The vice principal went to court today to face charges of shoplifting and entered a guilty plea. Chris Hakes get 1y probation and lifetime ban from Walmart according to their store policies. Fort Wane news channel 15 has the exclusive story and a public statement from this school administrator. Still nothing published in the

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Grand Haven and Spring Lakes Michigan schools were closed today, due to the heavy snow fall over night. Along the lakeshore we received almost two foot of snow.

With your kids home from school today, what are they doing?

This post gives some ideas for parents as to what could or should be happening. Kids could be helping

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Can you believe that a middle school principal and high school softball coach would stoop so low as to try and steal $100 worth of electronics from Wal-mart. What the heck has become of the morals in this country when we can't trust the people that educate our children to obey the laws of this country. While this is just a c

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News flash: I just learned my old Catholic grade school is celebrating its 80th anniversary. A call went out to former students to send in a little blurb about where we are now and any memories about the school we wanted to share.
Hmmm. Memories? Share? With the school that gave me the memories I’d rather forget? Tell me, did anyone have a

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To change mentalities on dog education and show working dogs, the Canine Training Center of Lagos has going to visit several schools.

This time we were invited for the cultural week in the school of Vila do Bispo, located in Western Algarve.

Since the children goes to the 9 year, we found some interested participant viewe

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I'm not a fan of bribing children to learn. Even before we removed our children from school, I hated what message rewarding them with pizza parties, candy and money (yes, money), was sending to them. These "rewards" were held out in front the students like a dangling carrot, with the promise that it could be theirs if they l

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I wish I had people like this went I went to school. This is a truly inspiring story about two teenage boys who helped another student rally the school together and stand up to bullies. I wish you would hear more stories like these since what they did is truly awesome. This is a story that should have gotten nationwide media attention but

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Westport Connecticut parents of children entering kindergarten in the fall of 2008 should plan to attend an orientation meeting. This meeting will be held at each Westport Connecticut elementary school on March 17 from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Parents will get the opportunity to meet with staff and learn more about the school. To find

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Is buying candy a crime? Apparently in the New Haven Connecticut school system it is. An eighth grade honor student was suspended for purchasing a bag of Skittles from another student during school hours. Apparently this was against the school's "wellness" policy. But is that really the issue? It seems that the school is aga

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If anyone has been a student during the digital age, he/she will know, that using wikipedia as an essay source is a tabu in the academical circles. But the decision of a lecturer to ban her students from using online services, has raised some interesting issues: Should students be allowed to use wikipedia and google in their university essays

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So it happened again. The countries up north are like 4 years behind the USA, so everything will happen here sooner or later.

What do you think about this? Are you scared? Do you even care? Can we prevent this? Can we change the world? Do you wan

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We all have had that fear, when we were young of, "What will become of me if I don't pass this (or that) class?"

It's an artificial fear. Grades and standards are about power. Knowledge and grades have no direct proportion to each other, no matter how much the schools try to brainwash you that they do.

This post at

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Sex has always been a big part of my life. From high school all the way through college and now at work everyone knows, remembers and symbolizes me as the sex pig. I have told stories which generates shock and awe in every listener. Now I am 37 years old and I am trying to undo the wrongs I have done ...

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Do mommy cliques exist in your school community? Or, do you just think that Queen Bee Moms and King Pin Dads are running the show? This essay discusses how appearances can be misleading in a school community. Often, it is the parents who have limi

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At some point the majority of us will cease our structured education and move into the world with certain goals.

Hopefully by this time, the education system will have given you something of value- a desire to continually explore the world around you and possibly change it for the better. To do this you will need to keep learning. You can:

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The premise is respect for all cultures and faiths. This seems like a very mature antidote to some of the more judgmental blogs around. This blog promises to be a good resource for all homeschoolers.

This blog is written by a homeschooling mom who is disappointed with some of the less-than-thoughtful antics of some homeschool bloggers and

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“What has 4 legs but still cannot walk?”

A story of success of how a guy who was a nobody in society came out on top and contributed a great deal to his local community ... only armed with his knowledge of riddles the "riddle guy" was able to turn his luck around.

Do you want to know more? Then click the title to visit the si

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An eight-year-old boy from Brazil, following his dream of becoming a judge, managed to pass a law school entrance test. However, he was not admitted to the university, as he had not graduated from high school. Joao Victor Portellinha de Oliveira, the 8-year-old boy was initially enrolled in the Universidade Paulista, a private

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