In parts of China, BYO school supplies include desks (Photo: Wang Zheng/Changjiang Times) BEIJING – While millions of students all over the world return to school this month, youngsters in one part of China were expected to bring not just pencils and notebooks, but their own desks and chairs when school opened.   Read the complete story.
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In parts of China, BYO school supplies include desks

(Photo: Wang Zheng/Changjiang Times)

BEIJING – While millions of students all over the world return to school this month, youngsters in one part of China were expected to bring not just pencils and notebooks, but their own desks and chairs when school opened.  

Source: behindthewall.nbcnews.com

New Jersey kids win $500,000 settlement after being forced to eat on school's gym floor

Seven students forced to eat lunch on their New Jersey school’s gymnasium floor for two weeks as punishment won a $500,000 legal settlement, their attorney said Tuesday.

The 2008 incident involved fifth-grade students at Charles Sumner Elementary School in Camden, N.J., who were disciplined after one child spilled water as he tried to lift a jug onto a cooler, according to lawyer Alan Schorr.

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