Adolescents and Pre-Teens News

What do a shoplifting girl from Nonnewaug High School, a 13-year-old who pummeled a bully in Wolcott and two Waterbury girls who brawled at North End Middle School have in common? The women handed down punishments including community service, letters of apology, charitable donations, research projects on peer pressure, or some combination thereof.

At the Prichard Preparatory School, a fledgling, privately funded pre-K A- through 5th grade school in the heart of the Prichard community, the goal is to ready youngsters for rigorous, preparatory academies far beyond their local neighborhoods.

EDUCATION Secretary Mike Russell insists he's no school bully, just passionate about fulfilling the promise of the next generation of pupils.

Salt Lake Tribune Jamileh Jameson, center, helps Wasatch Junior High students Monet Rahbari, Isabelle Jameson and Nate Wixom with their reading on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Rita Ramirez, a learning facilitator at Patti Welder Middle School, came to Victoria in the middle of the school year after helping turn around a failing school in Austin.

The Junior Guard program at Lincoln County High School will take on a new look next school year, but the program itself will not be going away, Principal Tim Godbey said.

There will be no traffic snarls in quiet Bantayan town when classes reopen. School children living in Sitio Mambacayao Diyot have to wade across sandbars to reach their school in Sitio Mambacayao Daku, a separate island, during low tide.

As Times-Picayune readers may have seen, the Southern Poverty Law Center recently brought Jefferson Parish school psychologist Mark Traina 's racist comments to the attention of the Department of Education and asked it to investigate .

Retiring educator Ted Trenchard give his notice of retirement to Ascension Collegiate principal Neil Kearley and vice-principal Daniel Grimes on March 30.

New guidelines are out for primary care providers and mental health specialists to help them manage the complex problem of childhood aggression.

THE Ministry of Education has started talks with the Fiji National University and Corpus Christi College to integrate financial education into their teacher training programs.

We've heard it all: from the correlation between TV viewing and childhood obesity to the idea that excessive TV viewing can negatively affect children's grades.

OXFORD BROOKES says it is not planning a "Swindon University" after announcing it is to sponsor a new technical college in the Wiltshire town.

The Children's Centre has received a donation of A 3,918 from the Lockington Marshal Trust which will go towards funding a programme run by the charity's Mobex team to help pupils who struggle to make the transition between primary and secondary school.

If school isn't out yet for your children, it will be soon. And summer doesn't have to be boring.

The priest always started his favorite "game" by having the young boy remove his underwear and put on loose-fitting shorts so he could fondle him more easily.

Shadow education minister Angela Burns has accused the Welsh Government of "washing its hands" of Wales' teenagers in pursuit of international attainment targets.

Supporters of Catholic grammar schools in Londonderry have criticised proposals by the church to reform post-primary education in the city.

Durant Main Street encourages prompt registration for this year's Magnolia Pageant with the Thursday, May 21 deadline fast approaching.

Walverden Primary School, Nelson, is the first school in Lancashire to be ordered to convert in a bid to improve results.