School Survival

A high school senior in Alabama was suspended for wearing a prom dress that school officials said was too short at the hem and too revealing on top. "I was so excited because it was my senior prom and I'd never been to a senior prom, so I was excited," Oxford High School student Erica […]

Nine Massachusetts teenagers were indicted Monday for driving a pretty 15-year-old "new girl" from Ireland to suicide in a case that has become a symbol of high school and online bullying. The sweeping charges - which come after months of complaints that the bullies weren't being punished - include statutory rape, violation of civil rights […]

County health officials say they will try to spell out more clearly the range of services available to minors after an incident in which a pregnant Ballard High student got an abortion, apparently without her mother's knowledge, some time after visiting a school-based health-care center. The consent form parents and guardians sign for children to […]

Nearly 300 teachers and other school workers were accused of abuse last year at Chicago Public Schools. The number of complaints nearly doubled from previous years. The dramatic increase may be the result of a better reporting system put into place after 2 Investigator Dave Savini exposed a citywide abuse scandal. One victim is 10-year-old […]

New York - A 12-year-old girl who was hauled out of her New York City school in handcuffs for doodling on her desk has started legal action against the city over her arrest. A lawyer for Alexa Gonzalez filed legal papers seeking $1m in damages, saying the Queens girl was subjected to overly harsh treatment. […]

Even at 13, Colin Carlson believes he's running out of time. Colin is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut, seeking a bachelor's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology and another in environmental studies. But he's been knocked off course by the university's rejection of his request to take a class that includes summer field […]

As school let out one day in January 2008, students from rival towns faced off. Two girls flailed away for several seconds and clusters of boys pummeled each other until teachers pulled them apart The fistfights at Southside High School involved no weapons and no serious injuries, and in some ways seemed as old-fashioned as […]

Outraged parents have hit out at a school in Birmingham after pupils discovered CCTV cameras in the school's toilets. Youngsters at Grace Academy in Chelmsley Wood claim they returned from half-term to find staff had installed the cameras without notifying them or their parents. Some parents are furious at what they say is a "total […]

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a clever way to detect student cheating on homework in his introductory physics course—and found about 50 percent more cheating than students reported in anonymous surveys. And he discovered that frequent cheaters ended up bombing their exams. The professor, David E. Pritchard, led a research team […]

A warning for thousands of students in the Sacramento Valley: If you took a test or failed to turn in homework today, your parents may already have that information. Students at Natomas Middle School in Sacramento are well aware that an Internet Web site known as Power School is helping parents keep tabs on them. […]