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Students from The Pine Ridge High School have decided that having the perfect prom night isn’t the most important thing for them this year. The school’s prom committee plan to donate a large amount of their funds to help maths teacher Charles Lundell, who has cancer. “We all wanted to help Mr. Lundell out,” committee president Katie Buday, 17, told TODAY.com. “We have more than enough...

With a lot of schools forcing children to follow strict uniform regulations, there’s very little room for them to express themselves through hair and clothing. This is why children’s advocacy group Voices of Youth organised an event to inform youngsters of how they are being denied of freedom of expression and what they can do about it. The ‘What Rules Rule You’ event saw over 60 secondary...

Two representatives from a Catholic youth group sellotaped students by the wrists to demonstrate why they should not have sex before marriage. The students were taped in front a class at a Dublin school before having it torn to show what would happen to them if they didn’t practice abstinence. In demonstrating the importance to remain chaste, the same boy was taped to and then separated from...

Due to the difficulties that children will be faced with in the future, UK politicians are recommending that schools offer a course in coping with life. The certificate would see students learning about self-control and perseverance, while gaining the ability to bounce back when things go wrong. According to the government-backed report, the development of a child’s character and resilience is...

Prime Minister David Camron is planning to have schools open from 9am until 6pm and school holidays reduced to seven weeks, because he thinks it may boost education standards. While a scheme like this would cause a lot of controversy for teachers, government sources are saying these plans will probably not be adopted. A Department for Education spokesperson said: “Many Academies and Free Schools...

Official figures reveal that babies born in the summer need more help during their first year of school. Findings from the Department for Education data revealed that 33% of babies born between May and August don’t do as well in reading, writing and maths. These figures have fuelled a debate over when children should start school, this way, pupils of the same literacy level will be in one class...

Experts have claimed children who were born premature should start school a year late to give their brains more time to develop. Researcher Dr David Odd says: ‘It is easy to look at a premature child’s date of birth and think that is how old they are but they are not that old. ‘These children are going to school in some cases a year earlier than they would have done. ‘Development doesn’t...

US researchers have found midday naps can help pre-school children remember what they learned that morning. Children who went without a midday sleep did worse on memory tests than those who napped. Those who napped saw no change in their morning score of 75%, but the ones who stayed awake fared worse, with an average score of 65%. Researchers are warning carers and nurseries that phase out midday...