schools

What do you think about this move by a Superintendent in North Carolina? Though many young kids are taught "please" is "the magic word," one school in Charlotte, North Carolina, actually asks its teachers to use the word as little as possible...

This has so many parents outraged in a Connecticut school district. They sent home a letter to the parents saying that it was time to cancel all of this year's Halloween activities in the district. A letter was sent home to parents explaining this was due to "incidents of children being excluded from activities due to religion, cultural beliefs, etc...

It's no doubt that New York has some of the highest education standards for our students, but that also comes with a price.New York has 3 different regions in the top 10 per-student spending in the United States. According to the Buffalo News: Per-student spending in the Buffalo Public Schools is among the highest in the country, with new data released Tuesday by the U...

Imagine this: You're a teacher and you see a kid blowing his nose on others, using inappropriate language and pushing other students. You confront him and say "do you know how your actions and your words are hurting other students and your friends...

This was no ordinary ride home.

The controversial proposal from the Buffalo Public School District are considering making condoms available in all city high schools. Would the condoms being made available 'encourage' kids to engage in sexual activity or is would this help prevent some of the pregnancies in the schools...

I went to Lancaster High School where during my high school career some of the weirdest things were banned. Going down the laundry shoot and bouncy balls were a couple of them I can remember. The laundry shoot. You would think you didn't have to tell people to go down a laundry shoot, right...

There's a new weapon in the fight to protect our children in school. Introducing the Bodyguard Blanket, a bulletproof blanket kids can wear like a backpack.

Party on.

We've all had that teacher at least once in our lives. You know the one. The oddball. The eccentric. The one whose bizarre worldview and teaching methods have a lasting (and not always positive) impact on his or her students. However, the award for the year's strangest teacher undoubtedly has to go to Jean-Baptiste Clément, a sixth grade math teacher who subjected his students to James Wan's horro

Is this idea to over-the-top OR is this starting to be necessary? A town in Wisconsin is trying to crack down on bullying and they are taking extreme measures. When a kid bullys--their parents pay. Literally. According to ABC, "Tickets for bullying are now an option under law in Monona, near Eau Claire...