Tag Archives: education

A 17-second video recorded by a high school student is now making its run on social media.  The video, published and shared via YouTube, shows a high school teacher’s aide slamming a student into a desk and then shoving him to the floor, before holding him to the ground with …

Baltimore Officer avoids felony child abuse charges for assaulting a teenager A Baltimore police officer who was caught on a viral video slapping and kicking a teenager  and was then subsequently charged with second-degree felony child abuse, second-degree assault, and misconduct in office has avoided the felony child abuse charges.  The original …

Thirty Newark Public Schools have been ordered to use alternate water supplies as a result of water tests showing elevated lead levels, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials announced in a joint release with Newark Public Schools Wednesday. According to the announcement, Newark schools notified the DEP on Monday that …

A bill has landed on the desk of South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican who has given the bill a positive nod in the past.  Daugaard’s signature is the last remaining step before South Dakota could become the first state to specifically target transgender youth by passing a law …

In a unanimous vote by the school board of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, immigration agents will be barred from conducting their raids on school campuses.  The vote was held after immigrant parents spoke out that they distrusted the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and were afraid to send their …

Strips of black tape were found across the faces of black faculty members in photos outside of Wasserstein lecture hall in November 2015.  Investigators moved in on the case, which was highly publicized on Twitter, as a probable hate crime. The Boston Globe reports that officials have found no leads in …

In a new article at The Atlantic, Mareesa Nicosia examines incidents in public schools where restraint and other punishments have led to serious harm and even death in American public schools.  Advocates in Mississippi are calling for it to become the next state to adopt laws and guidelines for a …

Via: The Washington Post “The Education Department has seen a spike during the past year in the number of civil rights complaints filed against K-12 schools for allegedly mishandling reports of sexual violence. It’s one sign that the national debate about sexual assault on college campuses is raising awareness about the problem among …

Raw Story: “A bill filed by a Virginia lawmaker this week would require schools to be certain that children are using the restroom corresponding to their “correct anatomical sex.” The legislation, which would prohibit transgender students from using the bathroom matching their gender, is being sponsored by Republican Del. Mark Cole. House Bill …

“A teacher at an Upper West Side high school was fired for creating a curriculum with lessons about the Central Park Five that administrators feared would “rile up” black students, according to a new federal lawsuit.” Full Story – NY Daily News

Students in a world geography class at Riverheads High School in Staunton, VA were asked by their teacher to practice Arabic calligraphy with a passage from an Islamic text.  The teacher says she was demonstrating the artistic merit of calligraphy.  Parents claim she was attempting to convert their children to Islam…. …