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Kids In China Endure Walk & Climb To School

J. Patrick — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:14:03 +0000

Some people complain about their commute, instead maybe they should count their blessings! A young man and his young sister in China face a commute that is a wee bit more involved than most of us will face.. Their school is more than 20 miles away, so Yi Qiyun and his sister face a trip [...]

Mid-Michigan Schools Could Have Their Own Police Officer At No Cost To Tax Payers [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:52:47 +0000

This seems like a great idea, one that could possibly work in some smaller communities in our area. A school district in South Carolina has come up with a creative solution to that problem at zero cost to taxpayers. In Simpsonville, South Carolina police officer Justin Chandler has set up his his community service office [...]

Bragging Teenager Posts Brutal School Bus Attack On 16-Year-Old Girl To Facebook [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:31:21 +0000

An honor roll student in Pasco County, Florida was viciously attacked on the school bus by a fellow student who then posted a video of the sickening incident on Facebook and bragged about it.Chase Cristia, 16, says she was attacked on Friday afternoon after sticking up for a friend earlier that day. During the brief [...]

Seven-Year-Old Cuffed for 10 Hours – Parents Sue NYPD

J. Patrick — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:07:26 +0000

An elementary child, Wilson Reyes, ended up in the police station all day after a tussle at school. Mom and dad have filed a $250 lawsuit against the NYPD because of it. A fight began in the school after the youngster allegedly picked up $5 that he found in the hallway at school. It all [...]

Safety Tips For Motorists and Parents With School Kids

J. Patrick — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:32:15 +0000

Winter is here and it will be for awhile. When dealing with the snow, sleet and frigid temperatures, this is a good time to remind everyone of the importance of taking every possible precaution to ensure safety on the roads this winter. Here are some winter safety tips:For motorists: * Give yourself extra time to [...]

New Research Claims Teachers Shouldn't Use Red Pens

Jeremy Fenech — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:32:48 +0000

I was just thinking that today’s kids aren’t coddled enough. So ‘thank you,’ University of Colorado, for making sure we work to shield kids from the realities of the world as aggressively as possible. A new sociology study out of Colorado found that teachers shouldn’t use red pens to correct mistakes because… wait for it… [...]

School Bus Drivers Busted On Camera [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:59:17 +0000

Speed cameras are designed to catch drivers on their worst behavior. Do you expect to see school buses breaking speed laws and running red lights?In Baltimore, Maryland a local TV news investigation found some surprising drivers caught on those cameras. They spotted bus drivers breaking all kinds of rules, watching as speed and red light [...]

School Cancelled Because Of Crocodiles

J. Patrick — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:54:03 +0000

When we were kids we loved snow days! It meant a day off of school, and the world was right. The weather in Vietnam usually doesn’t allow for many snow days, but it did make for an interesting day off when the threat of man-eating crocodiles were the unleashed near a school there. There is [...]

Mom Outraged When Male Vice-Principal Spanks High School Girl

J. Patrick — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:33:10 +0000

Taylor Santos is a sophomore at Springtown (Texas) High School had to make a choice. She could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled. Those were options after a teacher determined that she let her classmate copy her work.

Are You Ready For The First Day of School?

Jeremy Fenech — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:02:29 +0000

It seems like summer just started, yet fall is just weeks away. But for students in Genesee Country and across the country, summer ended yesterday as today marks the start of another school year.

My oldest son has a year under his belt as he advances to first grade, while my daughter is starting her academic career today in kindergarten. However, it will be a new experience for both of them as we just moved to a new school district.

Michigan Middle High School Students Assigned Laptops Instead of Textbooks

Rod Prahin — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:39:03 +0000

A pilot project in Michigan is exploring ways of delivering instruction without textbooks. In place of the textbooks, students will receive laptop computers. Do you think our education system is headed in the right direction? The Mona Shores Public School project aims to explore the best ways to use online instruction and find out effects [...]

Did You Cheat In School? – Survey

J. Patrick — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:46:18 +0000

A cheating scandal in New York is big news because this one involving state exams and cell phones.

There have also been reports of high profile cases in Houston and on Long Island of mass cheating.

Bills Would Raise Age For Kindergarten Start In Michigan [POLL]

Rod Prahin — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:28:10 +0000

Backers of a later starting age for kindergarten in Michigan say it would bring the state in line with most of the country and reflects the more academic focus of early education in our time.The Michigan Senate unanimously passed legislation May 3 that would move up the date by which a child needs to turn 5 in order to enter kindergarten to Sept. 1 from Dec. 1.

Michigan is just one of just a few states with such a late cutoff date. Sen. Darwin Booher says research shows delaying kindergarten by as few as three months leads to significantly improved test scores.

Do you think it's a good idea? Take our people poll after the jump.

Girl Borrows Asthma Inhaler And Gets Expelled From School

Erin Bishop — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:00:45 +0000

A girl who borrowed her friend's asthma inhaler at a school in Colorado got expelled because officials say she broke the school's drug policy. The school says no one is allowed to share prescription drugs, but the families of both girls are saying it was an accident.

Hee-Hee! 'Billie Jean' Blasted Over High School PA System for 8 Hours [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:00:46 +0000

Florida residents recently got a rude awakening when ‘Billie Jean,’ Michael Jackson’s classic ode to baby daddy drama, played for hours over a school’s malfunctioning public address system in the middle of the night. Well, that explains the reports of spontaneous “moonwalking.”

Black Student Sues over Valedictorian Discrimination

George McIntyre — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:04:52 +0000

18-year-old Kymberly Wimberly has the highest grade point average in her class, but she claims she's being denied the opportunity to be its sole valedictorian - because she's black. In her lawsuit against the McGehee School District in Arkansas, its principal, and superintendent, Kymberly says she was forced to share the valedictorian title with a white student, whose GPA is lower.

Third Grader Brings Gun to School, Sells It for Three Dollars

J. Patrick — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:53:03 +0000

This week, a third grader sauntered home with a loaded Taurus 9mm gun in his backpack and showed it off to his mom. As it turns out, he bought the weapon from a classmate for $3 at their elementary school in Queens, NY. Naturally, the mom flipped out and rushed the gun back to the [...]

Teacher Tapes Chatty Student's Mouth Shut [VIDEO]

George McIntyre — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:56:01 +0000

A Florida teacher took discipline to a whole new (read: bizarre) level last week when she reportedly taped her chatty student's mouth shut with packing tape.

13-year-old seventh grader Jazlyn Freel claims the incident took place during a routine science class.

"She asked me to stop talking, and then a couple minutes went by, and I started to talk again, and she came to me and put it on my mouth," she said. "I had to cough, so I took the first piece off, so she went into her desk, and she took another piece out, and she put it on my mouth again."

National School Breakfast Week

Stu Allen — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:42:07 +0000

Your momma wasn’t jerking your chain when she told you that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day”. Whether you’re an athlete or a “math-lete”, starting your day with a good breakfast helps you to perform better. That is true for kids and adults. As a result, many schools offer a free breakfast program [...]

Singing In The School Choir Makes Me Sick [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:29:45 +0000

Watch the boy in the top row, middle. Warning: It's a little gross.