Education
Teacher Ousted For Asking Students To Remove Underwear To See Who Soiled Pants CBS St. Louis 04/14/2011 | 'A true tragedy'; Yale student asphyxiated in lathe accident at chemistry labMary O’Leary New Haven Register 04/14/2011 |
 A southwestern Illinois special-education teacher has been ousted after allegedly ordering students to remove their underwear to determine which child soiled his pants. |  A Yale University student from Massachusetts died in an accident Tuesday night at the Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale officials said Wednesday. |
Teacher Critically Wounded Breaking Up Fight Between Students in High School CafeteriaBruce Schreiner Kentucky.com 04/13/2011 | Elementary School Principal Apologizes for Mock Auction of Black Students...Steven G. Vegh The Virginian-Pilot 04/09/2011 |
 Whitley County High School teacher and state Rep. Dewayne Bunch was critically injured Tuesday when he was knocked unconscious after trying to break up a fight between two students in the school cafeteria, authorities said. |  The principal of Sewells Point Elementary School has apologized to parents for a teacher's classroom exercise last week that cast her black and mixed-race fourth-graders as available for sale. |
Maryland House passes bill allowing illegal immigrants in-state tuitionMeg Tully Frederick News Post 04/09/2011 | Plastic surgeon brings breast implants to elementary school career dayEvrod Cassimy, Monique Wright NBC12 04/07/2011 |
 The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill to allow in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants in the state's community colleges. |  HENRICO, VA (WWBT) – Some angry Henrico parents are demanding answers after their kids were allowed to feel a breast implant at school It was all a part of Shady Grove Elementary's Career Day last Friday, but some parents feel things went a bit too far. |
High School Ditches Chalkboards, Textbooks For Laptops CBS New York 03/29/2011 | Obama says too much testing makes education boringERICA WERNER Yahoo! News 03/29/2011 |
 Times are changing. Technology is everywhere at the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in northern New Jersey. Forget about the chalk and blackboard. |  President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said. |
Creative writing degree in Hong Kong at the forefront of English literatureChristopher DeWolf CNNGo.com 03/18/2011 | University Of Chicago Students Launch Website For Casual Sex Encounters CBS Chicago 03/17/2011 |
 Acclaimed Hong Kong author Xu Xi leads a new MFA in creative writing that may change the game of English fiction forever |  The University of Chicago has long been known for Nobel Prizes, but if the organizers of a new website have their way, the school will soon elevate its sexual reputation. |
Teens Arrested After Releasing Live Chicken Into High School CBS New York 03/17/2011 | 82 percent of US schools may be labeled 'failing' AP 03/11/2011 |
 It was supposed to be a senior prank, but now three students in Woodbridge said they’re facing criminal charges — and may not be able to walk through graduation ceremony and take part in other senior activities. Does the punishment go too far? |  The number of schools labeled as "failing" under the nation's No Child Left Behind Act could skyrocket dramatically this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday. |
After exam success, HK twin prodigies release book AFP 03/05/2011 | Report: Naked Party At Yale University Prompts Sexual Assault Investigation CBS New York 03/05/2011 |
 Ten-year-old Hong Kong twins who sailed through British high school exams and fuelled debate over the "Tiger Mother" approach to parenting released a book Friday detailing their road to success. |  A naked party at Yale may have crossed the line from salacious fun and into sexual assault and hazing, according to a report. |
Texas group launches scholarship for white men ONLY... because they 'need an equal shot' Daily Mail 03/01/2011 | Hong Kong math whiz gets 'world's highest mark' AFP 02/26/2011 |
 A non-profit group has launched a college scholarship for a demographic it claims are under-represented in society - white men. |  A 16-year-old Hong Kong student has notched up the highest mark in an international maths test, his secondary school said Friday, despite barely studying for an exam he claimed "wasn't very difficult". |
California Schools To Track Truant Students With GPS CBS Los Angeles 02/22/2011 | Exhibition to focus on maritime industry careers for young people HKSAR Government 02/16/2011 |
 Call it a last-ditch effort to tackle truancy in Orange County. Two Anaheim schools have become the first in California to adopt GPS tracking to prevent students from cutting class. |  School-leavers and job seekers are invited to explore education and career opportunities in Hong Kong's maritime industry by visiting the Hong Kong Maritime Industry Council's booth at the Education and Careers Expo 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) between February 17 and February 20. |
NYC 'Spier' education: Officials pull plug on website promoting hidden camera gadgets for principalsRachel Monahan New York Daily News 02/15/2011 | |
 School principals-turned-Inspector Gadgets had their online spy-gear store shuttered after the Daily News exposed their link to the sleuthing market. | |
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