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Teachers 'need to go beyond curriculum'

Teachers 'need to go beyond curriculum'

The leader of the head teachers' union says children's education is being undermined by the number of targets being imposed by the government.

Law professor calls for cutting of 'C' grades

Law professor calls for cutting of 'C' grades

A law professor calls for the cutting of "C" grades. University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor Joshua Silverstein believes that law schools should mostly eliminate giving C grades.He posits that the schools should raise their minimum satisfactory standards to a B-, and they should only hand out C’s ...

School with no tests? Here's how the kids turned out

School with no tests? Here's how the kids turned out

A Canadian photographer found members of the inaugural class of a school with no tests or homework to see the effect that education had.

3 decades after desegregation, students say race a factor in unequal punishment

It's been three decades since schools were desegregated, but Seattle Public Schools admits discrimination is still a problem in its classrooms. KIRO 7's David Ham investigates why students say they're being given unequal punishment and how the feds are now getting involved. There's a fight brewing at one of Seattle's ...

2 Marysville teachers on leave for using time-out closet

A Marysville mother wants two teachers fired for putting her daughter in a "time-out" closet. Angi Wilson says her 7-year-old adopted daughter, Katie, spent hours of class time at Marshall Elementary School in a closet stuffed with boxes and a ladder, as punishment for tantrums. "Katie was being touched, physically ...

Harvard student caught in Quiz Bowl cheating scandal

Harvard student caught in Quiz Bowl cheating scandal

The cheating scandal comes just off the tail of Harvard's upset versus number three-seeded New Mexico's basketball team in the NCAA tournament.

Doctors take stance against ADHD as 'study drug'

Doctors take stance against ADHD as 'study drug'

The American Academy of Neurology warns against a trend of 'neuroenhancement.'

106-year-old receives high school diploma

106-year-old receives high school diploma

A 106-year-old receives a high school diploma. You are never too old to be a student.A 106 year old man has just received his high school diploma. Fred Butler dropped out of school after eighth grade to work full time at a printing shop in order to help support his ...

Boy suspended for gun-shaped pastry

Boy suspended for gun-shaped pastry

A 7-year-old boy is suspended for a gun-shaped pastry.

Robot gives second grader the ability to attend school

Robot gives second grader the ability to attend school

Science fiction comes to life for one second grade boy who attends school for the first time with the help of a robot. INSIDE EDITION has the story.

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