All posts tagged "public school"
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8th Grader Teaches Math for a Month in Underfunded Detroit School
A Detroit schoolteacher reportedly quit in frustration, and one of the 8th graders wound up teaching 7th and...
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Arizona Public Schools Should Not Be Defacing Science Books With These Anti-Choice Stickers
Arizona public schools are forcing students to put anti-abortion, pro-abstinence stickers in their science textbooks, and it is...
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I’m A Private School Kid Who Happily Sent My Children To Public School
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, as the daughter of a Manhattan lawyer. My parents sent me to...
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Brooklyn Educator Deserves Jail Time For Punching Autistic Student After Spilling Water
Sadly, you are reading this correctly. A Brooklyn paraprofessional at Public School 225 actually punched an 11-year-old autistic...
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Federal Judge Refuses Bullsh*t Arguments And Rules Against Vaccine Deniers In NYC
A federal judge ruled in favor of a New York City policy that allows schools to ban unvaccinated...
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The Sheer Number of Muslim Students in NYC Schools Should Be Reason Enough To Recognize Muslim Holidays
With 10 percent of NYC public schools students being Muslim and 95 percent of Muslim students in public...
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Students Posting Snaps Of Sad Lunch Shows Michelle Obama Needs To Revisit Her Lunch Initiative
I'm a fan of Michelle Obama and her almost 600 dollars sneakers. I love FLOTUS, even though just...
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School Officials Concerned About Self-Mutilating ‘Eraser Challenge’ Have Clearly Never Met Idiot Kids Before
I get that parents need to be informed, but sometimes I am so eye-rolly about the supposed dangerous...
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Laidback School Policy Allows Lice-Infested Kids To Stay In The Classroom And Share The Wealth
In elementary school, I had lice twice. It was a moderately hellish experience, so trust me when I...
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Indiana Is The First State To Say ‘Hell No’ To Unnecessary Common Core Standards
Great news for parents and teachers who are frustrated with Common Core—change may be coming sooner than you...
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Parents Opt Kids Out Of Common Core And Call School Districts’ Response ‘Child Abuse’
The opt-out parent revolution is growing—enough to cause concern in state school districts that don't know what to...
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Awful Teacher Locked Kid In Closet For ‘Playing Too Much’ – Then Went Home Sick For The Day
Let's do that thing where you guys tells me all the reason why homeschooling is so great...
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Public School Failed My Kid So We Switched To Private
This school year we ended up doing something we said we would never do - we switched from...
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Public School Advocate And Celeb Hypocrite Matt Damon Sends His Own Kids To Private School
This is all so much first world problems I don't even know where to begin with it. I'm...
