A group of parents is racing to raise $3 million before May 15 in effort to prevent as many as 115 teachers from losing their jobs in the Cupertino Union School District, which is in the process of making significant cuts due to unanticipated state budget takeaways. The grassroots group, called Their Future is Now, made its public debut March 4 during a district rally at Lawson Middle School held in conjunction with other events statewide to bring attention to the fiscal crisis at California's schools. The group's goal is to have every family in the Cupertino School District donate $375, which ...

EDUCATION authorities have been given unprecedented access to police and juvenile justice files on the state's most violent students and worst bullies in a bid to evict them from schools. New powers have been granted to teachers by the State Government to build dossiers on violent students that will follow them to any school in the state. The Director-General of the Department of Education has the power to direct students to leave schools for new placements and the department said the new guidelines were needed because schools could be prosecuted if they failed to act. Bullies who verbally abuse others, make cruel posts ...

OTTAWA — Dr. Valerie Taylor doesn't believe that most people with a weight problem would say, "This is not my fault," or, "This is because of McDonald's." "Absolutely, they take responsibility," says Taylor, an assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioural neuroscience at McMaster University in Hamilton, and director of the Canadian Obesity Network mental health program. Many people feel guilty about their weight, she says, "and they struggle to accept treatments like surgery because they really feel they should be able to control this problem themselves. "Some don't even think they deserve the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s been a sharp drop in the percentage of America’s children being bullied or beaten up by their peers, according to a new national survey by experts who believe anti-bullying programs are having an impact. The study, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, found that the percentage of children who reported being physically bullied over the past year had declined from nearly 22 percent in 2003 to under 15 percent in 2008. The percentage reporting they’d been assaulted by other youths, including their siblings, dropped from 45 percent to 38.4 percent. The lead author of the study, ...

On Friday, March 5 Remuda Ranch worked closely with the Binge Eating Disorders Association (BEDA) to bring TEEN TRUTH: BODY IMAGE & SELF ESTEEM to BEDA's Annual Conference. TEEN TRUTH Director, Erahm Christopher and TEEN TRUTH Student Filmmaker, Kayla Abrao both attended the event and were featured on a discussion panel after the film. Thanks to Remuda Ranch for all their support! Below is their official press release about the event: Remuda Ranch Programs for Eating and Anxiety Disorders Sponsors Special Screening of Teen Truth: An Inside Look At Body Image at the ...

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — For the second time in a month, B.C. Mounties may have thwarted a violent attack on a school in the United States. A 17-year-old youth from Brewster, Wash., is in jail and facing charges of conspiracy to commit assault in the first degree, thanks to a tip from the parents of a 14-year-old girl from Port Alberni on Vancouver Island. The two teens had been chatting on Facebook last week when the American youth explained his plans to go to school and begin shooting people. The girl’s parents learned ...

EMERYVILLE, CA -- Jamba Juice announced today a new school lunch program to help schools offer their students a better-for-you beverage alternative in the school cafeteria. The Jamba Juice School Lunch Program provides schools with the ability to purchase and sell Jamba Juice's All Fruit™ smoothie line at fixed and reduced prices. Healthy, refreshing All Fruit™ smoothies are made with real whole fruit, juice, and ice. Part of Jamba's overall commitment to promoting health, wellness and physical activity among the nation's students, the new program follows the Company's record breaking "Jamba Jump ...

DENVER - During emergency drills at Deer Creek Middle School in suburban Denver, math teacher David Benke always told himself and his students that, should something dire happen, he would try to protect them. So when he saw a rifleman beginning to shoot students leaving school Tuesday, Benke didn't hesitate. "I made a promise," he said. The 57-year-old teacher charged the gunman and knocked him to the ground. While an assistant principal grabbed the rifle, Benke and another teacher kept the shooter pinned until police arrived. Yesterday, a judge ordered the accused gunman, 32-year-old ...

A group of South Hadley, Mass., students accused of bullying a classmate who later committed suicide won't be returning to the community's high school, MyFoxBoston.com reported. Superintendent Gus Sayer told The Boston Globe on Tuesday the school district took the problem seriously and the students "will not be returning." He would not say if they had been expelled, citing privacy concerns. TheBostonChannel.com reported that two students accused of bullying 15-year-old Phoebe Prince were expelled from South Hadley High School. Prince killed herself allegedly after being bullied through text messages, Facebook posts and in person. Separately, ...

(CNN) -- A school board in Rhode Island has voted to fire all teachers at a struggling high school, a dramatic move aimed at shoring up education in a poverty-ridden school district. In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the board approved the plan by Frances Gallo, superintendent at Central Falls School District, to discharge the teachers, administrators and other personnel at Central Falls High School. The firings, which will be effective at the end of this school year, came after the district said it failed to reach an agreement with the teachers' union ...