wake of Sandy Hook massacre
AP | The Independent South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard signed a bill yesterday allowing the state’s school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns. Supporters say the so-called sentinels could help prevent tragedies such as the Connecticut school shooting in December. The law will go into effect on 1 July. The measure reflects [...]
Read More →Fear of privacy breach rises as US schools look to drones for ‘scientific research’
ANI Thirty-four colleges and universities have applied for permission to fly unmanned surveillance drones over campuses across America in 2012, according to records obtained by a privacy watchdog group. The schools cite plans for aerospace, geomatics, ecological and aquatic research, yet activists and privacy experts are nevertheless concerned about the high-flying spies, reports Fox News. [...]
Read More →US student arrested for mass shooting plan in California school
PressTV A middle school student has been arrested in the US state of California after allegedly sent an email to the school administrator threatening to shoot classmates and teacher. The San Diego Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Sunday that the 12-year-old student was taken into custody following threats against Peaks Middle School, in [...]
Read More →Soda, candy out under USDA’s proposed school snack rules
By Elise Viebeck | The Hill The Obama administration proposed regulations Friday that would prohibit U.S. schools from selling unhealthy snacks. The 160-page regulation from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) would enact nutrition standards for “competitive” foods not included in the official school meal. In practice, the proposed rules would replace traditional potato chips with baked versions and candy [...]
Read More →Muslim parents sue UK primary school for banning hijab
ANI A primary school in the UK is being sued by Muslim parents after it banned pupils from wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf. St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox primary in south London is being hauled before the High Court amid claims that its uniform policy breaches children’s religious freedom. The couple insisted it would be a [...]
Read More →University Tulsa training students for cyber espionage jobs
ANI The University of Tulsa in Oklahoma offers a two-year course in cyber-espionage , with recruits going on to jobs with the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and the Secret Service. The little-known Cyber Corps programme, which teaches how to write computer viruses, hack networks, crack passwords and mine data from a range [...]
Read More →Star Trek Classroom: The next generation of school desks
eScience Researchers designing and testing the ‘classroom of the future’ have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics. New results from a 3-year project working with over 400 pupils, mostly 8-10 year olds, show that collaborative learning increases both fluency and flexibility in maths. It also shows that using an interactive ‘smart’ [...]
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