Tag: schools

In two weeks, students all over the nation will be in school again. Some already are. That means school boards, districts, and politicians will re-ignite...

I was a fifth grade teacher for a lot of years. I've spent countless hours encouraging children to be thoughtful, moral, cooperative members of...

This week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gave a speech at the American Federation for Children Summit 2017. She keeps talking about school choice, but...

A new series of bills passing in various states around the country are calling for "academic freedom," which sounds good and all. However, these...

Going to school in Harrison County, West Virginia, can be a great experience full of hope and a bright outlook for the future. The...

This is becoming a scary trend. Last year, North Carolina passed its now infamous HB-2 bill which made transgender people use the bathroom that corresponds...

A new study shows that young boys who bully classmates in middle school can end up sexually harassing classmates in high school, and beyond....

The election of Donald Trump has sparked a wave of bullying and hate crimes across the country, as racists, bigots, xenophobes, homophobes, and hate...

Ash Whitaker might be just a teen, but he's no pushover when it comes to standing up for his legal rights. Slate reports that this kid...

Most schools in the U.S. have stopped the physical paddling of children. One of the few holdouts is my state, Alabama. During the 2013...

In an August 25 speech, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said that the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign is based on "prejudice and...

Sometimes teachers make some stupid mistakes and show or teach inappropriate things to their students. This teacher in Texas went too far. She showed...

Students in California are going to be hearing some new things in history class. Public schools in California will be the first to teach...

How bad has the economic disaster Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has created gotten? Well, thanks to the his and his GOP-controlled legislature's slashing of...

On Monday, thousands of students in the United States and the United Kingdom were evacuated after they received threatening phone calls. It seems to...

President Obama sat down with Chris Geidner of Buzzfeed News to talk about his nomination of Judge Garland for the Supreme Court. During the course of...

The water crisis in Flint isn't the only tragedy unfolding in Michigan. Public school teachers in Detroit have spent most of the last month...

Chances are you've never heard of Tamara Scott. She's a conservative activist in Iowa who serves as a Republican National Committee member for the state....

In the 1950s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) was the face of a witch-hunt in America that was thoroughly committed to rooting out Communist sympathies...

Michigan Circuit Judge Archie Hayman has ruled that citizens in the state can now openly carry weapons in schools, including elementary schools. WTF?! Yes, that's right:...