April 11, 2019 California high school's senior 'prank' reportedly involved letter mandating genital inspection A senior "prank" drew the attention of California high school officials earlier this week when a letter — apparently with official school letterhead — stated that all seniors would be inspected in a "highly inappropriate" manner.
April 11, 2019 Sister Mary Jo Sobieck, nun whose perfect first pitch went viral, gets her own baseball card A nun who went viral for throwing a perfect pitch hit another milestone — by being recognized with her very own baseball card.
April 10, 2019 Florida teenager gets perfect SAT score, says he 'freaked out' A Florida teenager's goal to do well on the SAT ended up paying off -- and then some -- when he discovered he wound up with a perfect score.
April 9, 2019 New Jersey high school principal dies after donating bone marrow to help boy in France, family says A New Jersey high school principal and Army veteran died Sunday after suffering from complications following a procedure to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old boy in France he never met, his family said.
March 27, 2019 Indiana high school guidance counselor to lose her job because of same-sex marriage, lawyer says A guidance counselor at an Indiana high school will lose her job because she is in a same-sex marriage, making her the second employee to do so under those circumstances, her lawyer said.
March 20, 2019 New Jersey wrestling referee who made competitor cut dreadlocks alleges defamation, emotional distress A New Jersey high school wrestling referee who was blasted for forcing a competitor to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match has taken a step toward filing a defamation lawsuit.
March 19, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez blasts 'injustice' that prestigious New York City high school admitted few black students Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., charged on Tuesday that a selective New York public high school should have admitted more black applicants this year, saying their relatively low admit rate was an "injustice" and a "system failure" -- although an objective state-mandated test is used to determine admissions decisions, and low-income Asian students took most of the spots.
March 12, 2019 Ohio student suspended after posting Bible verses around school: 'I wanted to spread the word of God' A high school student in Ohio is speaking out after she was suspended for posting Bible Verses in her school in response to LGBT pride flags displayed in hallways.
March 7, 2019 Dad of Covington student Nick Sandmann backs Kentucky's anti-doxxing bill in emotional testimony A Kentucky measure aimed at tackling “doxxing” – the intentional sharing of someone’s private information on the internet – passed a state Senate committee on Wednesday, with the father of a Covington Catholic High School student offering emotional testimony.
March 5, 2019 Arizona Republicans ask state AG to investigate school for allegedly punishing Trump-supporting students Republican lawmakers in Arizona are asking the state’s attorney general to investigate a high school where students ran into trouble for wearing President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” attire and carrying a Trump banner.