Marijuana users perform worse in school
Students who smoke marijuana are less likely to attend college & less likely to get good grades in high school.
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We congratulate the “Politicized” Class of 2017
We congratulate the Class of 2017, and in keeping with tradition, we have dubbed it the "politicized" class, following November's elections.
8-year-old dies in murder-suicide crossfire
A murder-suicide in San Bernardino, Calif., resulted in the death of a married couple and a student who was simply caught in the line of fire.
Dangerous fugitive at large & packing in Wis.
A manhunt in Wis. intensifies as police seek a man who stole guns from a gun shop & wrote a 161-page manifesto threatening schools.
Invest in social capital and save struggling schools
We've known for a long time that schools can't improve on their own. We wrote that in 2001, and now some new research backs up that hypothesis.
PRIDE & PBIS at Dunbar in Lexington, Ky.
The school environment should be safe and it should promote learning. Here's how one school in Ky. works to make that happen.
Tenn. teen missing with her teacher
AMBER Alert: From Tennessee, a high school freshman may have run away with her armed teacher, who allegedly kissed her at school.
Students share thoughts on opiate addiction
What do high school students think about the nationwide heroin problem, which often starts for them with prescription painkillers?
Storm that brought 5.2″ to Moline now a nor’easter
A winter storm tracked through the Midwest and joined a low-pressure zone from off Florida to become a classic late-winter nor'easter.
Close to water, “senioritis” takes on new meaning
Seniors at many high school often take a planned but unscheduled day off to relieve the stress that comes at the end of high school.