Police have rescued two teenage Bulgarian sisters from a circus in southern Italy which forced one of them to swim with flesh-eating piranhas for the amusement of guests. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

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... read full post picked by GKar975 3 years ago

Tahoma High School is in lockdown after a student allegedly brought a loaded handgun to school Monday. picked by muppet 2 years ago

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the richter scale struck in central italy, about 50 miles from Rome. Updates on the link. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

This unusual fountain set up in Rome, Italy and is the work of Spanish artist Juan Galdeano who wanted to make a statement that would hopefully draw attention to the issue of global warming. The fountain was built to look like it’s sustaining a hatchback Seat Ibiza. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that together spelled out, "We Suck," was suspended for the prank.

Click on comments to see the video! picked by punthe 2 years ago

In Ontario a 15-year-old high school student with a black belt fights back (with admirable restraint) when he is bullied with racial slurs and a punch by another student. The school punishes him but not the bully. In response 400 of his fellow students, wearing black in solidarity and carrying signs of support, walked out of Keswick High School. picked by bingo 7 months ago

Update: Later reports said victim and shooter were both students. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

A high school student said he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage. picked by muppet 2 years ago

... For making a Proxy out side of school. For his job. Now they threaten him with aiding criminal activity and disrupting school.

Once again, Schools think they are gods, and students are mere peasants to poo on. picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

A lot of us have said "If I could do high school over again..." Well, this guy decided to do just that, including becoming star of the basketball team and umm, banging that cute girl in homeroom. picked by tigertony 3 weeks ago

An elementary student in Marion County was ARRESTED Thursday after school officials found her cutting food during lunch with a knife that she brought from home, police said. picked by ashlesdc 2 years ago

For a country of about 50 million people, there are a lot of protests in South Korea. With a national average of 11,000 public protests a year, the average South Korean riot policeman is mobilized to contain 85 demonstrations a year. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Italy's drug regulation agency has approved the use of the abortion pill RU486, also known as mifepristone, prompting protests from the Vatican. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A student recently charged in a robbery and suspended from school killed himself in front of about 150 classmates. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Estelle Manorek, 90, attended a day of classes at West Caldwell High School in West Caldwell, NJ. Manorek "grew up the child of Polish immigrants in Jersey City during the Depression" and never attended high school because she went to work at age 14 after her brother contracted polio. picked by suebe 9 months ago

Police in Rome have found over 100 children living in the sewers beneath the city. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

A high school food fight in Texas ended with aggravated assault when a student says in the middle of the mayhem, he was body slammed by the Associate Principal. picked by Beeeny 1 year ago

Sao Paulo's Bandeirante University, aka Uniban, has decided to readmit the student expelled for wearing an insufficiently long skirt to campus, a garment which provoked a near riot as a baying mob of fellow students hurled abuse at the 20-year-old "whore". picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

A Denver school is handing notices that the student is fat to the student to take home instead of mailing it. This is causing distress to the students and parents alike. They worry about how this makes the kid feel as well as if they dropped it, for another kid to find. (Me, I wonder how fat is the adult giving out the notices) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago