Colorado parents and teachers who fought to create the first charter school in their district are celebrating after their students outperformed other local schools on state tests. “To me, it was a validation that classical education produces great test results without teaching to the test,” Marc Vieux, father of three Merit Academy students, told Fox News Digital. “Teach them to …
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Graduation season can be bittersweet for a lot of seniors, but many of the 2024 graduates of Newtown High School in Connecticut are carrying a heavier burden. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School shook the nation as one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history on Dec. 14, 2012, according to the Associated Press (AP). During the incident, …
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The Virginia chapter of the NAACP and a group of students issuing the Shenandoah County School Board, after it voted last month to reinstate the names of two schools that were formerly named for Confederate generals. Virginia NAACP President Rev. Cozy Bailey called the reversal the state’s “commitment to White supremacy and the celebration of a race-based rebellion.” “My belief …
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A group of Kansas high schoolers’ “senior assassin” prank involving gel bead guns erupted into chaos last month when it ended in a teenager being shot with a real gun and paralyzed from the waist down, a recently filed affidavit shows. Sedgwick Sheriff’s Office deputies initially responded to a shooting outside a Goddard Walmart just before 5 p.m. May 11 …
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At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent — not to mention a child — is not easy. Using social media platforms is still the default for most American …
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The status of high school valedictorian is an honor that many parents may be thrilled to see their child achieve — but what if all of your kids are successful in clinching the title? A central Florida family may have made history after all four daughters were named valedictorian in their respective high school classes — a feat that’s reportedly …
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High school students in California are having difficulties finding open spots to take the SAT with only a few locations open to serve thousands of people, according to a recent report. “It was my first and only chance to take it for the school year, and I was fairly pissed off because I had other plans that I canceled in …
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From a New Orleans homeless shelter to the top of his high school class, Elijah Hogan has already conquered much in life. Hogan recently graduated as one of two valedictorians at Walter L. Cohen charter high school, despite living in a homeless shelter for youth for more than a year. “It’s been tough and rough” but he’s alright, Hogan told …
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Veronica Garcia, a transgender high school athlete in Washington who won the state championship in the girls 400-meter race last month, complained about the lack of “sportsmanship” shown after winning the race and receiving a medal for it. Garcia, of East Valley High School, ran the race in 55.75 seconds, which was one second better than the second-place finisher’s time …
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An 85-year-old Georgia woman graduated from high school on Saturday — 67 years after her original would-be graduation date — in front of her family and the community she steadily serves. Shirley Smith of Americus was shocked to find out on her 85th birthday that she would soon receive an honorary high school diploma thanks to Eric Finch, chief of …
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