All posts tagged "schools"
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Tips For Talking To Your Kids About Gun Violence
We can't ignore shootings anymore.
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Entire School Evacuated Over Pumpkin Spice Accident
An entire high school was evacuated and five people hospitalized after a pumpkin spice air freshener got out...
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School Assignment Asks Teens to Write Their Own Suicide Notes
A UK school has apologized to parents for an English assignment that made students write out their own...
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Parents Want to Change School’s Name to Something With a Less-Embarrassing Acronym
Some Florida parents are petitioning the school board to change the name of Innovation Park Middle School to...
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School Assignment Tells Kids to Make Slave Auction Posters, and Some Parents Are Pissed
Elementary school kids made slave auction posters for a school assignment, and some parents are outraged.
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Trump Administration Removes Protections from Transgender Students
The Trump administration has just removed protections from transgender students in public schools and universities.
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This Utah High School’s Sexist ‘Date’ Assignment Will Make You Flip a Table
A Utah high school's sexist date assignment told girls to "act ladylike" and not to waste boys' money....
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Lunch Lady Quits Job When School Tells Her to Throw Poor Kids’ Lunches Away
A lunch lady at an elementary school says she quit her job because she couldn't deal with being...
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Georgia Parents Confuse Yoga for Anti-Christian Propaganda, Fight to Get It Out of School
Parents who are genuinely convinced that yoga is "Far East" mind-control freaked out at a school for having...
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This Teacher Says He Lost His Job Because a Parent Mistook His Listerine Breath for Alcohol
Blind gym teacher Steve Sloan was forced to retire after a parent said she smelled alcohol on his...
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Alabama Will Require High School Students To Learn About Evolution And Climate Change
The Alabama State Board of Education voted to actually teach evolution in schools.
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Catholic School Expels Student With Leukemia Because That’s What Jesus Would Do
If there's anything that should be considered an 'excused absence' from school, it's having a life-threatening illness, but...
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Finland Is Eliminating School Subjects, A Great Idea That Would Never Work In The US
Is this idea an interesting one? Definitely. Is it likely to be effective in American schools? I'm not...
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It’s Time To Change State School Systems Where Rich Kids Get More Funding Than Poor Ones
This system of funding is untenable, and it's unrealistic to keep expecting low-income districts to do more with...
