VIDEO Art professor defends decision to have students take final exam in the nude
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VIDEO Art professor defends decision to have students take final exam in the nude

ByJohn

  An art professor at the University of California-San Diego is under fire for his decision to encourage students in one of his classes to perform their final exam in the nude. Ricardo Dominguez, an associate professor of art at the esteemed school, said he suggests that students in his Visual Arts 104A class to…

MUG SHOT Georgia teacher arrested for putting autistic student in trash can
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MUG SHOT Georgia teacher arrested for putting autistic student in trash can

ByJohn

  Mary Katherine Pursley, a special needs teacher in the Cobb County school system with 21 years of experience, was arrested this week for putting an autistic student into a trash can to try and calm him down. Pursley was monitoring an after-school program at Mt. Bethel Elementary school when the student, a boy in…

17-year-old Kylie Jenner reportedly dropped out of school
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17-year-old Kylie Jenner reportedly dropped out of school

ByEmily

Kylie Jenner is reportedly now a full-time reality star/Instagrammer/etc. after dropping out of her homeschool courses. “Kylie quit homeschooling a few months ago,” a family friend told Life & Style of the 17-year-old. “She told her mom it was getting ‘in the way’ of her career, and that she wanted to focus her energies on…

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Washington state 5th grade boy convicted in murder plot of female classmate

ByDarren O

In Washington state on Friday, an 11-year-old boy was convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in a fifth-grade plot against a female classmate. A fellow 10-year-old student had already plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder among other charges. Read on for the disturbing details, including a confiscated knife and gun, of what presiding judge Allen Nielsen called “the most serious of my career.”

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Principal suspends 12 after photo shared of what appears to be his choke hold on a student

ByDarren O

A photo of California principal Todd Whitmire appearing to place 15-year-old Ashley Johnson in a choke hold, while allegedly breaking up a fight, resulted in the suspension of multiple students after it was shared via Facebook. Get Whitmire’s explanation of the photo and the suspensions and then get Johnson’s version in which she blames the principal for injuries she claims she’s suffered.

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Should it matter if your high school teacher once posed for Playboy?

ByDarren O

Cristy Nicole Deweese is a first-year teacher at Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center in Dallas, Texas. The magnet high school serves students in grades 9 through 12. The 21-year-old teaches Spanish, but it’s what she did for money at the age of 18 that has students in a stir and at least one area parent questioning whether she should still have her job. Read on for Cristy’s story and let us know if you think her job should be in jeopardy because she posed nude for Playboy before being hired as a teacher.

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Should schools send “fat letters” to parents of obese children?

ByStarcasm Staff

In 19 U.S. states parents of overweight and obese students may soon be sent, or are already being sent anonymous “fat letters” from their children’s school alerting them when their child’s BMI goes above what is considered healthy. Should this sensitive issue be something that a school monitors and alerts parents about?