On teaching important life skills in high school
Learning important life skills in school would be far superior to learning the different types of clouds, an IL student explains.
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Former math teacher pleads to stabbing wife & more
A former teacher in Mich. pleaded no contest to stabbing his wife & having a sexual relationship with a middle school student.
Top 11 national school news stories in 2017
2017 was big for schools. Unlike previous years, many newsworthy events this year were disasters, both natural and man-made.
DeVos graduation speech in Baltimore draws protest
The US ed. sec. delivered a graduation speech at the U. of Baltimore Monday, but several people protested her appearance.
New Amtrak train derails, killing 3
A train derailment in Washington caused some transportation issues for local schools and major tragedy in the lives of Amtrak commuters.
4 students die in French bus-train accident
A passenger train hit a school bus in the south of France Thursday, killing 4 students and injuring about 20 others, some critically.
Rifleman threatens work crew near Houston schools
A man with a military-style assault rifle put 2 Houston-area schools on lockdown Monday, but the standoff ended peacefully.
Details emerge about the N.M. school shooter
The shooter in a N.M. high school was a 21-year-old former student at the school who apparently thought work, school, and life sucked.
2 students dead, more than a dozen injured in N.M.
2 students and the student attacker are dead in a shooting at a high school in N. New Mexico Thursday morning.
Zuckerberg shows keen interest in Okla. dreamers
A few h.s. and college students, all DACA recipients, had a chat with Facebook’s co-founder and current CEO in Nov.