An Oklahoma high school is facing a major backlash after high school students took part in a vile ‘toe-licking’ challenge for a fundraising event. On Thursday, Clash of Classes was an assembly held at Edmond’s Deer Creek High School. The purpose of the event was to collect funds for Not Your Average Joe Coffee, aContinue reading “High School Students Engage In Disgusting ‘Toe-Licking’ Challenge For Fundraiser”
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Labour Considers Banning Teenagers From Buying Energy Drinks
Labour is considering ideas to prohibit the sale of energy drinks to under-16-year-olds. Concerns over the effects on children’s health and education have led to consideration of a clampdown. The beverages may include a significant amount of sugar in addition to high caffeine content. Excessive intake by youngsters has been linked in studies to headaches,Continue reading “Labour Considers Banning Teenagers From Buying Energy Drinks”
To Deter Pupils From Taking Up Smoking, A School Uses A SNIFFER DOG To Sniff Out Vaping
In what is reportedly a UK first, a school is using a sniffer dog to crack down on kids vaping. To address the growing issue among minors, the City of Norwich School is bringing in the dog. It has unveiled a series of other tough measures, including installing vape detectors in toilets, increasing CCTV coverage,Continue reading “To Deter Pupils From Taking Up Smoking, A School Uses A SNIFFER DOG To Sniff Out Vaping”
British Sign Language Will Be Offered As a GCSE Subject For Children
British Sign Language will soon be available as a GCSE for students. With the help of a new degree, students will learn how to sign successfully in BSL and gain knowledge of the background of sign language in the UK. A 12-week consultation on course content has involved parents, educators, and the deaf and hearingContinue reading “British Sign Language Will Be Offered As a GCSE Subject For Children”
A Mother Defends Her Son’s Long Hair Amid School Disputes
Navigating the tangled quagmire of school rules frequently evokes a spectrum of emotions, with an assortment of fond recollections and difficult moments, and amidst this learning environment, regulations control student’s everyday lives, from practical guidelines such as limiting jewellery during sporting events to bizarre disciplinary measures regarding seemingly insignificant matters such as cosmetics and otherContinue reading “A Mother Defends Her Son’s Long Hair Amid School Disputes”
Let’s Forget About Bunsen Burners And Algebra
A poll shows, forget algebra or playing the recorder, most of us would prefer to have been taught real-world skills at school such as changing a car tyre or applying for a mortgage. More than half of those questioned said the skills they learnt in the classroom hadn’t helped them in later life. The fourContinue reading “Let’s Forget About Bunsen Burners And Algebra”
Teachers And Staff In A Rural Ohio School District Will Be Able To Arm Themselves With Guns
A school district in Ohio says it plans to try and respond to America’s wave of school shootings by taking advantage of a new law allowing trained teachers and staff to be armed. River Valley Local School District in Caledonia will permit its four facilities to have teachers armed after proper training, one of 23Continue reading “Teachers And Staff In A Rural Ohio School District Will Be Able To Arm Themselves With Guns”
An English teacher In North Carolina Resigned After Covering The Mouth Of An 11-Year-Old Boy With Heavy-Duty Tape
An eleven-year-old North Carolina student allegedly had his mouth taped shut by his sixth-grade English teacher after talking too much in class. Catherine Webster received a text message from her son Brady in February saying that he didn’t know what to do with a picture of himself with layers of blue painter’s tape adhered toContinue reading “An English teacher In North Carolina Resigned After Covering The Mouth Of An 11-Year-Old Boy With Heavy-Duty Tape”
Before Christmas, Nine Out Of Ten Teachers May Support Strike Action
Nine in ten teachers could back walkout action before Christmas forcing schools to close across England over pay disputes. The figures from the largest education union, the National Education Union (NEU), reveal that hundreds of thousands of educators could join rail and postal workers causing disruption across the country as they fight back. Up toContinue reading “Before Christmas, Nine Out Of Ten Teachers May Support Strike Action”
Randi Weingarten Admits Educators Have Become Social Justice Warriors
The president of the American Federation of Teachers said that politicians have turned teachers into social justice warriors, who can’t teach certain books. Union boss Randi Weingarten appeared to take a swing at Republican politicians when she said that teachers’ hands were tied because they’re not allowed to discuss some issues or teach specific books.Continue reading “Randi Weingarten Admits Educators Have Become Social Justice Warriors”
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