Kirsten Johnson reports from Scotland: A concerned mother has spoken out against plans to force Breadalbane Academy pupils to carry identity cards. Madelaine Thorley is concerned young people might be denied access to the new community campus if they do not carry a National Entitlement/Young Scot card. Parents were told the system was put in…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Angus education chief claims unanimous support for pupil fingerprint system
Angus Council’s education convener has defended a biometric identity system used for school meals, claiming the local authority has never received a complaint about it. Peter Nield spoke in favour of the cashless system — which involves the scanning of pupils’ fingerprints — in the face of widespread human rights concerns over similar technology which…
MO: Cheerleaders Sue School to Get Back on Team
Anyone who knows me will know that I never aspired to be a cheerleader while in high school. While some of my peers were practicing kicks, flips, and waving their pom poms around, I was out organizing political protests and engaged in activities related to civil rights. How ironic, then, that over 40 years later,…
TR: Police authorized to search Istanbul University students for one year
Umay Aktaş Salman and Serkan Ocak report: A local court has authorized police to conduct searches at any time of the bags, vehicles and private documents of students at Istanbul University, daily Radikal reported Tuesday. The decision, requested by the university rector’s office, is valid from Dec. 1, 2010, to Nov. 20, 2011. Eren Can,…