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Boy Dies After Falling From Basketball Hoop

Andres Jovan Martinez was setting up his middle school gym for graduation

(Newser) - An Albuquerque middle school student who fell from a basketball hoop while decorating for graduation has died. Andres Jovan Martinez died Sunday from injuries he sustained while setting up for his school's eighth-grade graduation last week. The sixth grader was getting the gym ready with his choir class when...

Student Shot at Indiana Middle School

Police think dispute started at dance

(Newser) - A male student was shot twice in the stomach outside the cafeteria building this morning at West Middle School in Martinsville, Ind. The victim was taken to the hospital, and the school and all others in the district were put on lockdown, WTHR 13 reports. The suspect is another student,...

Opening a Door Gets Student Suspended


 Opening a Door 
 Gets Student 
 Suspended 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 6, 2011 7:30 AM CST

Opening a Door Gets Student Suspended

Middle school has strict security policy about doors to outside

(Newser) - A Virginia middle school student was suspended last week for the egregious offense of opening an exterior door for a visitor. No, it wasn’t a dangerous or unauthorized visitor—it was someone the student knew, who had her hands full. But the school has had a strict policy against...

Pants on the Ground? School 'Urkels' Kid Offenders

Zip-ties prove effective against hip-hop style

(Newser) - Droopy drawers used to be a problem for Memphis middle school principal Bobby White, but he's solved it with a little help from an old pop-culture icon: Steve Urkel, the perennial nerd. Kids roaming the halls with no belt or excessively saggy pants now get "Urkeled"—school staffers...

'Mama's Boys' Have Better Mental Health

Boys who stay close with mom avoid unhealthy stereotypes

(Newser) - Being what Time describes as a "mama's boy" is good for you, a new study suggests. An Arizona State professor followed 426 boys through middle school to find out when and to what extent they embraced stereotypically male qualities like emotional reserve and physical toughness. He found that boys...

7-Foot Alligator Kicked Out of School

Tampa middle school attracts unexpected visitor

(Newser) - A Tampa middle school had an unexpected and unwelcome visitor before classes started today: a 7-foot-long alligator. "Here he comes, walking around the corner," a teacher tells the Tampa Tribune . "Walked right down here and then he stopped." After loitering around the cafeteria door—maybe he...

Kids Use Body Spray to Light Selves on Fire

YouTube videos are fueling the craze, warn authorities

(Newser) - Authorities are warning of a risky trend fueled by YouTube videos: boys are spraying Axe Body Spray on their skin or clothes and igniting it. Five sixth-graders in Washington state have been caught in recent weeks, though none were injured, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. In a letter to parents,...

8th-Grader Sells Nude Sext of Girlfriend
 8th-Grader Sells 
 Nude Sext of Girlfriend 
CHILD PORN?
Mar 9, 2010 6:11 AM CST

8th-Grader Sells Nude Sext of Girlfriend

He passes out pix for $5 to pals

(Newser) - A Massachusetts middle school is caught in a sexting scandal after an 8th-grade boy allegedly sold naked pictures of his girlfriend to fellow students for $5 a pop. Since the girl is only in 8th grade, the photo she sexted of herself and her beau's financial transactions may violate child...

Teacher Tackles Gunman in Student Attack

2 shot before math instructor leaps on shooter

(Newser) - A gutsy math teacher tackled a gunman as he reloaded his high-powered assault rifle to fire on another student in an attack on a Colorado middle school yesterday. Two teens already lay wounded outside the suburban Denver school when David Benke jumped the shooter. "He was trying to rack...

Girls Busted for Attack Posted on YouTube

Onlookers gawked as assault was filmed

(Newser) - Two California middle school girls have been arrested after beating up a young teen—twice—and posting the attacks on YouTube. They lured the girl to an athletic field, where the attack was filmed with a cell phone while a crowd of young onlookers watched. The girls were tracked down...

25 Chicago Kids Jailed After Food Fight


 25 Chicago Kids 
 Jailed After 
 Food Fight 
DANGEROUS HOOLIGANS
Nov 11, 2009 11:46 AM CST

25 Chicago Kids Jailed After Food Fight

Students face criminal charges, and parents are outraged

(Newser) - Twenty-five Chicago students ages 11 to 15 had to cool their heels in jail for 5 hours last week after a food fight at their school apparently got out of hand. The kids face charges of misdemeanor reckless conduct, NBC Chicago reports. Parents are angry that their kids were treated...

Facebook Love Letter Triggers Teacher Fight

Two women arrested for brawling after love triangle turns ugly

(Newser) - Two female middle school teachers face misdemeanor charges after getting into a profanity-laden brawl in front of students. The fight was the result of a love triangle between them and a male teacher at the Georgia school, police tell Fox 5 News , and began after one of the women found...

Not All Schools Embrace Teen Hugging Fad

Kids fill hallways with displays of affection

(Newser) - Hugging is hip these days among teens: School hallways are clogged with pairs, or trios, of kids embracing, the New York Times reports. “We’re not afraid, we just get in and hug,” said a high school junior. But some schools aren’t so happy with the public...

La. Teen Fires at Teacher, Shoots Himself

(Newser) - A Louisiana teenager shot himself in the head today after firing at a middle school teacher who refused to praise Marilyn Manson, Houmatoday.com reports. The 15-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, identified as Justin Doucet, left a suicide note saying he planned to go on a shooting spree. He...

School Strip-Search Case Heads to Supreme Court

Law is murky on the limits of privacy in school

(Newser) - In 2003, staff at an Arizona middle school strip-searched Savana Redding, then 13, after getting a tip that she had prescription-strength ibuprofen. They didn't find any, and Redding sued. Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the school's policy violated Redding's constitutional rights, reports the New York ...

DC Schools Give Kids Money to Improve Grades

Schools pay students for good behavior, grades

(Newser) - Schools in Washington, DC, hope to expand children's minds by filling their wallets. Students who get good grades, attend class, and behave earn points that will net them paychecks of up to $1,500 each year, NPR reports. "Every child has a switch, and it's our job as...

PSAT Will Expand College Testing Stress to Jr. High

Earlier exam will help students prep, College Board says

(Newser) - The College Board will start offering the PSAT to eighth-graders in 2010, the LA Times reports. Students normally take the exam, a precursor of the SAT, in 10th or 11th grade, but kids have been signing up earlier in recent years. Critics charge that the College Board is pushing the...

Teacher Who Branded Students Fired
Teacher
Who Branded Students Fired
Jun 21, 2008 8:20 AM CDT

Teacher Who Branded Students Fired

He slammed evolution, burned crosses onto 8th-graders' arms

(Newser) - An Ohio school board has voted unanimously to fire a science teacher who used an electrostatic device to brand 8th-graders with a cross, the AP reports. Science teacher John Freshwater, who says the marks were simply Xs, had been in trouble with the board before for teaching creationism, slamming evolution...

Panel: US Math System 'Broken'
 Panel: US Math System 'Broken' 
Mar 13, 2008 1:38 PM CDT

Panel: US Math System 'Broken'

Group, worried about future competitive disadvantage, advises focus on basics

(Newser) - A presidential panel today called US math education “broken” and demanded greater focus on key skills ranging from preschool to middle school, the Washington Post reports. The National Mathematics Advisory Panel responded to concerns that Americans are growing less competitive in the realm, and pointed the way to better...

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