High School

A Virginia school district is investigating video appearing to show a teacher's assistant wrapping a "Make America Great Again" flag supporting President Donald Trump around a student's head.

The mother claims her 17-year-old son suffered a concussion from the fight and was given in-school suspension as a punishment.

A Texas high school teacher gave students a "fake news" assignment intended to illustrate the power of creating and distributing false information -- it resonated far more than expected.

Rebecca Sparrow, 37, told the court: "You all expected more from me—and I let you down."

"After discussion with the MLK Showcase event coordinator, a decision has been made to pull out of the MLK Showcase game on Monday, January 21st. We do not want our presence at the event to detract from the athletes."

While some parents were upset about the high school assignment, others defended the teacher and said he encouraged students to think for themselves.

The high school dancer was also excluded from team socials, the lawsuit claims.

"When you start doing that, you move from protecting the establishment clause to violating the free-speech right of students."

In the United States, 1.3 million more high school students use e-cigarettes now than in 2017.

High schools that start at later times in the day allow students to get more sleep without moving their bedtime and are correlated with improved grades and better attendance. 

"The school's leadership has pulled the assignment, is instituting an approved review process of all such materials and regrets that this incident occurred. Broward County Public Schools is working with the publisher to make them aware of our concerns."

At least 700 high school students have been arrested nationwide.

Half of U.S. high school students and teachers said they have little or no trust in the news media to report events accurately and without bias, a series of nationwide surveys found.

A video recorded at an Indiana high school basketball game between Cathedral and Center Grove Friday night showed a student faking a seizure to mock an opposing player with epilepsy.

Many of the candidates thought the word meant the same as "significant."

Carson, a Detroit native, has had his name on the Ben Carson High School of Science and Medicine since the school opened in 2011.

"I made a mistake on Friday during our skit assignment. I let a student wear an inappropriate costume that was unacceptable and hurt many people's feelings," the teacher said in an apology letter.

Local police responded to reports of an active shooter in the community of Hampstead, North Carolina.

"We are investigating the matter, and discipline will be rendered as detailed in our district disciplinary policy."

The parents allegedly told the Hispanic students to "speak English" and "This is America."

"At no point in time is this acceptable. At any school, at any performance, in any town."

"We are a campus that prides itself on inclusion and embraces diversity. We will not tolerate actions that send messages of racism and promote divisiveness."

The school principal says the scheme will "promote cycling."

"My daughter died. You still have not introduced common-sense reform."

From North Dakota to Wyoming, these are the states that pay the most for workers without degrees.

Is it time to fix educational inequality?

"Did you ever get in trouble? Were you more of a John Boy Walton-type or a Ferris Bueller-type?" Sen. John Kennedy asked Kavanaugh.

An Idaho middle-school science teacher is set to face trial next month over animal cruelty charges related to a March incident in which he allegedly fed a live, sick puppy to a snapping turtle during class.

A Florida high school football coach stands accused of telling a player to "commit suicide" and urinating on a 16-year-old student.

A principal of Dominican heritage at New York City's High School of Art and Design is accused of systematically removing white and Jewish teachers.