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Anouther great reason to home school.

iamodd999 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:31:11 +0000

A veteran elementary school teacher was arrested on child molestation charges after a film processor gave police photos showing pictures depicting girls with what appears to be a spoon up to their mouths as if they were going to ingest a clear-white liquid. Sheriff’s Lt. Carlos Marquez of the Special Victims Bureau said it was determined the children were given semen on a spoon or on a cookie. A blue plastic spoon and container found in trash in Berndt’s classroom tested positive for semen, the sheriff’s statement said.

U.S. student who electrocuted his nipples sues teacher.

Mattfree88 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:12:18 +0000

U.S. student who electrocuted his nipples sues teacher...for not warning him it was dangerous

An American student whose heart stopped after he deliberately electrocuted himself in a science class is suing his teacher for not warning him it was dangerous.

Kyle Dubois, 18, is also taking legal action against the school district and the city of Dover in New Hampshire.

Teacher sleeps in class. Student gets suspended for taking pic of it.

quickmike — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:10:22 +0000

Teacher sleeping in class gets picture taken by a student. Student gets suspended for a using a cell phone in class. *sigh*

Are schools making kids sick?

Cyphase — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:50:48 +0000

As a third-grader in Winsted, Connecticut, last year, Matthew Asselin was sick -- a lot. He was lethargic and plagued with a persistent wet cough, respiratory infections and painful headaches. As the school year wound down, Matthew's health worsened. In all, Matthew missed 53 days of school. But over the summer, a strange thing happened. Matthew was healthy. He was energetic. "When we put him back in school this year, within three weeks, he missed 10 days with a respiratory infection," Melissa Asselin said. That's when she had an a-ha moment. "When he was out of school, he was well.

Time Out Room

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:16:56 +0000

A school and their "time out" room......read more here:

Teacher Makes Boy with Borken Leg and Concussion Crawl Back to School

kelvin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:47:18 +0000

“Teachers at a Skokie school forced a 6-year-old with a broken leg and a concussion to crawl back to his classroom across an icy playground, then failed to call for an ambulance...didn’t get any medical help until his mom came to get him...."

D.C. Lawmakers Propose Requiring Students to Apply to College

masshole — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:58:53 +0000

Lawmakers in the nation's capital have floated a plan to require high school students to apply to college or trade school -- even if the students have no interest in attending.

The proposal is a bid to ensure students in the troubled Washington, D.C., school system at least have the know-how to navigate the admissions process.

High School Diploma

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:43:50 +0000

High School Diploma Requirement- Americans Disability Act. Read more here:

Reality Check: The story behind the Ron Paul newsletters

Syd Roc — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:48:31 +0000

Reality Check: The story behind the Ron Paul newsletters

Police: Student killed by officers had pellet gun

stefminus — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:58:18 +0000

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police shot and killed an eighth-year student in the hallway of his middle school Wednesday after the boy brandished what looked like a handgun and pointed it at officers. It turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing. Fifteen-year-old Jaime Gonzalez “had plenty of opportunities to lower the gun and listen to the officers’ orders, and he didn’t want to,” Interim Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez said.

Police State Schooling Vs Homeschooling/Unschooling

AlaskanSalmon — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:52:53 +0000

To be homeschooled and/or unschooled is the way to promote freedom, sound knowledge, and a love of learning throughout life. Government police state schooling is the way to prepare unimaginative worker drones to dislike learning and to accept an authoritarian world that is unbeatable.

Seabrook New Hampshire ending compulsory government education?

PV — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:30:17 +0000

Seabrook New Hampshire Selectman puts forward a bill to basically end government school in Seabrook, New Hampshire

School accused of putting autistic student in bag

B-Nolfi — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:38:21 +0000

A 9-year-old autistic boy who misbehaved at school was stuffed into a duffel bag and the drawstring pulled tight, according to his mother, who said she found him wiggling inside as a teacher's aide stood by.

The mother of fourth-grader Christopher Baker said her son called out to her when she walked up to him in the bag Dec. 14. The case has spurred an online petition calling for the firing of school employees responsible.

How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education

Mattfree88 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:06:28 +0000

How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education

Matthew Carpenter, age 10, has completed 642 inverse trigonometry problems at KhanAcademy.org.
Photo: Joe Pugliese

“This,” says Matthew Carpenter, “is my favorite exercise.” I peer over his shoulder at his laptop screen to see the math problem the fifth grader is pondering. It’s an inverse trigonometric function: cos-1(1) = ?

Imagining the classroom of the future

DarkEmber — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:17:36 +0000

Found this post talking about what the classroom of the future might look like and loved how decentralized and non-state dependent it all was.

Special Needs Student Bullied by teachers. Tapes them.

JovasKig — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:05:31 +0000

Special Needs Student tapes two teachers who verbally abuse her. Leads to one teacher resigning and the other getting "mandatory bullying training".

Texas schools rewrite history books to fit political ideology. (wtf?)

EternityAblaze — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:04:33 +0000

Historians on Tuesday criticized proposed revisions to the Texas social studies curriculum, saying that many of the changes are historically inaccurate and that they would affect textbooks and classrooms far beyond the state's borders. The changes, which were preliminarily approved last week by the Texas board of education and are expected to be given final approval in May, will reach deeply into Texas history classrooms, defining what textbooks must include and what teachers must cover.

Florida School District Puts Fingerprint Scanners on School Buses

mrtruth — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:32:42 +0000

A county in Florida has installed fingerprint scanners in school buses. Described as “one of the most monumental things that Washington County has ever done” by an education bureaucrat, the machines have been used since the beginning of the school year.

The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School

Syd Roc — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:06:17 +0000

School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences.

The 6 Dumbest Things Schools Are Doing in the Name of Safety

mal7798 — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:37:07 +0000

Another "government schools becoming prisons" article. Soon they will no longer be newsworthy.