school incidents

Didn't see this posted (please correct me if it has been): http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_columnist_mikethomas/2009/11/aclu-defends-antiislamic-tshirts-in-schools.html I'm not sure what to think about this. While I'm in no way religious and think kids should be able to wear whatever...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/215997/?gt1=43002 On my MSN home page there is an article about teachers bullying a student so badly that he had to transfer to another school. He sued and won. The teachers accused him of being bi saying he "swang both ways". He did a report on Abe Lincold and...

One aspect of the John Freshwater controversy is now settled with the two parties agreeing to a settlement. Freshwater, a science teacher, was accused of "branding" his students with a Christian cross and teaching creationism. Full: THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Full: Mount Vernon News...

Given the lack of a Second Amendment over here, I wonder how these Teens going ape get their weapons in the first place. All in all, another sad story about guns.

_Q6KAg6qEGY A little swearing, so be careful. Some students "barricade" themselves in the NYU Kimmel Center. You could play activist buzzword bingo with this kid. The best part, the students that seem to be leading the whole fiasco aren't NYU students. They are from the New School. They've...

I just wanted to post an interesting piece from the news about John Freshwater: Source this is from today Source He's been teaching creationism in science class for over 20 years and school adminstrators waited until he burned a student to take action? Those adminstrators should be held...

For those who asked, "What's the harm in a teacher refusing to take a Bible off his desk?", now you have an answer! Teacher Accused Of Burning Crosses Onto Students' Arms excerpt:

An elementary school in Colorado has banned tagged. hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_TAG_BANNED?SITE=PAPIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=home.htm This ban and others like it seem asinine to me. So what if it causes conflict, then the children would learn how to handle conflict.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4392235.html It wasn't the aide who complained, a school administrator witnessed the incident. http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061210-110348-7474r Don't you have to be a bit touched in the head to see a 4-year-old hug an adult...

The childhood game of tag has been banned by a school in Washington state, as well as some other schools around the country. Link to video, can't find a text version... http://www.foxnews.com/video2/player05.html?022006/022006_springer_tag&FNL&Tag%20Ban&acc&Only%20on%20FOX&-1 A 3rd grade...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4310545.stm I don't agree with this judgement or rather I disagree with the overall principle behind this matter. The reason is not that a school should always have the "right" to decide what its pupils wear and if a pupil or their parents...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/11/11/no.cartwheels.reut/index.html Arguably she should be suspended for not following the rule but that just begs the question of why the rule was there. CBL