November 21, 2015 Florida school board reaches $600G settlement over principal who hypnotized students The families of three high school students who died after being hypnotized by a former principal will receive $200,000 each from a Florida school district under a settlement agreement approved Tuesday.
November 21, 2015 Student newspaper under fire for ban on mascot's 'Redskins' name Classic court cases involving students and free speech usually involve teens trying to push the limits of provocative, political or even profane language.
November 21, 2015 Charges filed in helmet assault during Pennsylvania HS football game Charges have been filed in the case of a high school football player who ripped the helmet off an opposing player and beat him over the head with it during a game in central Pennsylvania two months ago, police said Wednesday.
November 16, 2015 Let’s recruit academically gifted students from poor neighborhoods the same way we seek out star athletes Why do so many colleges treat their star athletes better than their star students? We simply aren’t doing enough to help academically gifted students who have financial need to offset the challenges of attending college.
November 12, 2015 #FreeTheFro! School defends runner in Bible verse flap “#FreeTheFro” has become the rally cry across the fruited plain for a teenage runner who was disqualified from a state championship meet because he was wearing a headband adorned with a Bible verse.
November 11, 2015 Teen runner disqualified from state meet -- Was it the Bible verse? Was a high school cross country runner disqualified from a state championship meet because there was a Bible verse embroidered on his headband?
November 6, 2015 Eighth graders asked to write about booze, herpes and one-night stands A New Jersey school district is facing scrutiny for a provocative eighth grade homework assignment that reads more like a chapter from “Fifty Shades of Gray.”
October 29, 2015 BREAKING: High school boots praying football coach Coach Joe Kennedy has been booted from the locker room at Bremerton High School in Washington State.
October 28, 2015 Champion teen runner disqualified after helping rival in medical distress A cross country champion's good deed comes with a price – a steep price.
October 22, 2015 Fruit fiasco: High school students face punishment for "racist" fruit basket A Texas school district has its kumquats in a twist over a fruit basket they considered to be racially insensitive.