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www.theregister.co.uk - Mark Ballard

Teachers are preparing to protest against surveillance cameras and microphones that are being installed in classrooms across the UK. Surveillance firm Classwatch has installed more than 50 CCTV systems with microphones across the UK

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Associated Press

Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag — as well as flags from other countries — amid racial tensions following immigration rallies.

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The Wichita Eagle

Police tried to use a Taser on a Wichita student a month before stunning another student with a Taser two weeks ago at North High School, police records show. A report released Wednesday shows that a school resource officer tried unsuccessfully to st

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Orange County Register

Superintendent George Giokaris said the lecture was a lesson in civics, reminding him of his time in college, when students protested the Vietnam War. Police told students the city would impose a daytime curfew by issuing truancy tickets.

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Reuters

[Teach them to comply early.] Student athletes, musicians and others who participate in after school activities could increasingly be subject to random drug testing under a program promoted by the Bush administration. [Small government?]

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USA Today (guest editorial)

Many of the American kids I taught lacked the motivation, self-discipline or work ethic of the foreign-born kids. Until the work ethic of students changes, until they are willing to put in the time and effort to master their subjects, little will ch

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USA Today

Tom Dillon, 19, a pre-pharmacy major at the University of Connecticut, is carrying $52,000 in student loans. And he's just getting started. When he gets his pharmacy doctorate in four years, he expects his debt to exceed $150,000. Dillon's be

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Associated Press

France's parliament voted to uphold a law that puts an upbeat spin on the country's painful colonial past, ignoring complaints from historians and the former French territory of Algeria, requires school textbooks to address France's

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by Jack Duggan (LewRockwell.com)

Democrat Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, which has the third largest school district in the nation, has announced that he wants to extend the school week to 6 days, all year long.

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Associated Press

The Vatican's chief astronomer said Friday that "intelligent design" isn't science and doesn't belong in science classrooms, the latest high-ranking Roman Catholic official to enter the evolution debate in the United States.

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by Vicki Murray (Goldwater Institute)

On paper, Arizona’s charter law allows multiple charter authorizers: the Arizona State Board of Education, the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, and local school districts. In practice, however, the Arizona State Board of Education stopped spo

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Reuters

A group of parents whose children were surveyed sued alleging their right to privacy and civil rights had been violated because control of their children's upbringing had been "robbed." Parents have no constitutional right to prevent pu

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Got Children? How about grandchildren or other children you love? If not, then maybe you have an opinion about how your life is impacted by children educated in government approved schools. I’d like to make some observations and share some experience

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