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For the parents that have kids returning back to school next week, do you have any safety issues or concerns that should addressed to Mayor Bing and DPS? comment inside….
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Detroit Public Schools is creating Centers of Excellence in every school in every neighborhood and we want to show you why great things are happening at Detroit Public Schools
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PARK VISTA, FL — Eight Black Florida teenagers are rallying against what they claim to be racial discrimination after not one of them made their high school cheerleading team.
Known locally as the “Park Vista 8,” the girls are alleging that they are being racially harassed by their peers.
Read MoreWhen Park Vista High School sophomore Maya Jean-Charles didn’t make the cheerleading squad she wasn’t just disappointed, she was offended. As one of
The 8-year-old and his parents have been told to appear at a building hearing today at Jefferson-Whittier Elementary…details inside!
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Was the school’s slavery lesson insensitive or educational?
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GAHANNA, Ohio — An African-American mother and son were astonished after a History teacher at Chapelfield Elementary School held a mock slave auction, dividing the class into “Slaves” and “Masters”. The class only had two black students in the class; one was assigned “Master”, and the other, Nikko Burton, was assigned “Slave”.
Burton, 10, was sent to his seat after he refused to be poked, prodded, and be humiliated during the reenactment. A spokeswomen for the school maintains that the lesson is part of a “state required” curriculum.
While a representative for the school has apologized to the family over the phone, 10 year old Burton wishes that the teacher would have apologized to him personally.
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An elementary student’s risque backpack is stirring up controversy at his school…details inside!
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This is a plea to parents, teachers and any other adult who plays a role in a child’s life. In the past several weeks, there have various cases of young kids and teens committing suicide due to the constant bullying that they are experiencing at school
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Send your kids back to school with everything they need. Here are 6 must-have items for the upcoming school year.
Kids are putting on their backpacks, sharpening their pencils, and returning to class, but how many of them will actually walk to school? Not many compared to eras past. In 1969, some 50 percent of children walked or biked to school, and 87 percent of children living within one mile of school got a little morning exercise. Today, fewer than 15 percent of kids walk or bike to school.
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