In Ohio, one teacher had enough and set out for revenge against her school students - and her bosses.The teacher happened to be the yearbook advisor and she quietly paid to take out an ad in the yearbook and published her own "report card" as she walked out the door to retirement. There is little […]
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US: Teacher takes revenge in yearbook page
US: Police: Teen Forced To Drink Turpentine
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Police have arrested the mother and two cousins of a pregnant 16-year-old who are accused of forcing the teen to drink turpentine in an attempt to induce an abortion.Rozelletta B. Blackshire, 44, was charged with criminal abortion and first-degree cruelty to children, Columbus Police Sgt. Debra Bohannon said. The teen's cousins, Shonda […]
US: School suspends four 8th-grade girls because they wore identical outfits on the same day
MARION, Ind. -- A school recently suspended four eighth-grade girls because they wore identical outfits on the same day, some of the girls and their parents said.Two of the girls, Dacia Small and Mindy Ellis, said McCulloch Middle School officials incorrectly branded them as gang members because of the outfits. The four received a five-day […]
US: Congress considering strip searching students
Imagine an America in which school officials could strip search every student in their school based on the unsubstantiated tip that one of them might have a joint. Congress is voting on a bill Tuesday or Wednesday that could make these police state tactics more common.We can stop Congress in its tracks, though. Call your […]
5-year old American girl dies after visiting the dentist
Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year old girl from Chicago, Illinois, has died after a visit to the dentist. Children's Memorial Hospital officials say that the girl was rushed to the hospital when she never woke up after being sedated for a dental procedure. She had been in a coma, on life support, since being admitted to […]
US: Homework or busywork?
The best times in Karen Brown's house are when her children don't have homework."They're happier. They're more rested," said the Louisville parent of a middle schooler and a high schooler. "They have that fun, creative time."Though not a fan of homework, she said she understands why schools pressured to perform are assigning it. She doesn't […]
US: "Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006": Permitting more school searches?
Students for Sensible Drug Policy is asking for your help to stop a bill that would further curtail the rights of students in public schools all across the country. The so-called "Student and Teacher Safety Act of 2006" (H.R. 5295) would make it easier for teachers and school administrators to search students' lockers and bags […]
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US: First-Grader Suspended Over Plastic Squirt Gun
Six-year-old suspended 10 days for bringing squirt gun to school. With pic of bright orange plastic squirt gun. Hooray for zero tolerance!=======KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri mother is angry that her first-grader was suspended from school over a plastic toy gun."I asked her, 'You're going to suspend my son for 10 days for this? […]
Maine Parents Upset Over Rude Rhymes
BANGOR, Maine (AP) - A book of rhymes handed out to kindergarten classes across Maine is being criticized by some parents as inappropriate. "Schoolyard Rhymes" is a compilation of 50 verses included in bags given to 18,000 pupils through the Read With ME literacy project supported by Gov. John Baldacci and his wife Karen.Karen Baldacci, […]
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