Michele Bachmann, as virtually everyone knows, is currently deciding whether she's going to make a run for the Tea Party, oops, I meant to say, Republican, nomination for president. What most don't know, though, is that her educational policies are being challenged by an amazing high school student...
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Michele Bachmann's Stance on Evolution Demolished by High School Student
German town lowers voting age to 16
BREMEN, Germany, May 22 (UPI) -- Authorities in the German city of Bremen have lowered the voting age to 16 in an effort to interest young people in politics, officials said.
It is the first time the voting age has been lowered from 18, the BBC reported Sunday. Voters must be 18 or older to vote...
Homophobic FL Principal Outs Lesbian Students
The principal of a Pompano Beach, Fla. high school will not face any consequences after he threatened two female students with suspension and outed them to their parents after he saw them holding hands.
Principal Karlton Johnson was driving a golf cart on the campus of Blanche Ely High School on...
Iowa Principal Spanks Students on Their Birthdays
A Mount Vernon elementary school principal used a padded hockey stick to deliver birthday spankings to his students, according to complaints that Linn County authorities are investigating. Complaints about Principal Terry Eisenbarth's birthday "whammies" at Washington Elementary School are also under review by school board members, who met behind closed doors Wednesday night. About 70 […]
Zuckerberg: Facebook Should Allow Kids Under 13
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week said that younger children should be allowed on the site—for education purposes.
"In the future, software and technology will enable people to learn a lot from their fellow students," Zuckerberg said at the NewSchools Summit in California, according to...
Man Charged With Underage Drinking Hours Before Turning 21
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(http://www.wlwt.com/r/27989869/detail.html)SPRINGBORO, Ohio -- *A man arrested for underage drinking should have waited a few more hours.
Springboro police arrested Jesse Robinson at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, less than six hours before he turned 21, the legal drinking age.
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School Kids in Handcuffs Reveal Teacher Bondage
Another week, another tot gets his rights violated. A few days before Easter police in Maspeth, New York, handcuffed a first grader who had a temper tantrum after coloring an egg at school.
“I want those cops to say sorry to me and the principal for calling the ambulance on me and handcuffing...
Family Claims High School Principal Went Ballistic
FRESNO, Calif. (CN) - A student says high school officials had police arrest and interrogate him, then suspended him for 15 days for logging onto a Facebook page that parodied the school's principal. He says he didn't create the parody, and never logged onto the Facebook page with school computers,...
19-year-old sets record as youngest MP
MONTREAL - Nineteen-year-old Pierre-Luc Dusseault planned to work a summer job at a golf course if his foray into federal politics didn't work out.
He can forget the links.
The teenage longshot is now headed to Ottawa as the youngest member to ever sit in Canada's federal Parliament, joining...
NH school discipline bill OKs 'reasonable' force
CONCORD, N.H—Retired Nashua teacher Robert Sherman told lawmakers Thursday of a time when he was asked to deal with a student who'd run into the men's room to hide from a female teacher who'd caught him smoking.
"I gave the student clear orders not to move until an administrator came -- and he...
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