Was it a serious mistake? I think that Principal Larry Ching of Waimea College in Nelson, New Zealand now has serious bragging rights. For the rest of his career, he can claim that he's so strict that he once put his ent...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/11/Computer-Glitch-Puts-Entire-School-in-Detention/
Look in the lower right corner of the screenshot. Yes, that's Pinky and the Brain, the would-be world conquerors from the television series of the same name. This preschool and elementary school is in the capital city of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/01/Theres-a-School-in-Nigeria-Named-after-Pinky-and-the-Brain/
My elementary school was a hideous mess of mau... ...h they were sure a lot more bland. But not all schools are so disgustingly ugly though. Redditor fawcan...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/20/now-thats-a-school-to-write-home-about/
A vague bill now working its way through the Tennessee legislature could lead to unintended consequences. It may soon be illegal for teachers to mention kissing, hand-holding, and other "gateway sexual activities". From...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/18/what-is-gateway-sexual-activity/
The NCAA basketball tournament brackets are ou... ...AA basketball tournament brackets are out, and 68 schools will battle to see who is the best college basket... ...in the nation (cough*Kentucky*cough). Some of the schools are state universities, others have names that do... ...challenged to figure out wher...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/12/where-is-that-tournament-bound-school-2/
A couple of decades of boosting children's self-es... ...feres with significant learning opportunities. As schools ratchet up academic standards for all students, n... ....” Dweck’s studies, embraced in Montgomery schools and elsewhere, have found that praising children...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/01/17/self-esteem-not-what-it-used-to-be/
Gone are the days of a raised and hand and simple... ...a legitimate concern, and one that Washington Co. Schools Superintendent Sandra Cook is quick to dismiss: T... ...n learn"? And what does it say about the district schools ? As Micheal Trei at DViCE comments, "it seems lik... ...ttendance by Scanning Stu...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/08/florida-school-district-installs-fingerprint-scanners-to-take-attendance/
I'm sure we can all agree that it's important... ...inly a line between safety and stupidity and many schools these days have jumped right over that border. Cr... ...racked ha a great list of the most idiotic things schools are doing in the name of safety, including making...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/27/the-stupidest-school-safety-measures/
Plenty of schools hire celebrities to speak at their commencement c...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/26/students-want-don-draper-to-speak-at-graduation/
Just this week, the school my children attend got... ...witching to tap water could be a bad idea in some schools where the risk of lead contamination from old pip... ...investigation showing that the drinking water in schools in 27 states is contaminated with lead and other...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/03/04/bottled-water-vs-drinking-fountains/
