A 7-year-old student at a South Philadelphia elementary school died on Wednesday after he suddenly fell ill during class. Officials confirmed there was no school nurse on duty at Andrew Jackson Elementary School at the time. The school only has a nurse present every Thursday and every other Friday. The child was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]
So this happened. A Pennsylvania grandmother was arrested after her 7-year-old grandson allegedly brought her heroin to school. Pauline Bilinski-Munion, 56, now faces child endangerment and drug charges. When questioned by police about the drugs her grandson had, she said she “lost track” of them last Thursday while babysitting the boy. Teachers at Calm Elementary School discovered […]
Early Monday morning, Hennadiy Adolfovych Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine, was shot in the back while jogging. Kernes is currently in surgery and is said to be “fighting for his life.” Officials are unaware the motive behind the shooting or who was involved. Meanwhile, as the debate increases in Ukraine, the U.S. […]
UPDATE: 2:00 PM EST A change.org petition has been created to raise awareness about Nigeria’s missing girls. To sign it, click here. —– As reports of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight and the capsized South Korean ferry continue to be looped on popular cable networks, news of more than 200 Nigerian students being kidnapped from school is slow […]
Two fourth-graders in Colorado were suspended this week after school officials discovered they were selling marijuana at their elementary school. Both boys apparently got the weed from relatives, according to John Gates, director of safety and security for the Greeley-Evans School District. One of the boys, a 10-year-old, brought a small quantity of the drug to Monfort […]
Our new life goal? Be this kid when we grow up. Kwasi Enin, 17, isn’t sweating when it comes to college acceptance letters. The Long Island teenager has accomplished what very few have — getting accepted to all eight Ivy League schools. Talk about a little positivity! Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and the University […]
So this happened. Dozens of parents and students outside of an Arkansas school were involved in a mass brawl after a father confronted a mother about his bullied son. The fight, which took place on February 19, was captured on security cameras in the school parking lot (see above). According to the Daily Mail: The […]
Here’s some sobering news. A report by the Discipline Disparities Research-to-Practice Collaborative reveals that African-American students and students with disabilities are suspended at a “hugely disproportionate rate compared to white students.” So, who said we live in a post-racial-post-discriminative world? The school-to-prison pipeline, used to imprison young minorities to fuel the prison industrial complex, lands disproportionately on […]
So this happened. A 72-year-old substitute teacher in the suburbs of Connecticut was arrested after he was busted for allegedly masturbating in the middle of a high school hallway. Wednesday’s incident left Michael Luecke with three charges — public indecency, breach of peace and risk of injury to a minor — and without a job at Westhill High […]
Move over Christopher Columbus, a new American history is about to be taught in schools. According to the New York Times, students could soon be studying filmmaker Steve McQueen’s horrifying yet authentic depiction of slavery, 12 Years a Slave, in high schools nationwide. Starting in September, the film, the book and a study guide will […]
This makes no sense. A Texas middle school has put a ban on students speaking Spanish in the classroom. According to the ban, if they are caught speaking Spanish, they will be written up. Hempstead Principal Amy Lacey made the announcement over a month ago. According to Gawker, parents were outraged and claimed that there […]
The Florida school that threatened to expel a student for wearing her natural hair is now back tracking on their decision. News broke that Vanessa VanDyke was facing getting expelled from her school after administrators told her that she had to cut her natural hair or straighten it. Administrators at Faith Christian Academy have now asked […]
