Education
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HS students suspended for ‘twerking’
For those who may otherwise find the story hard to follow, Urban Dictionary defines the verb twerk as “to work…
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Detroit mom objects to reading of Anne Frank’s diary as too ‘pornographic'
The mother of a seventh-grade student at a school in suburban Detroit has launched a crusade to get Anne Frank’s…
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Female teen expelled, arrested when ‘science project’ explodes
Luckily, no one was hurt when a mixture of household chemicals brought to school on Monday by a 16-year-old student…
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Study: Children taught tolerance in school more likely to be intolerant outside
Ouch! Some bad news for those who believe that schools should be used as moral incubators in which young people…
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WI schools teaches conservatism, Reagonomics to blame for cynicism in nation
At least they aren’t blaming George W. Bush (although his father, as vice president under Ronald Reagan, gets a dishonorable…
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Don't waste billions in tax dollars on armed guards for America's schools
School violence has gone down in recent years, but in response to a few mass shootings, the Obama Administration and…
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School teaches freedoms sometimes need to be relinquished for greater good
First, there was a national pandemic in which schools overreacted to perceived acts of violence. Among the documented threats that…
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Obama's massive, wasteful proposed budget is bad news for savers, taxpayers, and educational efficiency
President Obama’s budget was released on Wednesday, two months late. It’s a record $3.78 trillion, and contains lots of wasteful…
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CT school teaches that Americans don’t have constitutional right to bear arms
How far will the nation’s schools go in the expressed interest of shielding our children from another Newtown? How’s rewriting…
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NH school district bans dodgeball
Did you know that each year 650 children in America are killed playing dodgeball? Actually they aren’t, but that didn’t…
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TX school district teaches that U.S. is to blame for 9/11
“Don’t know much about history…” If that describes your son or daughter and he or she attends Flour Bluff (Texas)…
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‘Jesus stomping’ FAU professor is Democrat party vice-chairman for Palm Beach County, FL
Just in time for Holy Week are many reports about a controversial incident at Florida Atlantic University in Davie, Florida.…
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Preschool teacher arrested after spiking toddlers’ juice with sleeping pills
A California preschool teacher who took nap time a little too seriously was arrested last week for doping her young…
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80% of NYC HS grads need help with the 3 R's to get into city’s community colleges
How bad are New York City public schools? A report filed by CBS New York provides a frank and sobering answer to…
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MD law would force schools to stop overreacting to perceived violence
The “Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act” is what The Daily Caller dubs it. The actual name of the bill is “The…
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MI elementary school sounds alarm over cupcakes adorned with toy soldiers
It’s a birthday that 9-year-old Hunter Fountain won’t forget but for the wrong reasons. The problem was not that the…
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Daily Kos salutes trashing of NYC ‘Cost of Teen Pregnancy’ PSAs
There is little that conservatives and liberals seem to agree on, but you would expect that one cause common to…
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Teacher questions student’s emotional stability over photo of BB gun
It’s high time someone coined a name for the sickness that is running rampant through our nation’s school, skewing the…
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