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New York State Grade 3 Through 8 Assessments Start Today
Today is a big day for many students in New York. The State Education Department begins this year's assessments for third through eighth grade.
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Arlington High School Student Kyron Birdine Suspended For Writing “Yolo” On The STARR Standardized Test- #FreeKyron
Remember back in school when you had to take those boring and pointless standardized tests? One student named Kyron Birdine from Texas decided to become a rebel and write only one answer on his test: YOLO. We have the Arlington High School test picture here, and the full scoop.
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UPD: Crossing Guard Removed From Corner Of Genesee and Amy Ave.
Utica, NY (WIBX) – The Utica Police Department will no longer have a crossing guard at the corner of Genesee and Amy Avenue.
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Louisiana School Forcing Students Suspected of Being Pregnant to Take Tests — Is It Fair? [POLL]
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Nine-Year-Old Girl’s Funny Food Blog Inspires School Lunch Change
A nine-year-old girl in Scotland caused quite a stir when she began reviewing school lunches in a hysterical blog called “NeverSeconds.” Now, thanks to her efforts, the school is serving healthier, better-tasting alternatives. Way to go, kid!
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City to Allow Gun Range Near School — Is It Right?
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Australian Student Sues High School for Giving Her a Lousy Education
What’s a student to do when she can’t get into her desired college program? Sue her high school, of course.
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Post-It Suspensions
A small group of seniors at Cascade High School in Clayton, IN celebrated their upcoming graduation with a prank, covering school doors, offices and windows with more than 12,000 colorful Post-It notes.
But the school superintendent apparently didn’t think it was so funny — he suspended almost 60 students, and a janitor accused of helping during the prank could lose her job.
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Students Won’t ‘Like’ This — Elementary School Threatens Expulsion If Kids Use Facebook
A while back, we told you about the Jewish girls’ school in Brooklyn that instituted a Facebook ban for its students, saying using the social media site violated its religious tenets.
Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.
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Texas School Has Been Misspelling Its Own Name for Nearly Nine Years
An elementary school in Forth Worth, Texas, is finally correcting its name after having misspelled it for nearly nine years. Oops! That can’t bode well for literacy rates.
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Parents Revolt Against High School’s New Approach to Teenage Contraception
While the United States takes measures such as abstinence initiatives, sexual education and sometimes criticizing Bristol Palin as a scare tactic to prevent teenage pregnancy, some schools in the UK are taking a much more direct route.
A report from the British National Health Service announced that many girls were given long-term contraceptives at school.