Teacher Convicted of Bomb Threats

Teacher Convicted of Bomb Threats

A sixth-grade teacher was convicted Monday of making false bomb threats that targeted five students attending the middle school where she taught.

10 year old is questioned by police for calling his schoolfriend "gay"

10 yr old boy is quizzed by police for sending email with word gay in it

A father criticised a police force for launching an investigation after his10-yr-old son allegedly called a schoolfriend “gay” in an email. A Company director said he was astounded after two police officers arrived at his home to speak to his son.The officers were called after a parent complained that George had called her son a"gay boy" in an email

University of Washington shooting

2 shot to death on U. Washington campus (AP)

AP - A University of Washington researcher was shot to death in her office Monday morning by a former boyfriend who then turned the gun on himself, police said.

Meth use receding

Meth use receding in some regions (AP)

AP - At one Minneapolis-area high school, the methamphetamine problem got so bad in recent years that staff members sometimes caught students trying to attend class while high.

***Attending classes while high.  Wow.

MIT in China, minus the degree

Link by Link: M.I.T. Education in China, Minus the Degree

A Taiwanese man is distributing free Chinese translations of material from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Web site.

Japan's first online university

Japan's first online university opens classes

TOKYO -- Japan's first online university began classes on Monday, offering degrees to older students in a country whose model of lifetime company jobs is changing.

***I remember we thought about this in a master's class in DLSU.  It's already a reality in Japan.

13 year old Arrested for Manslaughter

Teen Arrested After Fatal NYC Fight

A 13-year-old boy was charged with manslaughter for allegedly attacking another boy on a school playground who later died of his injuries, police said.

Re-education

Re-education

Can China create schools that foster openness, flexibility and innovation? And what happens to China if it does?

37 years for a student

Student Gets 37 Years in Fatal Fire

A man who admitted setting a house fire that killed a fellow University of Maryland student has been sentenced to 37 1/2 years in prison.

Teen Arsonists

Teen Arsonists Set Hollywood Hills on Fire

Two teenagers from Illinois set the Hollywood Hills on fire today. Metroblogging Los Angeles is all over the story with some great coverage and there are a ton of photos already up on Flickr.

Plagiarism

High schoolers turn in plagiarism screeners for copyright infringement

Four students from Arizona and Virginia have filed suit against plagiarism detection system Turnitin.com, arguing that the service engages in massive copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed this week in a Virginia federal court, claims that the infringement is willful and that Turnitin's parent company iParadigms owes $150,000 for every violation

Cheerleaders in danger

As Cheerleaders Soar Higher, So Does the Danger

Cheerleaders suffer more catastrophic injuries than female athletes in all other sports combined.

***For schools, it is much better not to have cheerleading competitions.  I was an adviser once for third year and fourth year high school students.  And it scrares the hell out of me everytime they would have practices outside the school.  If something happens to them, it could be proven as a negligent act of an absent teacher.

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April Fools for 8th graders

18 students fed laxative in doughnuts (AP)

AP - Some Long Island eighth graders apparently got an early start on April Fool's Day pranks on Friday, when they handed out doughnuts laced with laxatives to classmates, school officials said.

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Sex newspaper in High School

Parents protest H.S. sex newspaper (AP)

AP - Some parents are protesting the "sex" edition of the student newspaper at Winnacunnet High School. Several said they were especially offended by a photograph of two women kissing under the headline, "Why men love women who love women," a quiz question about anal sex, and an interview with an unnamed custodian who said he had found a vibrator in the girls' shower.

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Frat stupidity again

Rider student dies after frat binge (AP)

AP - A Rider University freshman died of alcohol poisoning at a hospital Friday, more than a day after he drank excessively at a party at his fraternity house, authorities said.

Brothers in death.... stupid.

Clinton at Harvard

President Clinton to deliver 2007 Class Day address

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/04.05/99-classday.html

Meditations of St. John Baptist De la Salle

From the Meditations of St. John Baptist de la Salle (Easter Sunday)

This feast is a day of joy for the entire Church; that is why we so frequently and so solemnly sing these words of the Royal Prophet: This is the day the Lord has made;...

Rejected at Harvard

Rejected by Harvard? Your Valedictorian Probably Was, Too

Harvard College rejected 91 percent of applicants for the coming academic year, the highest rate in its history, after an expansion of financial aid encouraged more applications.

Indian College Quota Law

Indian College Quota Law Suspended

An incendiary law to expand caste-based college admissions quotas, which had set off months of protest last year, was temporarily suspended Thursday by the country’s highest court.

Top Factors That Affect Employee Productivity

5 Top Factors That Affect Employee Productivity

A list of 5 factors that affect employee productivity. They're blaming your boss! Employees suffer lower productivity from a bad boss, among other things like a lack of proper technology.