Analysis of federal data finds that charter schools suspend students at a higher rate than public schools do. It also reveals racial disparities in charter school suspensions.
Since the brand’s inception, New York City-based Public School has been providing a haven of freshness for the men. Now, the ladies finally get the chance to get a taste of the duo’s designs. Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne revealed in a New York Times profile this week that their first womenswear collection is officially in the works. […]
Everyone knows — talking shit about a sports team is grounds for a beat down (apparently). But not when the person you’re arguing with is a child. A 12-year-old student at Willie Ray Smith Middle School in Beaumont, Texas was punched by a teacher after he joked about his favorite football team. According to the […]
Three Florida teens who brutally beat a 13-year-old boy on a school bus finally appeared in juvenile court after the shocking video went viral on the internet. The trio – Lloyd Khemradj, Julian McKnight and Joshua Reddin – were charged with aggravated battery on Tuesday for a beating that resulted in the 13-year-old’s arm being broken. In […]
Work! Work! Work! Bounce! Lately, adults have been taking twerking too seriously. Twerking, for those who don’t know, is the dance craze in which (usually) women gyrate their hips and lower bodies in a sexually suggestive and hypnotic manner. We’ve all heard the story of the father who recorded himself beating his daughters with a cable wire […]
I was shocked when I first heard the story of Dylan Quick, the self-admitted assailant in the stabbing at Lone Star College in Texas. Not only did he stab fourteen people with a knife resembling a box cutter, but he admitted to having fantasies of doing so since elementary school. Even worse, friends and family […]
A school bus driving students to Newport Elementary School in Illinois collided with a Jeep Wrangler earlier this morning leaving the driver of the Jeep, dead. VIDEO: Georgia High School Still Has Segregated Prom The bus “may have been late on the light” as it traveled through the intersection and struck a Jeep Wrangler, Lake […]
Atlanta schools took a big blow this week after 3 dozen former educators and the ex-superintendent were indicted in court after a cheating scandal. Beverly Hall went to court to face charges of racketeering, false statements and theft since investigators found some of her bonuses were involved with students’ test scores. DETAILS: PROGRESS! High School Creates Unisex […]
In England, there’s a school that actually allows the students to self-harm…if they wish to do so. DETAILS: Jesus Be A Fence! Student Arrested For Having Sex In High School Library! Officials at a special needs school in the town of Godalming are facing disciplinary action after they gave a student razorblades to cut himself intentionally. […]
Angry about the newest development in school closings, hundreds of parents, teachers and supporters gathered in Chicago to protest what they feel are injustices in education. DETAILS: SMFH! Chicago Set To Close 54 Schools Next Year The plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools was met with criticism of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s efforts to keep […]
In Chicago, 54 public schools are set to close. In Philadelphia, officials voted to close 23 public schools. In Detroit, the Emergency Financial Manager announced plans to shut down 28 Detroit Public Schools. PHOTOS: We’re Not Gonna Take It! Protestors Block Streets Over Chicago School Closings And even though Washington D.C. comes in at the bottom, with only […]
A pregnant woman was fired from a Christian college in California after the faculty discovered she had sex before marriage. Teri James was let go from employment after the school believed she went against what the school stood for and, oddly enough, tried to replace her with her then-fiance, who is now her husband. PHOTOS: It’s […]
