Education
Parents Furious Over Apparent Use Of ‘Scream Rooms’ Inside Connecticut Elementary School
Parents in a Connecticut suburb are outraged over disturbing disciplinary actions at a local elementary school. They claim students are being locked in unsupervised “scream rooms,” where some children have harmed themselves, reports CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez.
Georgia School Math Assignment References Slavery, Beatings CBS Atlanta 01/11/2012 | Hong Kong school closed in bird flu scare Sin Chew Jit Poh 12/17/2011 |
 Figuring out how many oranges were picked by slaves and how many beatings per day Frederick Douglass received was allowed to help teach elementary students their multiplication and division tables at one school. |  A Hong Kong school was closed on Friday after a dead bird found in the southern Chinese city was tested positive for the deadly H5 strain of the bird flu virus, health officials said. |
Toilet paper restrictions imposed on schoolchildren in Spain in latest austerity cutsFiona Govan Telegraph 12/08/2011 | UK school turns heating off to 'save planet'; Fury as kids shiver on coldest dayJOHN COLES Thesun 12/07/2011 |
 Schoolchildren in Catalonia are the latest victims of austerity cuts with authorities instructing them to limit their use of lavatory paper in a bid to save money. |  A HEADTEACHER got a roasting yesterday for turning the school heating OFF on one of the coldest days of the year — to save the planet. |
Store Santa Clauses taught to size up recession-hit parents' wealth and manage children's gift expectationsDaniel Bates Daily Mail 12/01/2011 | Asian Americans most bullied in US schools: study Breitbart.com 10/31/2011 |
 It will soon be time for every child to draw up their list for Santa. But now they could be in for something of a surprise - when Santa asks them to take a few things off of it.The largest Santa school in the U.S. has been advising its students on how to lower children's expectations in the economic downturn. |  Asian Americans endure far more bullying at US schools than members of other ethnic groups, with teenagers of the community three times as likely to face taunts on the Internet, new data shows. |
Middle school security guard uses PEPPER SPRAY to break up a food fight Daily Mail 10/22/2011 | HK Chief Executive to students: Don't fear competition MENA FN 10/19/2011 |
 A middle school security guard used pepper spray on children after a food fight broke out in the cafeteria. Schools officials are investigating after the unnamed female guard used the powerful weapon to break up a fight during lunch at Lafayette-Winona Middle School in Norfolk, Virginia. |  Chief Executive Donald Tsang encourages young people not to fear competition from Mainland students and to have confidence in themselves and society. |
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