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Scores of Graduating High School Students Suspended After Harmless Senior Prank
A small group of seniors at Cascade High School in Clayton, IN celebrated their upcoming graduation with a prank, covering school doors, offices and windows with more than 12,000 colorful Post-It notes.
But the school superintendent apparently didn’t think it was so funny — he suspended almost 60 students, and a janitor accused of helping during the prank could lose her job.
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How Much Do You Spend on Graduation Gifts? [POLL]
Seeing how the spring semester recently wrapped up for a lot of college students and with high school graduation coming up soon, the graduation invitations are in the mail and going out. With their arrival, a couple of questions came to my mind:
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Lon Morris College Tries to Overcome Major Financial Troubles
In effort to work through its plaguing financial problems, the Board Members of Lon Morris College in Jacksonville have decided to move forward and hire a consulting group to assist in reorganizing the College’s financial issues
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Indiana Mom Stirs Up Big Trouble By Sending Gay Son to School with a Stun Gun to Confront Bullies
An Indiana mother is making headlines today because she sent her 17-year old gay son, Darnell Young, to school at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis one day last month armed with a stun gun to protect himself against bullies.
Now the teen is facing expulsion.
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This Professor HATES When Students Text in Class [VIDEO]
January 17, 2012 You know you shouldn't text in class. Check out this college professor who definitely has a strict policy about texting in class. The penalty? Watch and see.
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College Tuitions Are Up – Check Out The Cheapest Colleges In The U.S.
November 9, 2011 Here's some pretty scary news concerning college tuition - The U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center shows college funding by states dropped a national average of 7% in 2008. And if that isn't enough, over the next two school years, tuition jumped more than 35% on more than 30 state university campuses.
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Burgers for Breakfast — Florida Schools Serve Lunch Before 10 AM [VIDEO]
Is a cheeseburger or a corn dog appropriate early-morning fare for kids? Some Florida schools think so.
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British School Bans Students from Wearing Makeup
If you think girls these days just grow up too darned fast, you’ll like this.
Shelley College, a secondary school in Britain, thought its female students were painting themselves a little too heavily and spending too much time primping in the bathrooms, so officials banned anyone 16 and younger from wearing cosmetics.
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5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Do Their Homework
Fall means school, and school means homework, and homework –- for many a family -– means stress and arguments. But getting homework done doesn’t have to be a daily battle. Here are a few easy ways for parents to make the routine a little easier for kids.
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Back to School – 5 Tips for Kids Waiting at the Bus Stop
School is almost back in session, which means it’s time to start brushing up on tips for taking the bus. The school bus can be a great resource for time-strapped parents and independence-seeking children alike. But it also needs to be approached with safety and care.
Here are five tips to make your child’s bus ride the best it can be.
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New High School Allows Students to Earn College Degree and Land Job with IBM
The IBM International Foundation and the New York City Public Schools have collaborated to create the new Pathways in Technology Early College High School, which will open in September.
Dubbed “P-Tech,” students can earn a standard four-year diploma, or opt to stay for two extra years — after which they’ll graduate with an associate’s degree in computer science from CUNY’s College of Technology (City Tech) for free. They can then continue their studies at City Tech, attend other colleges and apply the credits they’ve already earned, or be considered for employment by IBM’s IT department and at other companies.