3rd grade teacher goes viral for charging students rent
A third-grade teacher in North Carolina has garnered international attention for charging students to rent desks and chairs and forcing them to pay fines for bad behavior. Classroom Economics by teacher Shelby Lattimore has been praised for teaching children financial literacy and giving students a way to theoretically earn an income by working in the […]
Principal placed on leave after she allegedly ‘pretended to shoot’ students in unauthorized shooter drill
The principal of a California elementary school was recently placed on administrative leave for allegedly “pretending to shoot” students during an unsanctioned and disturbing active shooter drill on Wednesday. KTLA report. Principal Nina Denson of San Gabriel’s Washington Elementary School was reportedly forced to take a leave of absence after witnesses said she conducted a […]
Update on UCLA professor suspended for not giving black students special treatment after George Floyd’s death suing university for $19 million
A UCLA professor has been suspended for not giving preferential treatment to black students in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The professor is suing the University of California, Los Angeles, for more than $19 million over a highly publicized incident that gained national notoriety. Gordon Klein, an accounting lecturer at the Anderson School of […]
Stanford students protest new ban on overnight sit-in camping
Stanford University students are protesting the school’s new ban on overnight sit-in camps. Pro-Palestinian students who have been camping outdoors for 112 days protesting the Israel-Hamas war called on their supporters to rally against the university after the university announced the ban on Thursday night. in Thursday’s statementthe university said it would no longer allow […]
Maryland middle school students taken to hospital after bus overturns
Maryland State Police are investigating the cause of a crash Thursday afternoon in Columbia in which a bus carrying middle school students ran off the road and overturned, with multiple occupants being evaluated for injuries. Photos of the single-vehicle accident show the full-size school bus on the grass on the side of a two-lane road, […]
Dad asks ‘where’s the parents’ after store complains to middle school about 100 or so students raising hell in the aisles
A father from Massachusetts asked, “Where are my parents?” WFXTTV The cameras were on Wednesday for an article in which a supermarket contacted Medway Secondary School to complain that students (approximately 100 of them) were repeatedly causing havoc in the store on early dismissal days. “Where are your parents?” Eddie Enos asked the station. “That’s […]
Va. teacher admits to sneaking into 14-year-old student’s home to have sex in his bed
A married Virginia teacher faces up to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old student in his home during the school year, where “her DNA was recovered from bed linen.” That’s what it means. Megan Pauline Jordan, 25, who taught at Hungarian Creek Middle School in Henrico County, pleaded […]
Christian school expels students after mom refused to remove her OnlyFans ad from car: ‘Repent of these sins’
Michelle Klein, a Florida mother, was expelled from her Christian school after a controversial window sticker advertised joining a website containing sexual content. Parents at Liberty Christian Preparatory School in Tavares, Florida, objected to a large car decal promoting Klein’s OnlyFans account. She was initially told to drop her children across the street, but in […]
Educators, students get creative in evading book bans
Educators and students have found creative ways to get around book bans in states and schools across the country in recent years. Inside and outside the classroom, teachers, parents, and young readers with vested interests have complained that free versions of books have been pulled from shelves in schools in primarily Republican-led states because lawmakers […]
Students at California school struggling after $250K in federal funds spent on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program
The report found that students at elementary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area (where officials hire a for-profit company called Walk Kindergarten to train teachers) are among the highest in the state in math and reading scores. He has reached his lowest level and continues to struggle. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the […]