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Texas Student Gets Jailed over Truancy-But A Rapist Can get Probation?

Mike Hendren — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:47:37 +0000

That makes it even harder to believe that a judge anywhere, much less Texas, would do this: a teen in the Houston area is jailed over truancy. Truancy? Really? The nasty rapist could get probation but a teen girls gets jail?

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

Shauna Wright — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:20:24 +0000

Most city ordinances prevent liquor stores and strip joints from being too close to schools. But what about a gun range?

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School Fined a Whopping $15,000 for Selling Sodas During Lunch

Mike Adams — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:16:21 +0000

You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars.

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

Shauna Wright — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:41:36 +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.

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What Are the 10 Best High Schools in America?

Mike Adams — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:25:07 +0000

US News & World Report has released its list of the best high schools in America, teaming up with the Washington, DC-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world.

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

Don Deane — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:15:25 +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.

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Will The Sugar Police Strike Wichita Falls Next?

Mike Hendren — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:19:21 +0000

As far as I am concerned, it is my wife and myself who’ll make the call on what the kids eat and when and how much. Likewise, I will decide what I put into my stomach.

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New York Department of Education Removes References To Dinosaurs and Halloween In Tests

Tony Kerns — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:46:33 +0000

Apparently, the unalienable human rights laid out by our forefathers were life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and to never be offended.

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[UPDATE] Alleged Ohio High School Shooter Detained as Third Victim Passes

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:50:57 +0000

A shooting Monday at a high school in Chardon, OH has now claimed a third victim, Demetrius Hewlin, who died of his wounds on Tuesday morning.

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Professor Resigns After Skipping Classes and Giving Everyone an A

Shauna Wright — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:13:50 +0000

A professor and department chair at George Washington University has resigned from her position after failing to show up to teach two of her classes, resulting in a litany of complaints from students — even though she gave them all As.

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Online Courses for Elementary and High School Students?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:23:02 +0000

In an effort to accommodate students with varying levels of advancement and in reaction to state budgetary cuts, at least 30 states in the US now let elementary and high school students take all their courses online.

According to Evergreen Education Group, a consulting firm that works with online schools, an estimated 250,000 students nationwide are enrolled in full-time virtual schools, a 40 percent increase in the last three years. And the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, a trade group, says two million kids take at least one class online.

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Where's The Paddle Mr. Principal?

Mike Hendren — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:02:17 +0000

When I was a student at Kirby Junior High School, Mr. Otis C. Polk, Sr. was our principal. Or, as he told it, he was our princi-pal. It was Mr. Polk's way of 'killing two birds with one stone". One,

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No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Mike Hendren — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:01:21 +0000

Every year, we get the same paperwork from the school system prodding us to sign up for free and reduced meals. Nowadays, we don't qualify. Even back when my daughter was just entering school and we could qualify, we didn't take it

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TAKS To Be Replaced By STAAR And Nobody Wants Either Of Them

Mike Hendren — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:45:57 +0000

Standardized testing: the governments way of determining if our children are up to speed. What it really is, you see, is another fine example of why you should fear anyone who says 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help you'

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