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Safe Routes To School Program Gets Funding From Federal Government Via The Minnesota Department Of Transportation

Steve Tanko — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:51:56 +0000

A new grant facilitated by the Minnesota Department of Transportation seeks to make the route to school safer for children in the state. MnDOT announced the recipients of $3.8 million in federal grants for Safe Routes To School. 105 schools in 61 communities will benefit – including some in our area. Schools received grants in [...]

What Would Happen To Kids If There Was No Homework Or Tests At School, That's The Alpha School In Canada, See What Happened To These Kids.

Chris Allen — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:14:50 +0000

The Alpha Alternative School in Toronto, Ontario is celebrating 40 years. It’s a school that doesn’t give homework and doesn’t ever test it’s students. The students, parents and teachers are in together on deciding what the children learn. Some studies are working with other kids and going out in nature and learning. One thing I [...]

Duluth Police Announce Annual School Patrol Movie Day

Chris Allen — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:18:18 +0000

When I was a kid it was a honor to be a school crossing guard and we were given a knife and a certificate for our service to the school system. I think we may have received a day at the zoo too. Things are different and the duties and rewards are different and better. [...]

New Prague Minnesota School in Lockdown, Students Reported Okay [UPDATED]

Staff Writer — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:00:02 +0000

WCCO TV in Minneapolis is reporting a middle school in New Prague, Minnesota was placed on lockdown this morning after someone called 911 reporting a shooting within the school. According to the report, police are on the scene and the preliminary investigation shows no shooting occurred. The situation has still prompted a lockdown situation for [...]

Description Of Hippies In Middle School Textbook Hits Too Close To Home For Some

Steve Tanko — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:11:54 +0000

Apparently a lot of aging hippies are looking to re-write history and gloss over the late 1960′s and early 1970′s; An eighth-grade history textbook being used in Louisiana is getting slammed by the mainstream press for it’s description of what hippies were – aimed at children who weren’t even alive to see the 1990′s – [...]

School Suspends Boy, 7, For Biting Pastry in the Shape of a Gun

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:09:22 +0000

The issue over guns in our schools has taken on a very strange twist in one Maryland school. A second-grader at Park Elementary School in Baltimore was suspended for two days after his teacher claimed he saw the seven-year-old bite his breakfast pastry, i.e., Pop Tart into the shape of what appeared to be a [...]

Bizarre New Rule Bans Kids from Blowing Out Birthday Candles in School

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:20:36 +0000

Australia has decided to blow out the candles on a birthday tradition. The country’s National Health and Medical Research Council has instituted new rules declaring children can no longer blow out the candles on birthday cakes in school. And it’s all in the name of good health, since officials have determined blowing out candles is [...]

Grand Rapids Minnesota Schools Offer Fast Response After Caller Threatens Suicide Nearby

Steve Tanko — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:50:52 +0000

Officials with the Grand Rapids Public Schools acted swiftly when law enforcement contacted them regarding a “suicidal” caller that had called a local crisis center in the community. The caller was not calling from school property, but his calls had been tracked to areas nearby. The school limited access and issued the following alert to [...]

New Trail Is Safer Route To Lincoln Park Middle School

Chris Allen — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:16:55 +0000

Students will find it easier to walk to Lincoln Park Middle School, thanks to a new trail connection that they and community volunteers will be building on Saturday, November 17th from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. The gravel footpath will connect the neighborhood just east of the school to the existing paved walkway that the ISD 709 school district constructed.

Detroit Bribes Kids with Free Pair of Shoes to Get Them to Come to School

Mike Adams — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:22:07 +0000

There is no better motivation to get kids to show up for school quite like some good old fashion bribery, right? Well, the city of Detroit seems to think so. Thanks to a generous donation of Nike shoes they plan to do it. In an attempt to get as many students to come to class [...]

Ohio School Is Paying Students For Showing Up In Class

Shauna Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:45:22 +0000

Teen truancy is a real problem for a lot of schools, but especially so for the Dohn Community High School in Cincinnati. It only has a 14% graduation rate and has been deemed an “academic emergency” by the state of Ohio.

So the school is trying out a novel approach: it’s paying students to show up and behave themselves.

Ozzy Osbourne And Al an Jackson Help Find Missing Autistic Boy

Steve Tanko — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:30:18 +0000

A missing 8 year old boy in California was found when searchers blasted music from his two favorite artists: Ozzy Osbourne and Alan Jackson.
Joshua Robb, who ran away from a school playground in Twin Peaks on Monday to look for his mom and dad, was found in good shape Tuesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after he went missing, the Los Angeles Times reported

10 Great Songs About School

Paula Kashtan — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:27:07 +0000

We've got ten good reason schools shouldn’t be cutting arts budgets: these great songs about their hallowed halls. After all, if they eliminated music classes, who’s gonna write songs about how cool school is? 10 Be True to Your School The Beach Boys, 1963 Good clean fun. 9 Wonderful World Sam Cooke, [...]

Swedish Preschool Does Away With Boys and Girls

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:47:44 +0000

The “Egalia” preschool in Stockholm, Sweden is taking that nation’s goal of breaking down gender roles in early education to the extreme.

Not only are boys encouraged to play with toy kitchens, and girls with building blocks, but the pronouns “him” and “her’ (or “han” and “hon” in Swedish) are banned from usage. Instead, everyone is refereed to with the invented pronoun of “hen.”

10 Signs Your Child May Be Gifted

Chris Allen — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:22:10 +0000

I know most people think their child is gifted in one way or another. Otherwise, there wouldn't be "Brag Books". My JJ loves to read, he reads above his level, and can retain information from what he reads. My Sam is writing his own songs, sings with rock bands like KISS and AC/DC and can play with 60% acuracy on rock band. (Which means I'm in trouble now, both kids are going to be smarter than me and will never be in radio...) Sure, I think they are gifted, you may not, but here are some tips to see if your child or grand child is gifted.

Food Czars Take Aim At The School Lunch Box

Steve Tanko — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:53:44 +0000

As a parent, you reserve the right to say what’s right for your child. Well, think again. One public school in Chicago has banned home-packed lunches. In other words, the children are required to eat the school’s hot lunch. Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices. [...]

Mom Forces Son To Wear Sign Detailing His Bad Grades [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:34:42 +0000

15-year-old James Mond is being forced by his mother to stand on various Tampa, Florida street corners with a sign that details his poor GPA and bad score on an achievement test.

The sign encourages motorists to "Honk if I need an education."

Rhoda Holder says James will have to perform this task for a week, and believes her tough love will prevent her child from becoming a drop out.

Psychologist Stacey Scheckner, who My Fox Tampa spoke to, thinks this humiliating technique will backfire and result in James acting out more.