Tahoma High School is in lockdown after a student allegedly brought a loaded handgun to school Monday. picked by muppet 7 months ago

What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops. Shi and his lab team at the School of Dentistry have managed to make candy that's actually good for your teeth. The orange-flavored, sugar-free lollipop they devised is infused with a natural ingredient found in licorice that kills the primary bacterium causing tooth decay, Streptococcus mutans. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

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. picked by deepchill 1 year ago

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. picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

A student recently charged in a robbery and suspended from school killed himself in front of about 150 classmates. picked by MandolinOrange 9 months ago

FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A First Amendment debate is raging at Franklin High School after an article in the school newspaper raised some eyebrows. picked by tchengrox 9 months ago

In exchange for candy, children got an electric toothbrush, money, and a sense of giving to those who give to our country every day. All the candy is being sent to troops overseas.

This is BRILLIANT! :D picked by muppet 3 weeks ago

With Halloween coming Friday, parents are warned to pay attention to the origin of candy their children gather while trick-or-treating because of the recent melamine contamination of candy, milk and snack products originating in China. picked by siennablue 4 weeks ago

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". picked by TheStep 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 2 years ago

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... picked by Moe 3 months ago

Update: Later reports said victim and shooter were both students. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

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+ picked by trushafty38 9 months ago

Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers' fees to five families who sued the school over its dress code. picked by muppet 11 months ago

A 14-year-old girl is asked if she was being visited by her Aunt Flo during a routine bag check because she was carrying a small purse, apparently against the school "bag rule", and chaos ensues. picked by larknet 1 year ago

Thank GOD we have the school system to save us from certain hellfire and damnation. I think this kid should probably hang. As it was he got off WAY light - only a suspension and forced to resign his class Vice President office. Him and Elliot Spitzer can swap stories now. picked by moe 9 months ago

An Illinois teacher has been suspended for preaching the virtues of his vegan lifestyle to his middle school students. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Sikh teenager has been sent back from her school for wearing a Kara (steel bracelet), one of the religious symbols which reminds a Sikh of his or her bondage to the Guru. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"Traci Turner said she filed the lawsuit on behalf of her son, Chase Jackson, who caught a bat at school last September and played with it for two hours."

What on earth is a high school kid doing with a bat for 2 hours? picked by arsphidius 4 months ago