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'Snake Oil' College Advisers Can Run $40K

Counselors often embellish record,
don't need licenses

Jul 19, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Independent college counselors promise to use their admissions know-how to get students into the best schools. But there’s no way to evaluate their sometimes extravagant claims, and some charge more than a year’s tuition at many colleges, the New York Times reports. Still, business is booming in the... More »

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high school • college admissions • parents • college • university • students • counseling

Ill. Parents Seek to Ban Award-Winning Novel

Language, sex in Alexie book inappropriate for high schoolers

Jun 22, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents at an Illinois high school are trying to get Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian taken off the summer reading list, and out of the school’s library, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I can’t imagine anyone finding this book appropriate for 13-... More »

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high school • censorship • book • banned • Sherman Alexie

 16-Year-Old 
 Quits School 
 for Pros 

Aims to get GED, qualifying him for 2010 draft

Jun 15, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 16-year-old baseball player is skipping his last 2 years of high school to head to college—and hopefully a big-league contract, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bryce Harper’s father acknowledges that “there are going to be critics” of the move, but says “Bryce is always looking... More »

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high school • MLB • draft • baseball • professional athletes • Bryce Harper

High School Crowns Male Prom Queen

Gay LA student wins title after heartfelt speech to his peers

May 28, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Southern California high school has crowned its first male prom queen, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sergio Garcia, 18 and gay, says he began his campaign as a joke. To his surprise, the stunt led to a serious discussion of gay rights and gender roles. “I will be... More »

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high school • Sergio Garcia • student • homosexual • gays • prom queen • Fairfax High School

 Not All Schools 
 Embrace Teen 
 Hugging Fad 

Kids fill hallways with displays of affection

May 28, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(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... More »

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high school • hugging • public displays of affection • middle school • teenager • friendship

TV REVIEW

Glee Charms Critics Despite Clichés

Fox musical comedy tweaks old high school archetypes

May 18, 09 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox’s new attempt to capitalize on the TV mania surrounding amateur singing with its musical comedy series Glee will get test run tomorrow night before continuing in the fall, but has already swayed several critics with its fresh take on high-school stereotypes.
  • Rohin Guha, writing for BlackBook, applauds
... More »

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American Idol • high school • Fox • Glee

 Toxic Teen Website 
 Infuriates Parents, Cops 

On anonymous message board, free speech becomes personal attacks

May 17, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The creator of the online message board Peoplesdirt.com says he's just providing an "avenue for people to express their feelings," but parents and teachers disagree. The website allows teenagers to anonymously post slurs and false rumors about fellow students. Although it's legal, it's also hateful and humiliating,... More »

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Internet • high school • free speech • message boards • death threats • anonymous • teenager • peoplesdirt.com

(Newser) - A Tampa teen is skipping school for the rest of the year because of a supposedly revealing yearbook photo, WTSP reports. The girl, a junior, didn’t wear underwear the day of the picture because she was worried about visible panty lines—and when the yearbooks came out this week,... More »

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Florida • high school • photograph • Tampa • student • underwear • panties • yearbook • revealing photo

Texas Schools Cancel
Sports as Flu Spreads

Some schools shut entirely

Apr 29, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - All Texas high schools are canceling sports and academic competitions until May 11 to prevent swine flu from spreading, and five school districts have canceled classes altogether, the Houston Chronicle reports. "Altering the schedule of our events is a way to keep our participants safe," said a state... More »

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high school • Texas • public health • high school sports • swine flu

Student Killed
in Teacher's
Love Triangle

Ex-pupil boyfriend held in murder of Ariz. woman's teen lover

Apr 15, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(AP) - An 18-year-old Arizona high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher in her bedroom was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who is himself a former student of hers, police said yesterday. Sixto Balbuena, 20, a Navy sailor on leave, was arrested on a murder charge after police found... More »

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high school • Arizona • murder • student • stabbing • love triangle • teacher

10 Years On, Schools Rusty on Columbine's Lessons

School security funding dries up a decade after shootings

Apr 14, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decade after the Columbine shootings, much of the extra funding for school security awarded in the wake of the massacre has dried up, the Wall Street Journal finds. Cutbacks such as scrapping the “cops in schools” program have educators worried, although some say improving bonds between adults and... More »

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education • high school • school shooting • Columbine school massacre • mass shootings

Campus Cops Track Facebook for Lawbreakers

Police have gathered intel on the cyberbeat for years

Apr 6, 09 4:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - As teenagers embrace social networking, campus cops have started using Facebook and MySpace to prevent brawls, monitor gangs, and—in one case—identify an armed robber based on clothing he wore in his profile picture. Officers assigned to the cyberbeat regularly scour thousands of students' pages, many of which flaunt... More »

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social networking • MySpace • high school • police • Facebook • cyber police

School Sued
for Ignoring 'Bullicides'

Teachers stood by as students pushed teen over edge: parents

Apr 2, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The parents of an Ohio teen who killed himself after a bully suggested he do so have sued his former school. Teachers let other boys tease Eric Mohat, call him homophobic slurs, and shove him around without recourse, charge William and Janis Mohat, who want the school to recognize the... More »

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suicide • high school • Ohio • bullying • teenager

 Obama Inspires School's 
 'Pull Up Your Pants' Day 

Florida school hands out belts to tighten waistbands

Mar 26, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among Barack Obama’s many inspirational quips, it’s “Brothers should pull up their pants” that stuck with the Florida high school teacher behind today’s Pull Up Your Pants Day. Fed up with droopy drawers, she enlisted community members to hand out belts to kids who could use... More »

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Florida • high school • African Americans • teenager • President Obama • Howard Stern Grid

Student Obesity Jumps in Schools Near Fast-Food Joints

Rate 5% higher when kids can walk to outlet

Mar 23, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students are more likely to be obese when their schools are located within a tenth of a mile of fast-food restaurants, researchers found. In a study of more than a million California ninth-graders over 8 years, they found that the incidence of obesity at schools near the restaurants was 5.... More »

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obesity • high school • childhood obesity • fast food • fast food industry • school lunches

 Texas School 
 Forced Teens 
 Into Cage Fights 

Students ordered to settle differences in bare-knuckle fights as others cheered

Mar 20, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Employees at a Dallas high school forced troubled teens to settle their differences in bare-knuckle brawls inside a locker room cage while spectators cheered, says a report obtained by the Dallas Morning News. The principal of South Oak Cliff High at the time did nothing to stop the fights and... More »

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high school • Dallas • fight • principal • fistfight

(Newser) - A group of Spanish high-school students has successfully sent a balloon and camera package 20 miles above the surface of the Earth, scoring stunning pictures of space, the Telegraph reports—and on a budget of about $82. “We were overwhelmed at our results, especially the photographs,” the team’... More »

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high school • Spain • photograph • teenager • outer space • weather balloon • science project

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

(Newser) - The recent—or recently discovered—“sexting” epidemic has produced a reasoned response from educators, and a wild overreaction from police,” Dahlia Lithwick writes on Slate. “Schools are enacting what amounts to a don't-ask-don't-tell policy” on teenagers sending out naked pictures of themselves, and others, she writes. But... More »

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high school • text message • child pornography • teenager • criminal charges • criminal prosecution • mobile phones • sexting

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