Kids In China Endure Walk & Climb To School
Some people complain about their commute, instead maybe they should count their blessings!
Some people complain about their commute, instead maybe they should count their blessings!
This seems like a great idea, one that could possibly work in some smaller communities in our area.
An honor roll student in Pasco County, Florida was viciously attacked on the school bus by a fellow student who then posted a video of the sickening incident on Facebook and bragged about it.
An elementary child, Wilson Reyes, ended up in the police station all day after a tussle at school. Mom and dad have filed a $250 lawsuit against the NYPD because of it.
Winter is here and it will be for awhile. When dealing with the snow, sleet and frigid temperatures, this is a good time to remind everyone of the importance of taking every possible precaution to ensure safety on the roads this winter. Here are some winter safety tips:
I was just thinking that today's kids aren't coddled enough. So 'thank you,' University of Colorado, for making sure we work to shield kids from the realities of the world as aggressively as possible.
Speed cameras are designed to catch drivers on their worst behavior. Do you expect to see school buses breaking speed laws and running red lights?
When we were kids we loved snow days! It meant a day off of school, and the world was right. The weather in Vietnam usually doesn't allow for many snow days, but it did make for an interesting day off when the threat of man-eating crocodiles were the unleashed near a school there.
Taylor Santos is a sophomore at Springtown (Texas) High School had to make a choice. She could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled. Those were options after a teacher determined that she let her classmate copy her work.
It seems like summer just started, yet fall is just weeks away. But for students in Genesee Country and across the country, summer ended yesterday as today marks the start of another school year.
My oldest son has a year under his belt as he advances to first grade, while my daughter is starting her academic career today in kindergarten. However, it will be a new experience for both of them as we just moved to a new school district.
A pilot project in Michigan is exploring ways of delivering instruction without textbooks. In place of the textbooks, students will receive laptop computers. Do you think our education system is headed in the right direction?
A cheating scandal in New York is big news because this one involving state exams and cell phones.
There have also been reports of high profile cases in Houston and on Long Island of mass cheating.