- Local News

via Wkyc: Jackson Local Schools have announced that all of their school buildings will be open on Wednesday following Tuesday’s shooting incident at Jackson Memorial Middle School. The district will have a counseling and mental health team available to support our students and staff in all school buildings. Jackson Local Schools is also partnering with […]

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An African-American high school student was shocked when she saw a picture of herself under a noose shared among students in her chemistry class at a Southern California high school. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s me being lynched,’” 15-year-old Aina Adewunmi told the Daily News. A male classmate at Palisades Charter High School […]

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Hair Hair go away???? Well its a problem for a 17 year old in Florida…It seems that she has been rocking the afro for a while and about two weeks ago one of her teachers confronted her in front of her class….The students began asking questions about the maintenance of her hair….AND THEN!! she was […]

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A Tennessee high school principal is grabbing headlines for her epic clap-back on behalf of one of her students whose life was lost due to gun violence. After the decision to allow 18-year-old Myneshia Johnson’s one-year-old son, Kylan, to accept his deceased mom’s diploma was criticized, Principal Alisha Coleman-Kiner went in. Here’s what happened. Johnson, […]

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A full-time college student who also has a full-time job and runs two non-profit organizations, gave his grandparents peace of mind last week. Stefun Darts, 24, of Houston decided last week to repay their kindness by paying off their mortgage. “I’ve been eating pizza, microwave pizza for all my life,” he said. “My friends will […]

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A Greene County teacher is in trouble after a girl recorded him allegedly answering her question by calling her “the dumbest girl I have ever met.” Shaniaya Hunter, a junior at Greene County High School, has an eye condition that sometimes has kept her out of class. In December, she was trying to catch up […]

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Two Baltimore school police officers have been charged after cellphone video showed one slapping and kicking a teen while the officer stood by. Anthony Spence, 44, was charged Tuesday with second-degree assault, second-degree child abuse by a custodian, and misconduct in office. Saverna Bias, 53, who was seen in the background as Spence hit the […]

Yolanda Adams

Marcus D. Wiley receives a letter from a woman whose child is struggling in a class required for graduation. When she took it up with the…

- CLE

A student with a bookbag going through a metal detector at East Tech School was pulled aside as the bookbag contained an unloaded gun. Cleveland Schools spokesperson says the metal detector did its job, as that is what they are set up for. More information when it becomes available article courtesy of Wkyc.com

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Dianne Brame is a school lunch lady with a heart. Allegedly fired recently for an act of generosity, Brames believes the company contracted to provide lunches at the Hudson Elementary School in St. Louis disapproved of her kindness towards a child. Brame admits that she gave free lunches for two months to a fourth grade student […]

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For many of us, the Confederate flag conjures up a wide range of emotions and thoughts Last month, the Confederate battle flag whipped up controversy on the campus of University of South Carolina at Beaufort. One student fought for the right to hang the Confederate flag in his dorm room window. Not a white student. A […]

- CLE

CLEVELAND – The KeyBank Foundation donated $700,000 to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District during a STEM school partnership announcement Tuesday morning. The joint venture is viewed by CMSD as a vote of confidence not only in Cleveland schools, but for the students who will take part in this new and innovative curriculum that’s designed to […]