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Opinion: Bully, or Frightened Prey in the Jungle of Junior High?

by Tom Henderson, Posted Apr 27th 2010 12:00PM

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I raised my son according to the Law of the Jungle. Not the real jungle. Rudyard Kipling's jungle. Rudyard Kipling is the British author who wrote "The Jungle Book." If you ...
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Teen's science project may cure cancer in dogs

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Oct 8th 2007 1:32PM

While other kids were making papier mache volcanoes for their school science fair, Allison Reed was trying to find the cure for cancer in dogs. It stated with Sassy, the family's Golden Retriever, who died at age three from bladder cancer. ...
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Junior high dance evolution

by Angie Felton, Posted Sep 29th 2007 5:00PM

Do you remember your first school dance? The sweaty palms, stomach flutters, and hope that your super-top secret crush might say hello or even (ACK!) dance with you wasn't just a rite of passage, it helped prepare you for the social interactions with ...
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Don't bring grenades to school

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Jun 14th 2007 11:32AM

You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it wasn't for one 5th grader at a small Canadian middle school. He brought a disarmed WW II grenade to class for show and tell, and promptly caused a bomb scare. The bomb was harmless, but that ...
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$400K lawsuit for teacher who showed Brokeback Mountain in class

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 14th 2007 11:29AM

Speaking of enormous lawsuits against schools, here's another one. A Chicago substitute teacher trying to commit career suicide decided to show a bunch of 12 and 13-year-olds Brokeback Mountain in class. As you might've guessed, someone complained, ...
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Not your average Open House night at the Middle School

by Jen Creer, Posted Sep 15th 2006 12:31PM

When I picked up the boys from school to take them to swim practice on Monday night, Sam told me there was an open house at his school that night. At 7:00. Another mom told me it was supposed to go from 7:00-9:00. Sam wanted to go because his Home Ec ...
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