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29-April-2013

Students Hold Georgia School's 1st Racially Integrated Prom
Almost half a century after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed racial discrimination in schools and other public places, black and white students in Georgia's rural Wilcox County danced together for the first time at prom over the weekend.

Fired Lesbian Teacher Fights To Get Job At Catholic High School Back
A diocese in Ohio is under siege — receiving numerous threatening calls as well as heated online criticism — and a veteran teacher is out of a job because of publicly revealing a lesbian relationship in violation of the Catholic school’s morality code.

Southern Maine High School Students Campaign For Sober Proms, Graduations
On Wednesday, South Portland High School seniors made their first pitch for a “Sober Season” of proms and graduation parties.

Tiny Private School Stands Out For Taking Anyone, Charging Nothing
As the Rev. Richard Sunderlage entered the elementary classroom at Resurrection Lutheran School one recent morning, all five students shot up out of their desks.

Bill Would Make School Bus Safety Act Penalties Tougher
Some state lawmakers are hoping tougher penalties will deter drivers from passing stopped school buses.

Are Private Schools Worth The Hefty Price Tag?
When she was a 17-year-old high school senior applying to college, Jessica Assaf wanted more than anything to attend Brown University.

All 36 Players Ejected, One Parent Arrested In High School Brawl
Saturday morning, a high school baseball game in New Jersey got a wee bit out of control. The final tally was 36 players ejected and one parent arrested for assault. The brawl, between Rumson-Fair Haven Regional and Red Bank Regional, came after a missed suicide-squeeze attempt.

Sharing Shakespeare: High School Senior Tutors Kids In Arts
The students in Lori Fisher’s sixth-grade gifted class watched closely as Luc Jackson and Hayes Leyser practiced their “sword fight.” The two boys focused intently on their moves with their props, yet their faces showed enjoyment, and cheers from their classmates didn’t hurt.


 

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