Teachers break silence on fingerprinting children
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Jenkins, get that OFF the scanner NOW The National Union of Teachers has said that schools should not fingerprint children without the consent of parents.â¦
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ICO sticks its neck-out - and gets it in a twist The Information Commissioner has declared that schools should ask for the consent of children and parents before they take pupil's fingerprints, despite there being no legal obligation for them to do so.â¦
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Random testing is succeeding in deterring pupils from taking drugs, says head teacher.
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A teacher who was upset because she didn't get her preferred classroom assignment left more than a dozen scribbled threats at her elementary school and a suspicious device in a student's desk, authorities said.
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Parents beware: Miss a meeting with your child's teacher and it could cost you a $500 fine and a criminal record.
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The DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 are stored on a government database, despite them being younger than the age of criminal responsibility, figures showed Thursday.
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Some preschool teachers would do anything to keep their students quiet, but Phyllis Wilson's classroom is designed to get them talking. Her seven preschoolers have a variety of disabilities that leave them with low verbal skills. So she's worked with Houston school district speech-language pathologist Johanna Olson to create an environment that teases out their voices.
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Chancellor acts after parents voice their concern at the lack of disclosure by Portuguese detectives.
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Some security experts question the difficulty of eliminating Social Security numbers from public documents, as contended by some county clerks in Texas.
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The only grade school in this rural town is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will take away their children's privacy.
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DfES qualifies its stance on school fingerprinting Parents cannot prevent schools from taking their children's fingerprints, according to the Department for Education and Skills and the Information Commissioner.â¦
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A primary school whose test results were quashed  for alleged cheating denies having  done anything wrong.
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Florida has launched a new Web site allowing parents to check on the disciplinary records of teachers. Other states may follow suit.
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Officials in some high-immigrant school districts are threatening to defy a federal law that requires all children to take the same reading tests, even those struggling to learn English.
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Evidence suggests some schools in England are breaking the law on pupil admissions, ministers say.
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DfES qualifies its stance Parents cannot prevent schools from taking their children's fingerprints, according to the Department for Education and Skills and the Information Commissioner.â¦
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After a breach, a school district wants to test its security crackdown by issuing a challenge to hackers.