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Two Chinese Girls Poisoned to Death by Principal of Rival Kindergarten School

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:54:49 +0000

It seems almost impossible to believe, but the rivalry between two kindergarten schools in China led the principal of one school to kill a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old who attended the other school. With rat poison.

Snow Day For Natrona County, Casper College Students

Rich Denison — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:30:14 +0000

No school for Natrona County Students, and Casper College has cancelled classes.

Suspicious Man Reported Near Casper School

Rich Denison — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:01:25 +0000

Authorities are urging parents and students to be alert to a suspicious man.

School Suspends Boy, 7, For Biting Pastry in the Shape of a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:23:22 +0000

The issue over guns in our schools has taken on a very strange twist in one Maryland school. A second-grader at Park Elementary School in Baltimore was suspended for two days after his teacher claimed he saw the seven-year-old bite his breakfast pastry, i.e., Pop Tart into the shape of what appeared to be a [...]

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

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:17:38 +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 [...]

Bizarre New Rule Bans Kids from Blowing Out Birthday Candles in School

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:17:36 +0000

Australia has decided to blow out the candles on a birthday tradition. The country’s National Health and Medical Research Council has instituted new rules declaring children can no longer blow out the candles on birthday cakes in school. And it’s all in the name of good health, since officials have determined blowing out candles is [...]

Student Shot at Atlanta Middle School

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:12:53 +0000

A 14-year-old student at Price Middle School in Atlanta was shot in the head or neck on Thursday afternoon. The student was taken to the hospital; his condition has not been officially released, but reports say that he is alert, conscious and breathing.

Father Poses As Gunman To Test Child's School Security

Ian Delap — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:36:03 +0000

A father in Texas went to his child’s school claiming he was armed and his target was inside. 44-year-old Ronald Miller approached the school’s greeter, claimed to have a gun and said “You’re dead.” The greeter froze in panic as Miller made his threats around 8 A.M. when students were arriving at Celina Elementary School. [...]

Sandy Hook Students Go Back To School

Ian Delap — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:33:15 +0000

The young students from Sandy Hook Elementary School returned to school today, Thursday Jan. 3rd, 2013 for the first time since the violent shooting rampage on Dec. 14th, 2012. They returned to the comfortable sights of the school they were accustomed to, only in another school, in another town.

Should Parents Be Blamed For Their Child's Actions? [POLL,OPINION]

Brian Scott — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:59:58 +0000

I noticed on Facebook today following the story about a student in police custody for taking a handgun to school, that a number of people are quick to blame the parents in this situation.

I know that it was a different time, but when i was growing up i had my own guns from the time that i was 12 yea

Should Kids Wear Body Armor to School? [POLL]

Ian Delap — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:05:10 +0000

According to an article by Fox News, sales have soared through the roof for a Utah based company that manufactures child size body armor and bullet proof backpacks. Sales have boomed for this company since the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Should kids have to wear body armor to go to school?

Student Wakes Up During Class Due To Nightmare in Hilarious Video

John Riggs — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:26:54 +0000

It’s one thing to fall asleep during class, but it’s another thing to wake up, literally jumping from your seat, screaming because you had a nightmare like this poor sap did. The professor was carrying on about some boring lecture in something at Stony Brook University. Apparently, it was so boring that one of the [...]

Head's Up Seven-Up Was Played to See Who Cheated in Class [CONSPIRACY]

John Riggs — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:53:35 +0000

I got it! The teachers used to have the kids play my favorite grade school game, ‘Heads Up Seven Up’, to see who the cheaters were. Right? Well, according to my friend, Ali, a teacher in the Sunnyside school district, she denies it. But, still, you have to figure that with all of that cheating [...]

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

Mike Adams — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:26:53 +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 [...]

10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Teacher — The Funnies

Jo Pincushion — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:19:34 +0000

It’s time to go back to school. It’s time to hit the books. Nothing is going to stop you from being head of the class. Saying the wrong thing it might ruin your chances of classroom stardom, however. Here are 10 things you should never say to your teacher: 1. I love you. 2. Those who do, [...]

School Tells Mom Her Child's Lunch is Unhealthy, Mother Outraged

Tom McCarthy — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:47 +0000

When I fist saw the headline for this story, I didn't think much of it, surely this mother sent her child to school with a bag full of junk food... Not the case.

Can You Avoid the Stench of Bad Grades by Studying with Pleasant Smells? — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:47:29 +0000

Hey students, want higher test scores? Try studying with a little potpourri or the scent of fresh-baked cookies. Scientists have discovered that our ability to learn actually decreases when the information is paired with a nasty smell. To test the theory, neurobiologist Rony Paz of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and his [...]

Fourth-Grader Suspended for Sexual Harassment After Calling a Teacher 'Cute'

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:27 +0000

A 9-year-old North Carolina boy was suspended from school after saying a teacher was “cute” — a remark the school principal called sexual harassment. Emanyea Lockett, a student at Brookside Elementary School in Gastonia, told a local news station, “I was talking to my friend and I said Miss Taylor was cute … That’s all [...]

Student With Down Syndrome Scores Crucial Touchdown In His First Football Game [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:15:50 +0000

When Patrick Myshrall scored a touchdown during a Massachusetts high school football game, a win for his team was already impossible. But the touchdown signaled a different sort of victory for Myshrall since he has Down Syndrome. Despite his disability and the fact that he’s only five-foot-four and weighs just 125 pounds, the 17-year-old junior [...]

British School Bans Students from Wearing Makeup

Shauna Wright — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:36:27 +0000

If you think girls these days just grow up too darned fast, you’ll like this.

Shelley College, a secondary school in Britain, thought its female students were painting themselves a little too heavily and spending too much time primping in the bathrooms, so officials banned anyone 16 and younger from wearing cosmetics.