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 Colo. District to 
 Ditch Grade Levels 

Students in Adams 50 will progress based on knowledge, not age

Feb 10, 09 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Faced with a 58% graduation rate and falling test scores, officials in Colorado’s Adams 50 school district are doing away with traditional grade levels as part of a massive educational transformation, the Christian Science Monitor reports. When the program is fully phased in, students will no longer be separated... More »

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education • high school • Colorado • elementary school • school districts • grades • educational programs

Teen Bullied Peers for Sex via Facebook: Cops

Wis. native posed as girl, then blackmailed male students

Feb 5, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook to sexually blackmail male students at his former high school. Anthony Stancl, 18, solicited naked photos of at least 31 boys by pretending to be female. He then forced at least seven, all underage, to perform sexual favors to keep... More »

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high school • Wisconsin • crime • Facebook • blackmail • child pornography • sexual assault • teenager

Beverly Hills High Aims
to Market Its 90210 Image

Clothing, cosmetics may make up school's budget shortfalls

Jan 30, 09 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Beverly Hills High School is considering starting lines of clothing and cosmetics in an attempt to capitalize on the glamorous image perpetuated by television’s 90210 series and famous alumni like Angelina Jolie. A smaller population of school-aged children in the neighborhood has sapped the tax base, leaving it with... More »

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Angelina Jolie • high school • brands • merchandise • Beverly Hills • cosmetics • Nicolas Cage • 90210 • apparel

Calif. Court Rules School Can Expel Lesbian Kids

Private body not ruled by discrimination laws

Jan 28, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A California court has ruled that a private school's expulsion of two girls for "conducting themselves in a manner consistent with being lesbians" was lawful, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court decided the religious school did not count as a business and was therefore exempt from discrimination... More »

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California • high school • lesbians • discrimination • homosexuality • expel • Lesbian • homosexual

Out-of-Whack Body Clocks Keep Teens Sleepy: Study

Later school start times improve sleep, decrease car accidents

Dec 15, 08 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Sleepy high-school students slumped over their desks just can’t help it, CNN reports. Most school start times play havoc with teens’ circadian rhythms: Teens naturally go to bed later than adults, and need more sleep. A new study finds pushing the high-school start time from 7:30am to 8:... More »

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sleep • high school • car accident • circadian rhythms • teenager • students • start time • tired

Student Sues Over Facebook Suspension

Constitutional case
asks if school can limit online expression

Dec 9, 08 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - With the help of the ACLU, a Florida high school grad is suing a former principal for violating her constitutional rights in suspending her for “cyber-bullying” a teacher, the Miami Herald reports. Katherine Evans created a Facebook page railing against her “worst teacher,” and asked classmates to... More »

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high school • Facebook • ACLU • cyberbullying • freedom of speech • teenager • teacher • harrassment

Teacher Puts Ads on Tests to Pay for Copies 

Budget cuts force test-happy prof to take drastic action

Dec 2, 08 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - When his suburban San Diego high school cut his photocopy budget to $316, calculus teacher Tom Farber had a problem. Because he gives a lot of tests—to make sure his students have enough practice for their AP exam, he says—he racks up $500 a year in 3-cents-per-page copy... More »

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high school • advertising • school budget • tests

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

Teen Critical
After Jumping From Moving SUV on Dare

200 Ill. teens played the stunts-for-cash game

Nov 25, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois grand jury is investigating a scavenger hunt that left a 17-year-old in critical condition after he jumped from a Dodge Durango moving at 25mph. As many as 200 teenagers were apparently competing for cash by performing stunts and videotaping them last Friday. Erik Nava's team was winning the... More »

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high school • Illinois • driving • game • stunts • teenager • Elgin

(Newser) - Sweet sixteen is the right time to leave high school and leap into higher education, New Hampshire education officials say. Following advice from a blue-ribbon panel that warned of America's educational decline 2 years ago, the state plans to test 10th graders with tough new exams. Those who pass can... More »

