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Memorial Day – Not a Good Day for School [POLL]

Lori Crofford — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:02:41 +0000

So yesterday was Memorial Day. I hope you had a wonderful day spending time with your family and remembering those who fought to keep us free. Now, if you have kids in the AISD schools then you probably didn’t get to spend the day with them because they were in school. Yes, Amarillo ISD was [...]

River Road Band Instructor Allegedly Gives Student 'Worst Band Member Ever' Award

Billy Goforth — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:22:26 +0000

This has not been substantiated and we are not naming any person in particular. This image started circulation on facebook and is now gaining some attention. If this ‘award’ was actually handed down from a teacher/instructor at an RRISD school (River Road), it is probably going to cause a huge uproar. But, if it is [...]

Michigan Parent Thinks Anne Frank Book is Too Pornographic[VIDEO]

Lori Crofford — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:23:18 +0000

When I first read that Anne Frank was too pornographic, I laughed. Seriously, Anne Frank pornographic? Then I watched the video. A teacher in Michigan has assigned her students to read a book about Anne Frank. This book isn't The Diary of Anne Frank, most of us read in school. The book is The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition). It is the unedited version. The unedited version contains very descriptive content.

Mother Wants To Punish Kids By Making them Wear Shirts That Say "I Steal" and "Bully" To School

Lori Crofford — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:30:56 +0000

I have heard some interesting punishments from parents who are trying to get through to their kids. Some parents make their kids stand on a busy intersection holding a sign saying what they did wrong. Others, make their kids do manual labor. However, in a society where spanking doesn't occur much anymore, this Colorado mother thought she would try something different.

Girl, 12, Makes Waves By Showing Up to School with $20,000 in Cash

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:13:47 +0000

They say you’ll have more earning power if you stay in school. Never has that theory been proven more than it was this week in Taylor, Michigan. An unidentified 12-year-old girl showed up to school with $20,000 in cash in her backpack. She reportedly got it from another child who lives across the street from [...]

Kindergarten Teacher Fired for Letting Students Taste Her Blood

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:29:56 +0000

It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill show and tell. A kindergarten teacher from the Norwegian town of Sola has been fired because she let kids touch and taste her blood that she brought to school. The woman had brought in a blood sample taken earlier in the day and poured it out onto a plate for kids. [...]

Teen Suspended for Protesting School Bullying Launches Lawsuit

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:54:00 +0000

Amber Hatch refuses to be bullied when it comes to her efforts to stop bullying. Hatch, 15, of DeSoto High School in Fort Myers, Florida is suing the school’s principal, dean of students and the local school board, claiming she was suspended last year after officials tried to force her not to take part in [...]

Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December. Now, teachers are opening up about what they’d like to do to protect themselves in a School Improvement Network poll of nearly 11,000 educators from all 50 states. More than 72% claim they would [...]

Utah School Suspends Girl for Having Hair That's Too Red

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:26:33 +0000

The actions of school officials in Utah have one student seeing red. The Washington County School District has forbid 15-year-old Rylee MacKay from returning to class at Hurricane Middle School, in Hurricane, Utah, until she dyes her hair back to what is considered a “natural” color. The problem is Rylee had dyed her hair red [...]

School Bans Musical Because Elvis' Lyrics Are Too Sexual

Mike Adams — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:27:27 +0000

Nearly forty years after his death, Elvis Presley is still getting some parents in Utah “All Shook Up” over lyrics they say are too sexual for students to perform in their high school musical. The complaints that ultimately led the school administration to ban the production. Earlier this week, officials from the Jordan School District [...]

Georgia High School Student Suspended After A Parent Misinterpreted His Facebook Post As A Threat

Lori Crofford — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:35:55 +0000

A Crawford County High School student in Roberta, Georgia, sits at home today after being suspended from school for a facebook post. John George III, was going to surprise his classmates by dressing up as Santa and handing out candy canes at school. However, that all came to an abrupt stop after he posted to [...]

Five States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours

Mike Adams — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:22 +0000

Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance. Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Tennessee will take part in a three-year pilot program devised to make the American school system more competitive. [...]

A Teacher Allows Students Who Reached a Goal Scribble on the Students Who Didn't [VIDEO]

Lori Crofford — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:38:04 +0000

A teacher in Idaho used a incentive to get the students to accomplish their reading goal. That incentive was reach your goal and you get to write on the faces of the students who did not achieve their goal. Check out this video and decided for yourself. Should the teacher be reprimanded for his actions? [...]

Parents Get All Bent Out of Shape Over School's Yoga Program, Cite Religious Objection

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:00:04 +0000

Over the last couple decades, yoga has gone from being thought of as a mystical ancient Indian discipline to a mainstream exercise practiced the world over.

In fact, all students in the Encinitas Union School District, which is in the San Diego area, now do yoga twice a week as part of their physical education curriculum. But this isn't sitting well with some parents, who are worried that the Hindu philosophy on which yoga is based is seeping into these lessons.

Do Bad Teeth Equal Bad Grades?

Mike Adams — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:43:32 +0000

There are some obvious pitfalls for those children with bad teeth, including self-esteem issues, poor quality of life, and uncontrollable pain.

However, a new study suggests that kids walking around with busted-out, rotten grills may actually suffer more academically.

Autistic Boy Denied Lunch at School Because Parents Owed Money — Is It Fair? [POLL]

Mike Adams — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:59:45 +0000

Parents of a 5-year-old autistic boy are upset with their son’s school because, they say, the staff refused to feed him lunch due to an unpaid bill and left him to finish out the remainder of the day hungry. According to Silvia and John Caravella of Matawan, New Jersey, their son John Robert was not [...]

New Research Reveals Overweight Teens Get Bad Grades

Mike Adams — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:59:19 +0000

There are many dangers that can come from being an overweight or obese teenager, including the risk of developing chronic conditions like heart disease, Type-2 diabetes and stroke.

However, new research indicates that teens suffering from obesity might be at risk for acquiring more than just poor health, but lower school grades as well.

15 Addictive Ways to Waste Time Online Now That the Kids Are Back at School

Kathy Landin — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:04:56 +0000

The school buses are running again, and the kids are out of the house. Finally. With the end of the far-too-long summer break, this return to school days can leave you with a little extra time on your hands during the day, right? Well, maybe not too much, but your daily schedule should ease up a bit, so now what do you do? You get back on the Internet, that’s what.

What Are the Worst Back-to-School Beverages to Give Your Kids?

Mike Adams — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:26:53 +0000

Some parents are under the illusion that just because they give their little curtain climbers juice instead of bouncing them off the walls with soda that they are somehow providing them with a lesser evil. Unfortunately, that is not always true, as some of these juices disguised as a healthy drink alternatives can contain nearly [...]

School Asks Deaf Toddler to Change the Sign Language for His Name Because It Looks Like a Gun

Lori Crofford — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:10:58 +0000

Sometimes I think people can go way to far, especially those in a position of authority. Hunter Spanjer is a 3-year old boy who cannot hear so he uses sign language. One of the signs in his name resembles a gun. Since it does resemble a gun, school officials in the Nebraska town of Grand [...]