Abstinence programmes confusing US teenagers - Feature
Washington - As if adolescence wasn't hard enough. In the US, many teenagers are growing up sexually confused by the conflicting messages of abstinence-only education programmes promoted by the religious right and the administration of President Geor...
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Berlin students forced to resit maths finals
Berlin - Some 28,000 10th grade students in Berlin were forced to resit their final mathematics test on Monday after details of the original examination were leaked in advance. Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into how pupils came i...
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2008-06-23 ] Category : [
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Czech teachers, school employees strike over salaries
Prague - More than a half of the Czech Republic's elementary and secondary schools Monday took part in a nationwide strike for higher salaries, the teachers' trade union said. More than 130,000 teachers and school employees at nearly 6,000 schools jo...
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2008-06-09 ] Category : [
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Girls smarter given equal opportunity
Rome - Little girls may be made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but they almost always grow up to trump boys in reading skills and, given equal opportunity, can also match males' ability at maths, a new study suggests. Italian and US research...
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2008-05-29 ] Category : [
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Three injured in Greek student protests against reforms
Athens - Three people were injured on Wednesday following clashes between rival student unions outside a university in the Greek capital in protest of education reforms, reports said. Police said a group of students hurled rocks and petrol bombs at o...
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2008-05-28 ] Category : [
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