Moraga school District secret: Principal failed to report student abuse letter - Contra Costa Times
26 May 2012, 6:16 am
For 16 years, the Moraga school District has kept a terrible secret: the truth about its role in a sensational teacher sex abuse scandal. The scandal led to the suicide of a popular teacher in 1996 as allegations about his abuse of students emerged.

Mississippi school district agrees to stop handcuffing students - New Haven Register
26 May 2012, 5:26 am
JACKSON, Miss. — Jackson public schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on better methods of discipline. Mississippi's second-largest school district agreed Friday to ...

Former high-school star Brian Banks does serious time on trumped-up charge, now hopes for an NFL shot - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 9:48 pm
Brian Banks stands with his parents after bring cleared of all charges. (AP) Occasionally, we come across stories that defy credulity to the point where we can't quite believe what we're seeing. And when these stories involve good people getting railroaded ...

Girl With Bow Hairstyle Barred From school Pictures (VIDEO) - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 2:02 pm
We used to get totally psyched over picture day at school. But then again, we were never banned from our own school photos like this little girl from Kent, England. But Marino was told that her hair violated the school policy against braided ...

Texas school district to track kids through RFID tags - CNET News
25 May 2012, 11:32 am
It seems that certain schools in Texas are having trouble with their math. No, it isn't the kids. It's the school administrators. They keep losing kids. And, well, state funding depends, at least to some extent, on attendance. So Northside ...

Idaho High school Wins National Teen Safe Driving Contest and $10,000 - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 9:30 am
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of teens have been organizing safe driving activities for the last six months in more than 300 high schools around the country as a part of the Act Out Loud Contest®, sponsored by The ...

Brian Banks, former high school football star, asks for NFL shot  - New York Daily News
25 May 2012, 9:02 am
He was a high school football star in Long Beach, Calif., heading for a full scholarship at powerhouse USC when he was falsely accused of rape. Now, exonerated after the alleged victim confessed she made up the whole story, Brian Banks has one ...

Pennsylvania school districts find 'a perfect storm' of financial challenges - PennLive.com
25 May 2012, 8:26 am
Pennsylvania school districts find themselves in “a perfect storm” of fiscal challenges, Central Dauphin school Board President Ford Thompson said. “At a time when major costs are rising that we have little control over, all our revenue ...

Ohio teen to be tried as adult in school shooting - FOX News
25 May 2012, 1:45 am
CHARDON, Ohio – A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after hearing a sheriff's deputy describe how the teen wore a T-shirt with the word "Killer" and ...

Facebook messages trigger melee at Whitman Middle school - Seattle Times
25 May 2012, 12:48 am
When Marico Lynn Barnett arrived at Whitman Middle school with her eighth-grade daughter Wednesday morning, she didn't expect to spend the night in jail. But outside the school's main office, Barnett and five teenage girls faced off in an ...