A 9-year-old girl was barred from coming to school after she shaved her head in support of her best friend, who has a form of childhood cancer. Her elementary school says shaved heads violate its dress code.
In a case that launched a thousand Breaking Bad headlines, an IT teacher at a secondary school in Wales was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison after detectives discovered a sophisticated drug lab worth nearly $1.5 million in his house. He was caught with around $13,000 of cocaine at the time of his arrest.
A sixth grader was suspended—and now faces expulsion—for taking a razor blade away from a classmate who was cutting himself. Her school has a "zero tolerance" weapons policy.
A music teacher pulled over by police with a tuba in her backseat admitted to stealing more than 50 instruments from her school district and selling them to buy heroin.
Teenagers whining about getting out of bed for school in the morning are actually on to something. High school start times are an outrageous burden. For the grownups, most of all.
Our system of "public education" is at least partially successful at serving its primary purpose, which is to provide free babysitting for children and keep teenagers from prowling the streets during daylight hours. Now, some high-minded reformers threaten to clog up the entire setup by mandating learning.
A 72-year-old substitute teacher was arrested after a coworker reportedly caught him sneaking in some quick "penis manipulation" before first period.
Tim Margis is the director of public safety for Concordia University in Chicago. Er, he was, that is, until a week ago, when he was arrested for ejaculating into the shoe of a female coworker in her campus office.
A woman who teaches at a South Florida public charter school has been arrested for forcing one of her 10-year-old students to clean out a dirty urinal with his bare hands.
The wealthier portion of Baton Rouge, Louisiana wants to spin itself off into its own little school district, leaving the poorer portion of the city with far less revenue for schools. This is, sadly, a trend that shows no sign of abating.
Many elite colleges and universities make a real effort to recruit (some) students from low income backgrounds who went to relatively poor high schools. New data shows that's not enough to remedy the damage that bad high schools do.
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has named Carmen Farina as the new chancellor of New York City’s Department of Education. Farina, who previously served as deputy chancellor under Bloomberg, has helped steer de Blasio’s plan to implement a city-wide universal preschool program.
Back in April, a high school in Florida fired its English teacher after learning that she was moonlighting as an "eyecandy model" for an obscure promotion company called XXXTremeVisionRadio.
A high school senior from Georgia won't graduate after being suspended for a year and will have a tough time paying for college after being stripped of his scholarship — all for hugging a teacher.
A school district in Florida is being forced to rehire an elementary school teacher who was fired last year after she allegedly force-fed hot-sauce-soaked crayons to a special needs student.
Women are paid less than men. Besides spontaneous castrations, one way to engage this problem is through higher education. And now, a study which shows ladies exactly what to do in college in order to smash the patriarchy.
A new poll shows that college-age Americans are wildly, overwhelmingly worried about student loan debt. As well they should be. And they blame colleges. As well they should.
Katherine Svenson seems like a nice lady. She's old, and on the school board of Delta County, Colorado, between Grand Junction and Aspen. But she's concerned, see, about these transgender kids, whatever they are.
Higher education is no longer the nonstop growth field it once was. America's college boom has peaked. Now, the industry of higher learning better prepare for the next step: shrinkage.
A study finds that almost all community college students drop out at least once, but most come back to school. However: "If you leave twice," the researcher said, "you're not going to come back."
