Story: Student sues Wisconsin school district over religious drawing
Unless this kid is getting up on lunch tables in the cafeteria and preaching scripture, I'm not gonna have a problem with him drawing a picture of a cross in art class. The school also has plans on cracking down on WWJD bracelets and monitoring students thoughts before tests to make sure they're not praying for a good grade.
Student sues school district over religious drawing
Smells Like: christians, expression, policy, wisconsin
With a sign 'round your neck that says "Wack MC"
Smells Like: audio, nevada, weird
"Select students at Desert Pines High School put together rap-like lyrics and a base-induced beat to get students to attend proficiency testing."
CLIPS FOUND HERE
Please don't try to co-opt hip-hop, or any other for that matter, culture to get students fired up about proficiency testing. First of all, your rhymes is wack, and that math club vice president girl you found to read lines off beat is worse than Hedi Montage. Stick to what the Las Vegas school district is best at, paying teachers substantially less than valet parking jockeys. We don't care how "base" induced your beats is.
Teacher accused of allowing beating for tardy student
Smells Like: attendance, Colorado, safety, teachers, trouble, violence
Story: Teacher accused of allowing beating for tardy student
In California they want to fine them, and in Colorado they just let your classmates beat you up. We are really teaching these young minds the importance of being prompt. It's a life lesson! I think teachers usually make bad choices like this every year around this time because of Wrestlemania Fever.
Police want $250 fines for kids who ditch school
Smells Like: attendance, California, law
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Story: Oceanside police want $250 fines for kids who ditch school
It's only going to upset that parents when they start getting piles of tickets for their irresponsible children. This maybe would have also prevented the young girl the other week from stopping an out of control school bus from crashing had she been in school. [story here] The county is however, gonna make a killing on 'Senior Skip Day.'
500 march to protest pending school budget cuts
Smells Like: budget, California, protest
Story: 500 march to protest pending school budget cuts
This is happening in schools across the country. If you took 1% of the money we spend in Iraq and the moon (2 places that are NOT in our own country), we wouldn't have to fire 1000's of teachers every year for 'budget' reasons. Maybe these laid of teachers should enlist for the war, it seems to be about the only profession with job-stability.
Cops Bust High School Root Beer Kegger
Smells Like: panic, pranks, video, wisconsin
BREAKING STORY....
Story: Cops Bust High School Root Beer Kegger
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vfQCE2917NE
Once you kids are old enough to drink Root Beer, this won't be as much fun. What a tremendous waste of resources for the police department, and how can they force all these kids to submit to breathalyzers? There wasn't any illegal substance found! Apparently illegally parked cars are now grounds for warrantless search.
Coach steals $500 from high school
Smells Like: New York, sports, theft
Story: Coach steals $500 from high school
He was planning on using the money to help fix his shattered dream that he never became a professional athlete. That, and probably hookers.
Principal Threatens to Kill Science Teachers
Smells Like: principal, teachers, Texas, threats, violence
Story: Principal Allegedly Threatens to Kill Science Teachers
He was also charged with telling the teachers that they were "Liars, Liars" and that their "pants were on fire." However, the school did notice an improvement in students test scores when they realized that their lives were at risk if the kids failed. Talk about a good motivator.
Middle school student arrested for giving drugs at school
Smells Like: drugs, Oklahoma
Story: Tulsa middle school student arrested for giving drugs at school
I guess 12 is about the age that you need to find a part-time job so you turn to setting up drug rings in school. He said he found them on the way to school. We all know that this means he has a routine stop where he conveniently finds pills in some pushers hands, and then that person finds a stack of ten dollar bills in return.
Elementary School Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography
Smells Like: Arkansas, teachers, technology, trouble
Story: Elementary School Teacher Arrested for Child Pornography
The report says "He said he has not touched any child from the school in an inappropriate manner." Oh, ok. That's reassuring. That's like me having a collection of peoples faces in my backyard that I use as target practice with my rifle. "But I haven't actually shot anyone." We get it man, but you're also that creepy 53-year old that gets a little too excited when the 2nd graders have popsicles on Field Day.
