Toronto trustees approve Afrocentric school Posted: 10 months ago by mitzuzake
The Toronto District School Board has approved an "operational model" for an Afrocentric school intended to help struggling black students in the city's education system. Critics say the decision smacks of segregation.
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Priority Should Be On High School, Not Preschool Posted: 2 years ago by GKar975
Does anyone really believe universal, publicly funded preschool will help improve high school test scores? Yet this is what the South Dakota Department of Education seems to be touting. Perhaps it is time to evaluate what is happening in our high schools instead of funding two or more years of public management of preschool-age children with the outside hope that their test scores and social lives at age 16 will be enhanced.
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Teenagers in Toronto may get to sleep in Posted: 1 year ago by super
The Toronto District School Board is looking to set up a pilot project in one high school in the Greater Toronto Area where classes would not begin until 11:30 AM
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Sex Article Causes Stir at School Posted: 9 months ago by tchengrox
FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A First Amendment debate is raging at Franklin High School after an article in the school newspaper raised some eyebrows.
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Ohio high school rules their own cheerleader outifts violate dress code Posted: 3 months ago by Moe
Superintendent said "The skirts the cheerleaders wear are very short, and very tight...You want to have students wear appropriate clothing during the educational period of the day, and then after school, wear the appropriate clothing for the event"
So it's apparently OK to wear sleazy school supplied uniforms at a game, but not in math class...
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Flying Spaghetti Monster defeats Florida School Board Posted: 11 months ago by pocksucket
Members of the Polk County School Board back down on their plans to add ID to the curriculum after being touched by His Noodly Appendage.
"They've made us the laughingstock of the world," board member Lofton told the Tampa Tribune.
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Student with gun puts Tacoma high school in lockdown Posted: 7 months ago by muppet
Tahoma High School is in lockdown after a student allegedly brought a loaded handgun to school Monday.
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Woman left 'naughty' daughter at school Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman left her three-year-old daughter at a central Queensland school to teach her a lesson after she was naughty. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found wandering alone around Glenmore State School in Rockhampton's north just before 10am.
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Im always a sucker for a good lightsaber battle Posted: 9 months ago by trushafty38
These kids (in high school) completed this video of dueling it out with light sabers in the school halls for their final project. After it was made they got to show it to the whole school.
Its pretty impressive if you ask me.
acting - A video A+
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School mistakes huge burrito for weapon, goes into lockdown Posted: 1 year ago by deepchill
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.
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Girl's fear of school costs district thousands Posted: 6 months ago by DerAlt
Rebecca Maykish is 17 and dreads school so much that she stopped going regularly.
In fourth grade.
Those days off have come at a price to her school district and the Palmerton taxpayers who support it. Since 2004, the Palmerton Area School Board has authorized payments of more than $45,000 to help Rebecca make up for her missed school days.
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School apologises for insulting report Posted: 2 years ago by TheStep
A school has had to apologise after a confidential report was found that called pupils "away with the fairies" and said one mother was "quite rough".
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Toronto’s Education System Votes Yes to Segregation! Posted: 10 months ago by super
Last night the Toronto District School Board set back any hopes of racial equality at least 40 years by voting 11 – 9 in favour of opening a publicly funded alternative Africentric school in 2009.
Edit: News version of this story
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1 person dead in Washington state high school shooting. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Update: Later reports said victim and shooter were both students.
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AHHH! School days are gonna be longer! Posted: 2 years ago by dork
In an attempt to solve a promblem with schools, Edward Kennedy,D-Mass proposed to make school days longer. The arguement is, does more hours of school equal more hours of productivity in school or more frustrated students and teachers?
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Toronto considers partial homework ban Posted: 8 months ago by chinook
In a move that makes the little kid in me shout for glee, Toronto School Board officials are considering banning homework for weekends and holidays. Critics argue that this 'culture of homework' is ruining family life, and that homework for homework's sake doesn't accomplish anything.
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Hostage in High School Posted: 2 years ago by ybne1else
Not too far from the site of the infamous Columbine school shooting, 6 students in a Colorado high school were held hostage at gunpoint. Motive still unclear as gunman committed suicide. As if kids need another reason to skip school.
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High School Principal's try to stop "FREAKING" and "Grinding" at dances Posted: 2 years ago by bobiton65
Principals try to describe exactly what Grinding is, after a letter went home to parents about stopping grinding, only 3 tickets were sold for the dance.
This is a funny article.
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Back To School With The Internet Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. This site consolodates some of the helpful online products and services that can help students, teachers and administrators alike.
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North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns Posted: 3 months ago by MayhemIsBeautiful
A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month.
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Elementary school bans playing tag Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
Massachusetts school bans "unsupervised chase games" for fear that school will be held liable if kids get hurt. Parents should sue school anyway for turning their kids into wusses.
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