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high school students stories: 19 news summaries

Chicago Teens: 'Fighting
Is What We Do'

Neighborhood rivalry blamed for teen's beating death

Oct 6, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting is a way of life in the impoverished Chicago neighborhood where 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death in a videotaped brawl two weeks ago, local students say. "How many times you want me to walk away?" asked one teen whose brother was charged with murder after the... More »

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Chicago • high school students • beatings • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • Eugene Riley • Eric Carson

Colleges Use Student Blogs as Free PR

Warts-and-all posts by undergrads can lure savvy prospects

Oct 2, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges are loosening the reins on student bloggers in hopes that a dose of candid commentary will lure prospective applicants. At MIT, for instance, bloggers paid by the admissions office go about their work with no fear of censorship. That policy has caused some friction—including a spat between the... More »

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admissions • college admissions • censorship • MIT • blogging • blogger • college student • high school students • college applications • undergraduates • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Haverford College

 Bomb Explodes in Home of NY Teen Columbine 'Fan'

Student's school searched after he injures himself while making device

Sep 30, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Long Island teenager who apparently idolized the Columbine killers has been hospitalized after a pipe bomb he was making blew up. The boy, 17, had photos of the students responsible for the Coumbine massacre in his bedroom. He's in stable condition and will likely face charges, reports the New ... More »

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bomb • pipe bomb • Long Island • Columbine school massacre • high school students

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No Child Left Unrecruited

Pentagon uses NCLB, other sneaky means
to get info on teens
in high school

Sep 1, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The military is using a host of behind-the-scenes methods—including the No Child Left Behind Act—to gather information on high school students for recruitment, writes David Goodman in Mother Jones. A little-known provision in NCLB, for instance, requires schools that get funding to supply recruiters with info on... More »

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Pentagon • Army recruiting • US military • recruitment • Department of Defense • data mining • high school students • Army Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

Spokane School Jams
Cells During Class

District consulting with FCC on legality of jamming

Mar 9, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students in Spokane, Wash. couldn't could call or text during class for 3 whole days, KHQ-TV reports. A school there recently tested a cell phone jammer to get kids focused on academics, but admitted the move may not be legal. They're checking with the FCC. "We just thought it... More »

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high school • cell phones • text messaging addiction • text message • cell phone jammers • texting • high school students

(Newser) - The long-running Broadway musical Rent has been edited for the school stage, but the truncated version retains themes of drugs, AIDS, and homosexuality that have some administrators running scared, the New York Times reports. High school productions around the country have met with administrative and parental resistance, forcing organizers to... More »

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education • high school • children • Broadway • parents • musical • Rent • high school students

 Teen Couch 
 Potatoes Eat 
 Poorly Later: 
 Docs 

TV ads may play a role in the trend

Feb 11, 09 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Teenage couch potatoes grow into adults who consume more junk food than their peers, Reuters reports. Kids who reported watching 5 or more hours of TV daily later ate more fast food and fewer fruits and veggies than teens who tuned in for 2 hours or less. The lead researcher... More »

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television • diet • junk food • snack foods • high school students • teenager

Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

High Schoolers Cheat,
Steal, Say Morals A-OK 

High schools full of rampant cheating, adults blame pressures

Nov 30, 08 8:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Almost a third of US high schoolers are thieves and two thirds are cheaters, a new study says. Among nearly 30,000 students surveyed, 64% admitted to cheating on a test, 30% to shoplifting, and 23% to stealing from family. "The competition is greater," said one education... More »

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high school • theft • shoplifting • cheating • high school students • students

Parents Rate Online Report Cards an 'A'

Students can't hide, 'forget to bring home' real-time progress

Nov 3, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - As more schools embrace digital learning tools and assignment calendars, up-to-the-minute GPAs are going online as well. Students whose schools use online report cards don't have the chance of hiding a low test score, because their parents need only log on to see Junior's latest grades. But it can breed... More »

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education • parents • No Child Left Behind • grades • high school students • online report cards

50 High School Teens in
St. Louis Exposed to HIV

School sets up testing lab in gym after learning dozens may be infected

Oct 24, 08 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials in a small town near St. Louis have set up an HIV testing clinic in a high school gym after an infected person said up to 50 students may have been exposed, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. School officials won't say whether that person is a student or... More »

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high school • HIV • St. Louis • STD • HIV/AIDS • high school students

(Newser) - Barack Obama may be pulling slowly away from John McCain, but he's the overwhelming choice among the pre-K through 12th grade set. In a Scholastic poll, 57% of 250,000 students picked the Dem, USA Today reports. And don’t write it off as youthful inexperience —the poll has... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential politics • Scholastic • youth • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008 • high school students • students

Ruling Lets Students Pick Top SAT Score

Officials slam new policy as benefit to wealthy kids

Jun 21, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - High school students can soon pick which of their SAT scores are sent to colleges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Starting with the class of 2010, the College Board, which administers the exam, will reverse its policy of sending all results—good, bad, or indifferent. A spokesman said the... More »

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SAT • college admissions • college board • exam • high school students

High School Test Cheat
Could Face 38 Years

Teen plotted to boost grades for college admission

Jun 18, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at an Orange County high school faces 69 felony charges and a possible 38 years in prison for a scheme to alter grades, the Los Angeles Times reports. The locked-up 18-year-old is accused of breaking into his school repeatedly, hacking into computers, and changing test scores and records... More »

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high school • Orange County • cheating • tests • high school students

 Proms' Glitz Blitz 
 Captivates UK Teens 

High schoolers embrace pricey US tradition, but some blast 'ghastly import'

Jun 17, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents and traditionalists alike are feeling the pinch as expensive American-style proms migrate to the UK, the Wall Street Journal finds. Teens crave the stretch limos and extravagant gowns seen in US shows like The O.C. and My Super Sweet 16. But some educators criticize the trend, including one... More »

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culture • lifestyle • Britain • Proms • high school students • teenager

Mich. Lax Team Suspended
After Bum Invite

Booted for mooning would-be prom date a bare-butted question

May 1, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Michigan high school student thought up a novel way to ask for a prom date. He and 12 lacrosse teammates spelled out "Will You Go to the Prom With Me?" on their butts and mooned the girl at a match, reports the Ann Arbor News. The girl said... More »

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high school • lacrosse • high school sports • Proms • high school students

 Survey: Poor LA Students Scared, Depressed

Youths shows symptoms of clinical depression

Apr 26, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - High-school students in poor LA neighborhoods fear for their safety, show signs of clinical depression, and say the district does a laughable job preparing them for college, the Los Angeles Times reports. A survey of thousands of students from south LA showed more than half felt hopeless and helpless. "... More »

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high school • depression • Los Angeles • South Central LA • high school students

 Road to Ivy Paved
 With Rejection Letters 

Thin-letter notices reach students in record numbers

Apr 19, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The dreaded thin letter from college admissions offices is cluttering mailboxes in record numbers this year, but you'd think the elite of the elite would be safe. Not so, reports the Austin American-Statesman, which talks to local top students, including one who capped his impressive high school record with... More »

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SAT • college admissions • college • university • college student • high school students

Diploma Drop to Make College Entry Easier

Slump in high school grad numbers will
spark 'buyers market'

Mar 9, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students will find college entry far easier in coming years as the number of high school graduates falls, the New York Times reports. The annual US grad count is expected to peak at around 2.9 million in the next year or two, and then slump until 2015. “For... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • college • university • student • Hispanic • high school students • college applications

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