Deputy Shocks Girl With Taser At Elementary School
Smells Like: Florida, safety, taser, violence
Principal accused of leaking test
Smells Like: grades, Massachusetts, principal, trouble
Story: Roslindale principal accused of leaking MCAS test
This guy went about it all wrong. A little common sense tells us that the smart kids don't need tests answers. They get mad and snitch when people cheat. All he had to do was set something up with all the dumb kids in school.
Student Suspended for Wearing Perfume
Smells Like: Florida, rights, weird
Story: Student Suspended for Wearing Perfume
The girl didn't feel as bad when she learned that the boys were disciplined for tucking their shirts in, some other girls got detention for crossing their legs while sitting, and most of the cafeteria lost their recess time for not placing their fork and spoon on the proper side of the plate.
Teacher Sorry After Mother Complains She Told Class Obama Is a ‘Scary’ Muslim
Smells Like: Deleware, racism, teachers
Story: Teacher Sorry After Mother Complains She Told Class Obama Is a ‘Scary’ Muslim
This is great. How can we ever expect our kids to get a fair and just education when the teachers are the ignorant ones? I can only imagine how she taught the slavery and Holocaust lessons this year.
Kindergarten teacher arrested after cocaine found in makeup bag
Smells Like: drugs, Georgia, teachers
"Sorry little guy, that's not chalk dust you found near Miss Robinson's purse"
Story: Kindergarten teacher arrested after cocaine found in makeup bag
It must be hard to resist keeping drugs around 5-year olds. But on the other hand it beats the old fashioned way of relying on cup after cup of coffee to keep you wired all day.
George Carlin on Education, etc.
Smells Like: carlin, video
George Carlin gets it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AMqJvhmD5Yg
Thanks to Alexander Russo at http://scholasticadministrator.typepad.com/thisweekineducation for finding this clip!
Discipline Looms For Teacher Whom Student Gave Back Rub
Smells Like: Florida, law, teachers, trouble
Story: Discipline Looms For Teacher Whom Student Gave Back Rub
He admits to (and doesn't see anything wrong with) allowing the girl to skip school with him and drive her to his house. The state of Florida is nailing one of these teachers every day for something like this. If you have ever visited the Sunshine State, you'll find it's crawling with plenty of tan, fit, bikini-clad, LEGAL women on every beach and bar. There should be no excuse for chasing after 14-year olds.
High School Cheerleader Dies of Breast Surgery Complications
Smells Like: Florida, health, school spirit
Sometimes there is a steep price for popularity. Everyone knows that her bigger cup size could have taken the basketball team to states this year.
Sex Offender Discovered Working At Elementary School
Smells Like: safety, sex, Utah
The school doesn't feel they need to perfom background checks unless the volunteer works "in close contact with children." Parents became suspicious when he began giving out lollipops to the boys and telling the girls that they look like models, and that they should let him take photographs of them.
School board may ban energy drinks
Smells Like: Florida, health, lunch
Now schools are sending kids to the hospital when they get a sugar-rush. But aren't these the same people that accept stacks of cash from these corporations to allow them to advertise in the hallways of the school?
Canadian university threatens to expel a student for Facebook study group
Smells Like: canada, college, facebook, panic, technology
STORY: Canadian university faces off with digital generation
James Norrie, director of the School of Information Technology Management at Ryerson, was also rumored to be planning an expulsion of engineering students, for having the potential to build firearms that could potentially be brought on campus. He has also allegedly started proceedings to have the entire atmospheric science department shut down, in an attempt to stop global warming.
Send
James NorrieOr phone in a personal message to:
jlnorrie@ryerson.ca
(416) 979-5000, key in '1' then the extension 5287
Mom's bathroom break triggers school lockdown
Smells Like: New Hampshire, panic, parents, safety
Some say "it's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for." This school feels that it is the moms' with bladder problems that are a real threat to the school's safety. When they learned that she was in no way a threat to anyone, at this point we can only hope she didn't pee on the seat.
