May 5, 2016 Misspellings and all, Texas 2nd grader's note gets her home early A 7-year-old girl in Texas managed to get out of an after-school program Monday after she tricked her school’s staff to believe a fake excuse note some say is clearly written by a child.
May 5, 2016 NY teacher accused of tossing 2nd-grade boy over counter A central New York teacher has been accused of dragging a disruptive second-grader to the principal's office and throwing the boy over a counter.
May 4, 2016 Utah school official says teacher violated policy by using racially-charged word in class A Utah school official said Wednesday that a white teacher violated district policy by using a racially-charged word in his junior high class.
May 3, 2016 Los Angeles school board agrees to relocate students plagued by methane gas leak The Los Angeles Unified School District decided Thursday it will relocate about 1,900 students from schools near a gas leak that has sparked hundreds of illness complaints and evacuations.
May 3, 2016 School principal bans Santa, Thanksgiving and Pledge of Allegiance Santa Claus is banned. The Pledge of Allegiance is no longer recited. “Harvest festival” has replaced Thanksgiving, and “winter celebrations” substitute for Christmas parties.
May 3, 2016 When Your Kid Says, ‘I Have No Friends’ You know how special your child is. So you wonder, why can’t her peers see this?
May 3, 2016 Florida school threatened 9-year-old with sexual harrassment charges for love note, mom says A 9-year-old Florida boy's "love note" landed him in the principal's office with the school threatening sexual harassment charges, his mother told local media Monday.
May 3, 2016 School bans drawings of religious figures after Muhammad assignment A California school district has banned the drawing of religious figures after a parent complained about a class assignment in which students were directed to draw the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
May 3, 2016 When Recess is Micromanaged In a move that strips children of independence, creativity, and free play in the schoolyard, two Minnesota public schools have hired “recess consultants” to teach kids something they already know how to do — play during recess.
April 25, 2016 'Schoolie McSchoolface' proposed as new name for Texas elementary school From the same Internet that brought the public Boaty McBoatface comes… Schoolie McSchoolface?