In Many Public Schools, the Paddle Is No Relic
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Corporal punishment remains alive, particularly in rural parts of the South and the lower Midwest, where it is not only legal, but also widely practiced.
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A state where charter schools have been growing fast - and running into troubles - is now debating a new approach
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You can say of &quot;Without a Paddle&quot; that at least it cares enough to steal from the very best. Unfortunately, that&#39;s about all it cares about.
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CHARLOTTE Â· The kids certainly were having fun, but for the Heat this hardly was child&#39;s play. In front of a energetic, student-only crowd of about 13,000 middle-schoolers, the Heat received
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Hundreds of high schools in the region, many still under desegregation orders, have quietly become public-education powerhouses.
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In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom.
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Most children at boarding schools are please with the way they are treated, a report suggests.
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Despite the dire warnings, children whose schedules are packed with activities actually flourish
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It's not just students who need to brush up on their writing.
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American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks. Now educators are starting to look at what needs to be done to prepare students to compete in a new global economy.
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It probably goes without saying that no one actually needs a dancing MP3 player or a music-playing Taser holster or a drink cooler that can be ridden like a scooter.
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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.
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It&#39;s not just OK for students to eat on the run when they arrive at a middle school here each morning. It&#39;s encouraged. The program makes it easier for kids squeezed for time to squeeze in breakfast.
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It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That description fits more than one in 10 high schools across America.
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Think hours of slogging are helping your child make the grade? Think again
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet GCSE targets but things are improving.
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Schools will be urged - but not forced - to seek parents' permission before taking children's fingerprints.