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School Volunteering
Stresses Parents Out

Pressure to help out a source of anxiety for moms and dads

Oct 15, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With school budgets slashed because of the weak economy, parents are feeling more pressure than ever to volunteer. About 64% of parents surveyed by Harris Interactive say they believe it's more important than ever to pitch in, with 53%—far more than last year— saying they planned to do just... More »

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high school • parents • recession • volunteer • elementary school • teacher

 First-Grader 
 With Camp Knife 
 Back in School 

Board shortens punishment from 45 days to 3

Oct 14, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing a camping knife to school is welcome to return after the school board amended its zero-tolerance policy. Zachary Christie was to spend 45 days at an alternative school; now, kindergarten and 1st-grade students with a “dangerous instrument”—a blade less than 3... More »

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school • suspension • Delaware • elementary school • school board • school violence • knife • zero-tolerance • Zachary Christie

 Tea-Party Protesters Hit 
 'Pro-Obama' Jersey School 

Demonstrators sing 'God Bless America' to protest song about prez

Oct 13, 09 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A band of tea-party protesters descended on a New Jersey elementary school yesterday, complaining that a class song hailing President Obama was "indoctrinating" kids. Some 70 protesters sang God Bless America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic outside the B. Bernice Young School in a suburb 15 miles... More »

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Barack Obama • music • New Jersey • conservative • protests • song • elementary school • protesters • President Obama • Tea Party

School Suspends 1st-Grader for Cub Scout Eating Utensils

Zero-tolerance weapons policies sometimes ridiculous, say critics

Oct 12, 09 1:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A first grader was suspended for 45 days from school for bringing a Cub Scout combined knife-fork-spoon utensil to class, triggering an uproar among parents. Zachary Christie, 6, was booted because his Newark school has a zero-tolerance policy on knives. Horrifying episodes like the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings have... More »

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Virginia Tech • discrimination • weapon • elementary school • Columbine school massacre • knife • Boy Scouts of America • policy

(Newser) - Damon Weaver, not yet out of elementary school, made his name on the Internet when he interviewed Joe Biden during the 2008 campaign for his school's TV station. Yesterday, the grizzled journalistic veteran bagged his biggest sit-down yet following 8 months of requests—a 10-minute grilling of Barack Obama at... More »

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education • Barack Obama • White House • student • elementary school • school lunch • interview • President Obama • Damon Weaver

In US, Gym-Class Injuries
Up 150% in Past Decade

Large class sizes, fewer school nurses may be to blame

Aug 3, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - American kids are suffering 150% more injuries in gym class than a decade ago, the AP reports. Over that period, a study found, there has been a renewed emphasis on physical-education class as a way to inculcate students with healthy habits and prevent obesity. But the increase in injuries may... More »

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sports • childhood obesity • school • injury • elementary school • school budget • budget deficit • gym • physical education

Kid Chorus Rides Lady Gaga, Coldplay Covers to Viral Hits

PS22 students are the latest  YouTube stars

Jul 16, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The newest viral video stars are the fourth- and fifth-grade members of New York’s PS22 Chorus, thanks in part to celebrity blogger—and fan—Perez Hilton. “He’s the one who really got these kids on the map,” chorus director Gregg Breinberg tells MTV. But it’s... More »

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education • entertainment • music • YouTube • elementary school • Perez Hilton • viral video • Rihanna • Coldplay • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • Tori Amos • PS22 Chorus

 Teacher Sends 
 Kids Home With Porn 

DVD inadvertenly includes 'inappropriate images'

Jul 3, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fifth graders in northern California got an impromptu sex ed lesson when their teacher handed out DVDs that featured a brief interlude of homemade porn, CBS5 San Francisco reports. The video retrospective of the school year inadvertently included 6 seconds of “inappropriate images” of teacher Crystal Defanti getting busy.... More »

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pornography • sex • sex education • elementary school • sex tape • teacher • Crystal Defanti


 Obama Jots  
 Excuse for 
 Hooky-Playing 
 4th-Grader 

Girl skips last day to see president's Green Bay talk

Jun 12, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 10-year-old in Wisconsin missed her last day of school to watch President Obama speak—so he wrote her an excuse note. Kennedy Corpus’ father noted that she was missing school before asking a question, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. “Do you need me to write a note?” the... More »

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Wisconsin • school • elementary school • President Obama • excuses • Green Bay

Mass. Principal Under Fire for Touting Her Racy Novel

She talked book up to schoolteacher, administrators

Apr 29, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston-area grade school principal is on indefinite leave following complaints that she peddled her steamy romance novel on school grounds and reassigned a teacher who criticized her self-promoting ways, the Globe reports. Beth Gannon's self-published book, which follows an engaged woman who reconnects with a past lover, is "... More »

