All posts tagged "schools"
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Mandy Nachampassack | August 12, 2019
Tips For Talking To Your Kids About Gun Violence
We can't ignore shootings anymore.
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Elizabeth Licata | October 11, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | June 26, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | March 16, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | March 15, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | February 23, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | January 11, 2017
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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Elizabeth Licata | September 22, 2016
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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Elizabeth Licata | March 25, 2016
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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Elizabeth Licata | November 16, 2015
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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Elizabeth Licata | September 14, 2015
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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Ashley Austrew | April 27, 2015
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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Aimee Ogden | March 24, 2015
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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Aimee Ogden | March 13, 2015
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...