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New York State Grade 3 Through 8 Assessments Start Today

Kristine Bellino — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:01:30 +0000

Today is a big day for many students in New York.Â The State Education Department begins this year’s assessments for third through eighth grade. The testing, in English, mathematics, and for some grades history or science, take place over several days. There is increased emphasis on the exams and the results because they are used [...]

Arlington High School Student Kyron Birdine Suspended For Writing "Yolo" On The STARR Standardized Test- #FreeKyron

Davey Jones — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:10:10 +0000

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. Birdine not only tweeted out the picture of [...]

UPD: Crossing Guard Removed From Corner Of Genesee and Amy Ave.

Gino Geruntino — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:18:21 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) – The Utica Police Department will no longer have a crossing guard at the corner of Genesee and Amy Avenue. Sergeant Steve Hauck says budgetary issues are forcing the removal of UPD details at the corner. “The money’s not there to pay for somebody to be there, so they had no other [...]

Louisiana School Forcing Students Suspected of Being Pregnant to Take Tests — Is It Fair? [POLL]

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:30:45 +0000

If the administration at the Delhi Charter School in Delhi, Louisiana suspects a student of being pregnant, they are forcing the girls to take pregnancy tests. The public school’s policy dictates that if a student refuses to take the test at a doctor of the school’s choice or is found to be pregnant, she will [...]

Nine-Year-Old Girl's Funny Food Blog Inspires School Lunch Change

Don Deane — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:01:52 +0000

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!

City to Allow Gun Range Near School — Is It Right?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:30:24 +0000

Most city ordinances prevent liquor stores and strip joints from being too close to schools. But what about a gun range? Some residents of Waterbury, CT, are literally up in arms after the city approved zoning for a gun range and accompanying firearms store just hundreds of feet from an elementary school. Proponents of the [...]

Australian Student Sues High School for Giving Her a Lousy Education

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:30:40 +0000

What’s a student to do when she can’t get into her desired college program? Sue her high school, of course. Eighteen-year-old Rose Ashton-Weir of Australia says her high school didn’t provide an adequate education for her to gain admission into the law program at the University of Sydney, so she’s filed suit. She recently testified [...]

Post-It Suspensions

Shauna Wright — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:33:21 +0000

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.

Students Won't 'Like' This — Elementary School Threatens Expulsion If Kids Use Facebook

Shauna Wright — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:36 +0000

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.

Texas School Has Been Misspelling Its Own Name for Nearly Nine Years

Don Deane — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:34:25 +0000

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. Sunrise Elementary School added “McMillan” to its name in the 2003-2004 school year as a way to honor its first teacher, Mary McMillan. Problem is, the school [...]

Parents Revolt Against High School's New Approach to Teenage Contraception

Maura Chwastyk — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:59:33 +0000

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.