A Massachusetts elementary school principal has lashed out against traditional American holidays, banning costumes in school for Halloween and telling teachers to “be careful” about celebrating Thanksgiving, the Boston Herald reports. In an email to teachers on holidays, John F. Kennedy Elementary School Principal Anne Foley also notes that teachers can no longer “claim ignorance [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A 16-year-old atheist said Thursday she is confident the law is on her side in her fight over a prayer mural that she wants removed from the auditorium of her high school. Jessica Ahlquist said her side is “very strong” after attorneys for her and the city of Cranston made their case [...]
NEW YORK — Big Bird’s problems getting into “The Good Birds Club” are at the center of an anti-bullying effort being launched by “Sesame Street.” The venerable PBS show will air a special episode Monday that aims to teach preschoolers how to recognize and combat bullying. The show said Thursday that studies say bullying behavior [...]
AUSTIN, Texas — A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against the state over a school funding system it says is unfair, inefficient and unconstitutional. The coalition represents more than one in 10 Texas districts. It accuses lawmakers of turning a blind eye to the state’s [...]
ABINGTON, Mass. — The chairman of the school committee in Abington, Mass., is apologizing for a magic trick he performed before a televised meeting this week in which he appeared to tear the bra off a fellow committee member through her clothes. The trick was performed Tuesday by Russell Fitzgerald, an amateur magician known to [...]
Sondy Pope-Roberts and Howard Marklein rarely talk to each other. That’s not surprising, given the political climate. She’s a Democratic member of the state Assembly from Middleton; he’s a Republican from Spring Green. But there’s something she’s sort of dying to know, about his relationship with supporters of school choice. “How much money did he [...]
Public schools in Wisconsin will have to make do with $800 million less from the state over the next two years, under the budget passed by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature. But state spending on programs that provide public dollars to private schools will see a net increase of nearly $17 million. And, [...]
As you may know, Jerry Buell has returned to work. If you don’t know, Jerry Buell is the central Florida high school teacher who, on July 25, got so outraged while watching a TV report about the legalization of gay marriage in New York that on his personal Facebook page he wrote, “I’m watching the [...]
The highly rated Balere Language Academy in Miamiis the daytime home of students from kindergarten through 8th grade, but the school is now responding to complaints that the same Miami-Dade charter school is hosting parties after hours. “Raunchy, booze-soaked bashes into the wee hours,” to be more specific, theMiami Heraldreports. Advertisements for the parties print the [...]
Schoolyard and lunch line bullies in New Jersey might get much heavier punishment than a trip to the principal’s office. A new state law signed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in January and effective this week redesigns a previous anti-bullying law from 2002 that failed to implement policies to fight bullying in schools, the Statehouse [...]
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