An eight-year-old boy has been excluded from school after he was caught converting a pencil sharpener into a knife. The dangerous craze sees children remove the blades from pencil sharpeners and ...

Gone are the days when kids had to raise their hands, rise from their desks and walk to sharpen their pencils in the corner of the classroom. Granted, personal sharpeners definitely aren’t a fresh ...

Clutching a pack of coloured pencils as she went up to a till, 11-year- old Charlotte Howard expected to be on her way with her purchase moments later. But the schoolgirl left empty handed when she ...

Suffolk, Va. - Pencil sharpeners are something most kids have at their fingertips in school. Suffolk authorities say a 10-year-old girl at Booker T. Washington Elementary took one apart and used the ...

Scientists have discovered a 'molecular pencil sharpener' that chews away its outer coating to release a powerful antibiotic. Their discovery opens the door to finding new antibacterial agents and ...