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Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC (ENGLEWOOD, Colo.) — A school bus aide has been arrested by police in Englewood, Colorado, for allegedly physically abusing three children with severe autism, at least one instance of which was allegedly caught on video, according to a law firm representing the families. The three students endured “extreme physical and mental […]

Stella/Getty Images NEW YORK) — A judge ruled Thursday that the punishment faced by a Black high school student in Texas for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate the state’s CROWN Act, which prohibits race-based hair discrimination, according to ABC owned KTRK. Darryl George, 18, has been banned by BHISD from attending regular […]

Stuart Hammer/Kentucky Lottery (FLORENCE, Ky.) — A group of current and former staffers at Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence, Kentucky, are celebrating this week after they played the Kentucky Powerball and won $1 million. The group calls themselves the “Jones 30” and among them are Sharon Reynolds, Jones’ 7th-grade vice principal, and Michelle […]

ThePerryNews.com The Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district. Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among seven people injured in the Jan. 4 shooting. One student, 11-year-old sixth grader […]

Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A high school security guard pleaded guilty to manufacturing, selling and mailing homemade explosives with a teenage accomplice after more than half a ton of explosive materials were recovered, authorities say. Angelo Jackson Mendiver, the 27-year-old suspect from Bakersfield, California, had been working as a campus security supervisor at […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A high school basketball coach is recovering from injuries suffered after being attacked by one of his players who he had benched during a game earlier in the evening, police say. The assault took place on the night of Dec. 5 at approximately 9:52 p.m. when the Montgomery County […]

ABC News (BALTIMORE) — At 15, Tyeeshia Cannady had to leave school when she became a mother. The 33-year-old Baltimore resident, even though she had help from her parents, had to focus on work to keep her children safe and healthy. Today, the mother of seven is getting a second chance through a new program. Cannady […]

Facebook / Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (PALM COAST, Fla.) — Eleven students have been arrested following a massive high school brawl that took place in the middle of the school day. The incident occurred at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida — some 90 miles north of Orlando — when two school resource officers […]

Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, a generation of young readers is standing up against efforts to ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries. Student-led banned book clubs and anti-censorship groups have been popping up in states where a conservative-led movement to remove certain books or lessons has led to boisterous […]

Birmingham Police Department (NEW YORK) — Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, is accusing Birmingham police of using excessive force against him after he was shocked with a stun gun three times after officers say he refused to comply with orders while they attempted to clear the field. In an […]