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Teen Hacker May Get 38 Years in Jail for Changing His Grades www.timesonline.co.uk — It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Technology, Education |
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Schools facing tight budgets leave gifted programs behind query.nytimes.com — Struggling with shrinking revenues and new federal mandates that focus on improving the test scores of the lowest-achieving pupils, Mountain Grove and many other school districts across the country have turned to cutting programs for their most promising students. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity, Education |
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The 10 Most Worthless College Majors www.holytaco.com — College is a great place to learn and have fun. But let’s not kid ourselves, some degrees are as useless as the plot in a Michael Bay film. Here’s a list of 10 degrees that may be interesting, but do jack shit for you in the real world. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Education |
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Teacher admits leaving pupils behind as he fled earthquake www.telegraph.co.uk — "I ran towards the stairs so fast that I stumbled and fell as I went. When I reached the center of the football pitch, I found I was the first to escape. None of my pupils was with me," wrote the man now known across China as 'Runner Fan'. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Nature, Education |
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Will BitTorrent Sites Become Obsolete? torrentfreak.com — Researchers from several Universities are currently working on a search technology that could make BitTorrent sites obsolete. While the idea of a completely decentralized filesharing network is not new, there are some downsides that are often overlooked. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Technology, Education |
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Parents say teacher went too far answering sex-ed questions www.sltrib.com — The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh- and eighth-grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation. They are working with a lawmaker to seek criminal penalties. More… 1 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Science, Education |
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High School Students ARRESTED For Protesting Dress Code www.youtube.com — Four high school students in Vancouver, Washington, were arrested for leading protests against a new school dress code. So much for the freedom to speak out!Guess they're trying to teach 'em early these days what happens when you question authority. Just training them for the future of Bush/McCain America. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Education |
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Study Public Schools Just As Good as Private Schools www.livescience.com — Students in public schools have math scores that are just as good if not better than those of students in private schools, according to a new national study. The research focused across several years on 9,791 kindergarten through fifth-grade students. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Education |
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1/3 of All Public High School Students Drop Out of School spotlightonpoverty.org — Approximately one-third of all children, and 50 percent of minorities, in public high school drop out of high school nationwide. In many of the nation’s “dropout factories,” the percentage of dropouts far outpaces the percentage of graduates. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Education |
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Teacher lets Morningside students vote out classmate www.tcpalm.com — After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn't like about Barton's 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo said they were going to take a vote. By a 14 to 2 margin, the students voted Alex — who is in the process of being diagnosed with autism — out of the class. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Education |