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education • high school • educational testing • college • university

 Bullies May Enjoy Inflicting Pain 

Brain scans show agressors feel reward watching others suffer

Nov 7, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Bullies appear to enjoy seeing other people in pain, Reuters reports. Researchers in Chicago took brain scans of two sample groups of teens while showing them videos of one person hurting another. When showed violence, one group of teens, who were diagnosed with aggressive-conduct disorder and had recently attacked schoolmates,... More »

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high school • violence • bullying • fMRI • scientific research • teenager • aggression

 ATF Foils Skinhead 
 Plot to Kill Obama 

Tenn. neo-Nazis would have shot, decapitated 102 blacks before going after candidate

Oct 27, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 88 black people, the AP reports. ATF agents said the pair planned to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school in a murder spree that was to... More »

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Barack Obama • high school • ATF • Tennessee • shooting rampage • assassination attempt • Neo-Nazi • Election 2008 • African-Americans

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

DC Schools Give Kids Money to Improve Grades

Schools pay students for good behavior, grades

Oct 22, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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education • high school • Washington DC • money • elementary school • public schools • educational programs • middle school

With Harvard's Help, Good Grades Pay Off in Chicago

System rewards as much as $50 for A's—and half depends on graduation

Oct 17, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago public high schools are paying students for good grades under a program funded partly by Harvard University, the Tribune reports. Freshmen get $50 for A’s, $35 for B’s and $20 for C’s, with half their earnings held until they graduate. Some 20 other Chicago-area schools, encompassing... More »

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education • high school • Chicago • money • school • grades • payments

Down Syndrome Teen Voted Homecoming Queen

'Her smile was as big as Texas,' aunt says

Oct 15, 08 5:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - There wasn't a dry eye in the house when a Texas football stadium erupted into wild cheers last weekend to honor their homecoming queen, a pretty 18-year-old high school senior with Down syndrome. "Her smile was as big as the state of Texas," queen Kristin Pass' aunt told... More »

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high school • Texas • football • teenager • Down Syndrome • high school football • homecoming • homecoming queen

 'Pregnancy Pact'
 HS to Offer
 Birth Control 

School where 17 teens got pregnant last year OKs birth control plan

Oct 9, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts high school where 17 teens got pregnant last year presumably as part of a "pregnancy pact" has decided to distribute birth control pills and condoms to students, the Boston Globe reports. A school official said birth control would only be available with parental consent, adding that he... More »

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high school • birth control • Gloucester • birth control pill • teen pregnancy

 Twirlers Benched 
 Over Sapphic Tune 

Perry's 'I Kissed a
Girl' at heart of Texas high school flap

Oct 3, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A trio of Texas high schoolers have had their baton-twirling privileges suspended after performing a routine to Katy Perry’s hit “I Kissed a Girl,” ABC News reports. The school says it is simply disciplining the girls for disobeying their coach, who told them to “choose a... More »

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high school • Texas • suspension • cheerleaders • Katy Perry

 Throw Out SAT, 
 Say College Deans 

Panel recommends move away from standardized testing

Sep 22, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges should make admissions decisions without requiring the SAT or ACT, says a group of deans led by Harvard's admissions chief in a yearlong study that concluded standardized tests distort students' high school experiences, exacerbate class disparities, and enrich only the billion-dollar test prep industry. Instead, say the admissions officers,... More »

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high school • SAT • college admissions • college • universities • admissions officers • ACT exam • standardized testing

UK Begins Massive HPV Vaccine Campaign

12- and 13-year-old girls first targeted by program that could reach 2M by 2011

Sep 3, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK kicked off a campaign to give 12- and 13-year-old girls the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Times of London reports. Schools will begin offering the shot, which is not mandatory, this week. The government estimates that it will vaccinate over 2 million girls by 2011. Beside official programs,... More »

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high school • HPV • cervical cancer • vaccine • underage sex • Britain • teenager

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