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English schools still failing

Figures that will not help Prime Minister Brown's re-election prospects show that more English primary schools are failing to get children to the expected levels in the core subjects of Maths, English and Science....

Sex education will help gay children

"As a gay child, and in common with many gay children, I was terrified for most of my school life. My earliest sexual encounters – which all occurred before the age of consent (21 at that time) – were unsafe...

Solving The College Football Championship Problem

The debate over how college football should handle crowning its national champion has reached new heights. As Congress mulls over whether or not to debate the use of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), I have...

UK School IT Budgets to be spent on CCTV's within Schools.

News 05 10 2009: UK Teacher guilty of assault. Michael Becker (62) a teacher described as an 'exemplary' for 31 years has been found guilty of assault after removing a pupil from his classroom after claiming...

Chicago teen deaths spike with Renaissance 2010

A program launched by Mayor Daley with  Chicago School Chief Duncan  called Renaissance 2010 which sought to improve school districts may be worsening things for some: "You have a trail of blood and...

Obama to address Children vs WWII - Never let this happen again!

"Today, our President Obama has said he was going to address the Children of America.  There is one group of America's who are concerned that this amounts to an political indoctrination of young persons in v various stages of there intellectual development.  On...

Two Boys try to copy Columbine high school Colorado Killings.

Am scratching my head in total disbelief at this story. Why are children becoming so abusive and arrogant and unloved. Two teenage boys were thought to be planning to blow up a school in Greater Manchester,...

Does Local Texas News Play Favorites & Refuse to Report Story?

     In regard to a NowPublic story about alleged physical abuse, forced wage-cuts, non-payment of overtime wages, discrimination, retaliation, and more, supposedly done against...

Princeton Review Top 20 Party Schools 2009: Where You Want To Be

Post-secondary education isn't always about academics, as Princeton Review's annual survey indicates in its 2009 List of the Top 20 'Party Schools'. The survey polled more than 122,000 students across the United...

Self-sufficient Schools Pay their Own Way

Education is recognized as critical for development and improving people’s lives. Universal primary education is a Millennium Development Goal and countries are now allocating more funds for primary education...

University of San Carlos

The University of San Carlos is a Roman Catholic school located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is known as the oldest school in the country that established by Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565. The school has a reputation of higher learning governed by the...

Parents to 'have no say' on sex education in schools

The UK Family Education Trust has issued a report that claims that parents will have no say in their children's sex education under plans by the British government to introduce compulsory sex and relationships...

Education – UK Government plans against parents.

A Gov white paper proposes that Teachers take parents to Court, attend classes and face £1,000 fines with a jail sentence for none payment. Additional action includes compulsory parenting classes if a 10-15 year old is being considered for an Asbo.     It’s...

Baby Among New Sufferers As Malaysia Swine Flu Cases Jump 4 Times

Malaysia swine flu sufferers has jumped fourfold within one week. And today,it jumped further by another 11 new cases,including a toddler,aged 19 months. Among the earlier confirmed cases is a six-month-old baby...

Green Dream Awards winners announced on banks of Loch Lomond

Hundreds of schoolchildren flocked to the shores of Loch Lomond yesterday to celebrate the culmination of a month long programme of activities promoting environmental awareness. West Dunbartonshire...

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