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7-Year-Old Boy Suspended for Using Pencil Like a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:52 +0000

The debate over guns in schools has taken a turn for the unusual. A second grade student at Driver Elementary School in Suffolk, Virginia named Christopher Marshall was suspended for two days last week after he and a classmate pointed pencils at each other and made machine gun-like noises. Christopherâ€™s mother, Wendy, said her sonâ€™s [...]

Texas Student Tells Teacher How to Do Her Job, And He's Right [VIDEO]

Kacy Collins — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:42:16 +0000

We all know something isn’t working with the education system here in America. It may be the students or the teachers or maybe even the system as a whole. And finally someone was brave enough to stand up and tell a teacher what she needed to hear. Jeff Bliss, a high school dropout who recently [...]

Outrage After Male Vice Principal Spanks Female High School Student

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:04:02 +0000

Springtown (Texas) High School sophomore Taylor Santos had a difficult decision to make after her teacher determined that she allowed a classmate to copy her work: she could either serve two days of in-school suspension, or get paddled.

The 12 Most Essential Back-to-School Supplies Your Kids Need for a Great Year

Kathy Landin — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:44:25 +0000

Somehow another summer has flown by and the kiddos are headed back to school again. Sure, that means vacations are over, the house will be empty and days at the pool are numbered. But what it also means is that it’s time to shop for supplies.

Recent College Graduates Having a Ridiculously Tough Time Finding Work

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:34:09 +0000

As the debate rages over whether getting a college degree is worth the money, a new set of statistics is giving many people pause — seems half of recent college grads are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.

Are Teachers Overpaid or Underpaid? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:43:49 +0000

Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

Ten Chiropractor Myths Busted By Falls Clinic of Chiropractic [Sponsored]

Joshua David — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:44:42 +0000

Myths have become a popular subject over the past decade. Popular enough that several shows have been created to either prove or dispel myths. Personally, I find that myths are indeed very entertaining to learn of and often wonder if they are true or not. Recently, I met with a new Chiropractor in Wichita Falls, [...]

Scotty McCreery Gets Accepted to College

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:30:17 +0000

It’s been a whirlwind and well-documented year for Scotty McCreery with his ‘American Idol‘ win, his No. 1 hit album ‘Clear As Day,’ his busy touring and interview schedule and the time he reserves for family and friends. He’s also going to continue to mix work with school, as he has applied to several colleges — and has just revealed that he’s been accepted to East Carolina. Must be fun to fill out those tedious applications and write those corresponding essays all the while being pranked while on tour with notorious jokester Brad Paisley.

Twitter Helps Shy Students Take Part in Classroom Discussions Without Saying a Word

Shauna Wright — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:03:35 +0000

Twitter isn’t just a place for news or idle chatter. In fact, a new study reveals the microblogging service could be a powerful tool for educators, too. Southern Cross University in Australia allowed its students to anonymously tweet to their professors during classroom time, and those missives appeared on the professors’ laptops via PowerPoint. What [...]

Where Does the Saying 'Take a Raincheck' Come From?

Carl Pettit — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:18:51 +0000

When you say, “I’ll take a raincheck,” you’re telling someone that you can’t accept his or her offer or invitation now, but you’d be happy to accept it down the road. The phrase can also be used sarcastically, by letting someone know you’d prefer to delay something unpleasant until the future, or as a promise for out-of-stock goods.

But how did this expression make it into our lexicon?

Fourth-Grader Suspended for Sexual Harassment After Calling a Teacher 'Cute'

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:01:27 +0000

A 9-year-old North Carolina boy was suspended from school after saying a teacher was “cute” — a remark the school principal called sexual harassment. Emanyea Lockett, a student at Brookside Elementary School in Gastonia, told a local news station, “I was talking to my friend and I said Miss Taylor was cute … That’s all [...]

Burgers for Breakfast — Florida Schools Serve Lunch Before 10 AM [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:54:21 +0000

Is a cheeseburger or a corn dog appropriate early-morning fare for kids? Some Florida schools think so. According to a report on ‘Today,’ Winter Park High School has begun serving lunch as early as 9:30 a.m. because, they say, students start their days much earlier now. And this isn’t the only school serving lunch when [...]

Little-Known Facts About Wichita Falls, Texas – Our Top Five

Chris Callaway — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:58:58 +0000

Wichita Falls may be considered a small town by many, but every small town has history, some of it good, some of it bad. Here's our list of the top five little known facts about the Falls. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images) 5 Yes, Elvis Was Here In the 1950's and rock and [...]

10 Great Songs About School

Paula Kashtan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:27:07 +0000

Motown

We've got ten good reason schools shouldn’t be cutting arts budgets: these great songs about their hallowed halls. After all, if they eliminated music classes, who’s gonna write songs about how cool school is?

Be True to Your School
The Beach Boys, 1963

Good clean fun.

Wonderful World
Sam Cook

Where's The Paddle Mr. Principal?

Mike Hendren — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:02:17 +0000

When I was a student at Kirby Junior High School, Mr. Otis C. Polk, Sr. was our principal. Or, as he told it, he was our princi-pal. It was Mr. Polk’s way of ‘killing two birds with one stone”. One, he was teaching us the correct spelling and usage of the word principal (as opposed [...]

No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

Mike Hendren — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:01:21 +0000

Every year, we get the same paperwork from the school system prodding us to sign up for free and reduced meals. Nowadays, we don’t qualify. Even back when my daughter was just entering school and we could qualify, we didn’t take it. My wife and I caught hell from a couple of school ‘officials’ over [...]

The Top 7 Most Inspiring TV Teachers

Andrea Rosen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:12:45 +0000

As kids around the world continue to put off their summer reading lists and inevitable Trapper Keeper shopping trips, teachers are already prepping to head back to school. And it's very likely that one of those hardworking people could be the biggest inspiration your kid's life. While we can't possibly call out every real-life teacher [...]

5 Fun After School Activities That Keep Kids Learning

Stephen Lenz — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:02:06 +0000

A child’s day doesn’t end when the final school bell rings. In fact for many children it’s just beginning. Where to go for ideas? Oddly, pull from what your kids love most about school — and think outside the sandbox. From the physical, to the brain-challenging to the just plain fun, here are five after [...]