
According to new government backed plans, schools will be able to apply for £30,000 grants to plug so-called ‘diversity gaps’. After receiving the money, they will be obliged to promote members of staff who have benefited from the money, regardless of their
by Liam Deacon7 Dec 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

According to a report by 11Alive, an attack on an unsuspecting seventh grade student in Georgia left him with a broken nose. The 12-year-old said the attack came out of nowhere, as he was sitting in his desk when it
by Trent Baker3 Nov 2015, 8:37 AM PST0

Earlier this month, administrators at Mercer Island School District in Washington State felt compelled to do something for their children this year by banning the playground game of tag, because it just might make some kids feel bad, they said.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Sep 2015, 8:26 PM PST0

The hubbub surrounding Irving, Texas 14-year-old MacArthur High School student Ahmed Mohammed – the kid who brought a homemade clock-in-a-case that looked like a fake bomb to school – continues apace, with the President of the United States inviting him to the White House, and 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tweeting out encouragement.
by Ben Shapiro18 Sep 2015, 10:46 AM PST0

One of Britain’s most prestigious schools is considering banning homework to combat depression among its students. Cheltenham Ladies’ College is set to consider dropping homework – known at the school as “prep” – in response to an “anxiety epidemic” among
by Nick Hallett6 Jun 2015, 5:35 AM PST0

A third-grade teacher in a rural West Texas town has resigned after some parents complained when their children were upset about a video she showed in class back in March.
by Sarah Rumpf14 May 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

NEW HOME, Texas — Residents of a small West Texas town rallied to support a third-grade teacher whose job is on the line after some parents complained when she showed her students a short video about a doll that is rumored to have evil powers and then reportedly warned the children not to tell their parents about what she showed them. On Monday night, the school board debated whether to renew her contract but a decision has not yet been reached.
by Sarah Rumpf12 May 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

Teacher-student sexual misconduct cases are on the rise nationwide. It is a disturbing trend that is higher than ever and, in Texas public schools, it has increased by 41 percent in less than six months.
by Merrill Hope19 Mar 2015, 8:38 AM PST0

A new case of measles caused the shutdown of a Santa Monica High School day care center Monday after one of its infant attendees was diagnosed the disease. The current outbreak began in California’s Disneyland theme park with 74 of the 107 recent cases linked to the Magic Kingdom point of origin.
by Michelle Moons2 Feb 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Kenyan police used tear gas on primary schoolchildren who were protesting in the nation’s capital city of Nairobi on Monday.
by Adelle Nazarian21 Jan 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

Two dozen unvaccinated Huntington Beach High School students have been sent home over three weeks under threat of a measles outbreak. One had actually contracted the disease.
by Michelle Moons20 Jan 2015, 12:51 PM PST0

Although French troops were deployed to guard Jewish schools across Paris on Monday, many Jewish parents kept their children home, fearing more violence against Jews after last Friday’s bloody murder of four Jews in a kosher supermarket.
by William Bigelow13 Jan 2015, 8:53 AM PST0