A California jury has awarded $1 million to two former students in their case against a private high school in the Bay Area that forced them to withdraw after a photo of the teens wearing acne masks was interpreted as blackface. The Santa Clara County jury sided with the former students on two of the five claims made in the …
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul apologized this week after saying there are Black kids in the Bronx who don’t know what the word “computer” means. Hochul made the remarks during an address at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, California. “Now what we have is the money to build a phenomenal super computer that is gonna be accessible …
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A Louisiana teacher sexted her students, bought them booze at local dives and had sex with “at least one” of them, local police said. In March, police launched an investigation over complaints that 35-year-old Alexa Wingerter was having “inappropriate relationships” with and “sending inappropriate photographs and messages” to her male students at Slidell High School. After the Slidell Police Department …
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced his state will not be implementing changes to Title IX protections propagated by President Biden’s administration. Abbott, in a letter sent to the White House on Monday, rebuked the Biden administration’s expansion of Title IX protections to protect “gender identity.” “Title IX was written by Congress to support the advancement of women academically and …
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Worrying about “kidsthese days” is a concern as old as time. And while previous generations have always worried about young people,there are real concerns with today’s youth that should be addressed. Fromthedislocating effectsofthepandemic that occurred during crucial yearsoftheir academic and social development totheyet-to-be fully understood effectsofwidespread smartphone usage,there are plentyofreasons to be concerned. Recently, we polled a nationally representative sampleofteenagers.They …
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A Maryland high school athletic director was arrested after he allegedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to create racist and antisemitic audio in the voice of his boss, officials said Thursday. Dazhon Darien, 31, an athletic director at Pikesville High School, allegedly made the recording to retaliate against his boss, Pikesville Principal Eric Eiswert, who was pursuing an investigation into Darien’s …
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The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new rules limiting the sugar and sodium content of meals served to millions of children at U.S. public schools. The standards unveiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are part of President Joe Biden’s broader effort to combat diet-related disease such as childhood obesity. “We all share the goal of helping children reach their …
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An Arkansas teen is in custody on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of a high school senior outside a party early Sunday following a high school prom. Donterious Stephens, 19, of Helena, turned himself in to authorities Sunday afternoon in the shooting death of Lorenzo Harrison III, 18, an Arkansas State Police spokeswoman said. Harrison, …
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A suspicious car parked on a dead end road at 3 a.m. raised suspicions among residents in a Douglas County, Nebraska, neighborhood. That was where police ultimately found an Omaha high school teacher, Erin Ward, “putting her clothes on in the back seat,” and a naked teenager running from the scene, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. The 45-year-old woman …
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After New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan told former President Trump he would face arrest if he did not attend daily court sessions in his hush money trial, Fox Nation host Piers Morgan said the presumptive GOP presidential candidate should attend his son Barron’s graduation, and challenge the judge’s warning. “Donald Trump should go to his son’s graduation … …
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