A Chicago elementary school substitute teacher and the school that hired her are under fire after teaching sixth graders at Fiske Elementary about controversial local rapper Chief Keef. Parents say the material is inappropriate. Young people growing up in Chicago may very well hear Chief Keef and know about his criminal history, but parents did […]
Original reports indicating that the 16-year-old Spring Valley High School girl thrown across the classroom by a school services officer wasn’t hurt, were wrong. According to her lawyers, the victim had her arm broken, along with other injuries. South Carolina State Representative Todd Rutherford announced the creation of aGo Fund Me account for the girl who was […]
Dozens of Cleveland parents appeared before a judge because their kids broke the law, but they are paying the price. “This was at 11 a.m. on nine-28?,” Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Lauren Moore asks one of the parents appearing before her at the Jane Addams High School cafeteria. Eighty parents were summoned for arraignment. All […]
The school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a South Carolina high school student at her desk has been fired, Richland County authorities announced Wednesday. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said an internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia focused on whether Senior Deputy Ben Fields […]
In part one you learned how to set expectations and establish a presence with your child’s teachers. In part two learn how your home and your child’s social circle contribute to their academic success. #6: UNDERSTAND IT’S A COMPETITION Yes, I know this is a controversial way to look at it. But, I believe […]
*A Louisiana middle school principal and a high school coach are under fire after attending a costume party in get-up that has been labeled racist. Iota Middle School…
Getty Generation Z (those born between 1995 and 2001), will not be left behind as long as First Lady Michelle Obama has anything to say about it. FLOTUS’s just announced Better Make Room campaign, part of herReach Higher initiative, is connecting Gen-Z with the resources and guidance they need to continue their education past […]
A Florida mother is facing child abuse charges after she allegedly beat her son for his failing grades, leaving him with a black eye.
McGraw-Hill CEO David Levin believes his company has done more than enough to fix the erasure of slavery from their textbooks.
Denzel Washington has long been committed to supporting underserved communities as the spokesperson for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, an organization that provides life developing programs for young people. He was a member of the Boys & Girls Club as a kid, and became the program’s national spokesman in 1992. He has also served […]
Mom Demands Answers After Her Special-Needs Son Is Put In Trash Bag At Kindergarten http://t.co/k8aJKo5pVq pic.twitter.com/tTFwThpOmj — DiscoveryID (@DiscoveryID) September 28, 2015 The Chicago mother…
Every parent wants to make a good impression on their children’s teachers, but ask any teacher what the hardest part of their job is, and there’s a good chance they will say: parents. (OK, they might also say bureaucracy or mandatory testing but we bet annoying parents are right up there.) So, how do […]