High School Teacher Charged With Rape
Smells Like: Alabama, law, sex, teachers
What is left for teachers to do to get into trouble? Is there another profession that employs more criminals? It's only a matter of time until every student in the United States is effected by one of these stories.
2 female teachers arrested for fighting during school
Smells Like: South Carolina, teachers, violence
Oh ya! These kittens have claws! Earrings are coming off for this battle of the broads. At what point is it a good idea to square off in the middle of school? Hopefully they weren't fighting over some 14-year old boy.
Student suspended for posting video on YouTube
Smells Like: internet, New Jersey, panic, technology
From the article: "an investigation found there was no threat to the school or students" and "a psychological profile was performed on the student and there was no previous history of trouble with the student."
We're really trying our best to give everyone a fair chance, huh? Hopefully during his extended suspension from school he was able to get some time-consuming editing and rendering done.
Cost going up for High School students’ parking permits in 2008-09
Smells Like: Arkansas, budget
What exactly do students get in return for a $40 parking pass? As previous stories would indicate [click here], it's obviously not added security. The only thing that will result is the local neighborhood getting mad at the increase in cars parking in front of their houses, all because a school district failed to meet it's budget again.
Teacher Arrested for Growing Marijuana
Smells Like: drugs, Florida, law, teachers
His class was always wondering why they get to have "snack time" every 30 minutes. It probably also doesn't help when your neighbors can't figure out how you have an additional $70,000 of disposable income every year on a teacher's salary.
High school newspaper adviser fired
Smells Like: 1st amendment, drugs, Illinois, student press, teachers
What does a higly decorated high school newspaper advisor have in common with every magazine and newspaper editor in the country? Nothing. Because evidently the Freedom of Speech does not apply to high school students and they are not allowed to publish anything without the principal getting nervous and handing out punishments.
Teacher Forces Boy To Urinate In Lunchbox During Class
Smells Like: Florida, harassment, health, teachers, weird
It's every so often that you can find Top of the Line teachers, with great decision making skills, and are completely in tune with showing respect for students. Apparantly teaching just wasn't her niche. We were able to get a copy of her next job application:
Have you ever been fired from a job? If so, please explain.
Yes. I put a student to shame by making him piss on a bologna sandwich in the middle of class.
Yes. I put a student to shame by making him piss on a bologna sandwich in the middle of class.
School Bans Student Cell Phones
Smells Like: cell phone, Missouri, policy, technology
The biggest challenge in the next decade for teachers will be adapting to and controlling the advancements of technology, mostly with hand-held devices. If we do not find a way now to incorporate their inevitable prevelance among ALL youth, this battle will never end. Teens now rely on them way too much to make statements such as "...students can still use payphones in the hallway in case of an emergency..." Accept it, they're here to stay.
Teacher charged with 'running brothel staffed by immigrants'
Smells Like: law, sex, teachers, UK
Talk about a secret night life...Judging by the predictable history of teacher's insatiable drive for sex, I am guessing it was somone from his own school that eventually stumbled into him one drunken night and ratted him out. But you know what they say, couples who run whore houses together, stay together.
Student disciplined after stopping out-of-control school bus
Smells Like: bus, California, safety
What better way to reward heroism than with a Saturday detention. Hopefully this girl learned her lesson. If I was one of the parents of the 40 students whose lives were saved that day, I would be disgusted knowing that this girl didn't follow proper procedure for calling in sick to school. What kind of example is she setting?
Teacher accused of lewd conduct in mall bathroom
Smells Like: Connecticut, law, sex, teachers, trouble
Story: Teacher accused of lewd conduct in mall bathroom
What's worse is that he not only works part time at the Boys and Girls Club, but admitted to doing this on multiple other occasions. I have heard