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Boston • punishment • romance • elementary school • novel • principal

 Parents Push 
 Toddlers Into 
 Japan's 'Exam Hell' 

Parents move back starting line for race to secure best schools

Apr 26, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - While most 3-year-olds romp and fingerpaint, a growing group of Japanese toddlers are working through stacks of worksheets taller than they are. Enrolled in courses called ojuken, they're studying for entrance exams to enter top-tier elementary schools. Despite Japan's declining birth rate and schools clamoring to fill seats, well-heeled parents... More »

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education • Japan • elementary school • preschool • entrance exam

Mom: Bible Says Kids' Shirts Can Be Untucked

Wins daughter's school dress-code battle after citing verse to board

Apr 23, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Battling a school for her daughter’s right to attend with an untucked shirt, a Texas woman cited the Bible, which calls for women to “adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation,” the Dallas Morning News reports. “I don’t want her behind showing,”... More »

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Texas • Christianity • dress code • student • Bible • elementary school • school board • school uniforms

In Classroom, Twitter Trumps the Queen

Proposed UK curriculum focuses on learning skills, flexibility

Mar 25, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why learn about World War II or Queen Victoria in elementary school when you can always look them up on Wikipedia? That seems to be the rationale behind a new proposed overhaul of the British school system. Because secondary schools teach plenty of history, the reasoning goes, early schooling should... More »

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education • technology • Wikipedia • England • history • World War II • elementary school • teaching • Twitter • curriculum • Queen Victoria

 Colo. District to 
 Ditch Grade Levels 

Students in Adams 50 will progress based on knowledge, not age

Feb 10, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Faced with a 58% graduation rate and falling test scores, officials in Colorado’s Adams 50 school district are doing away with traditional grade levels as part of a massive educational transformation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When the program is fully phased in, students will no longer be separated... More »

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education • high school • Colorado • elementary school • school districts • grades • educational programs

DC Schools Give Kids Money to Improve Grades

Schools pay students for good behavior, grades

Oct 22, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Schools in Washington, DC, hope to expand children's minds by filling their wallets. Students who get good grades, attend class, and behave earn points that will net them paychecks of up to $1,500 each year, NPR reports. "Every child has a switch, and it's our job as... More »

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education • high school • Washington DC • money • elementary school • public schools • educational programs • middle school

 Can't Talk to Girls? 
 9-Year-Old Has Advice 

Soon-to-be-published Greven offers helpful hints on handling the opposite sex

Oct 15, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 9-year-old Colorado boy garnered national attention—and a two-book publishing deal—after penning answers to that age-old mystery: how to talk to girls. Alec Greven offers some helpful hints on the opposite sex via the Christian Science Monitor.
  • Forget the “pretty girl”—one who favors fancy
... More »

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girls • elementary school • book • self help • boy • authors

UK Teachers Blame Parents for Bratty Kids

Pupils poor at behaving, good at manipulating adults

Mar 22, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - UK teachers complain that classrooms are getting tougher to control because kids throw more tantrums—and parents are to blame, the Daily Telegraph reports. A Cambridge University study says that parents are letting children indulge in video games, junk food, and TV. "Teachers described highly permissive parents who admitted... More »

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education • parenting • children • parents • junk food • elementary school • teachers' unions • teacher • video games

 Panel: US Math System 'Broken' 

Group, worried about future competitive disadvantage, advises focus on basics

Mar 13, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A presidential panel today called US math education “broken” and demanded greater focus on key skills ranging from preschool to middle school, the Washington Post reports. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel responded to concerns that Americans are growing less competitive in the realm, and pointed the way to better... More »

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education • science • global economy • student • elementary school • engineering • preschool • mathematics • George W. Bush • middle school • National Mathematics Advisory Panel • algebra

Parents Feel Negative About New New Math

Curriculum teaches children to reason through problems

Feb 19, 08 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - What happens when parents can't help their first-graders with their math homework? They get upset, as parents in Virginia have over the latest "new" math, which emphasizes problem-solving and visualization over memorization and drills. Many are pressing the school district to dump its new math textbook series, the Washington ... More »

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education • parenting • children • elementary school • mathematics

Teachers Need Help as Math Gets Tougher

With algebra now taught as early as grade school, many lack skills

Dec 26, 07 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Having long lagged behind other nations, the United States is finally kicking up the level of mathematics instruction in public schools. But as algebra becomes a subject for middle schoolers, and basics are introduced to elementary students, It's turning out to be as much a challenge for the teachers as... More »

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education • elementary school • mathematics

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