The University of Alabama has renamed Graves Hall – named after former Ku Klux Klan member and state Governor Bibb Graves – Lucy-Graves Hall, after the first African American student to attend the university. The hall was renamed on Thursday, on the 66th anniversary of Autherine Lucy Foster’s enrolment at …
Read More »Sheriff offers $500,000 for counterevidence in student death case
After the office of Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk closed the investigation into the January 2013 death of a school student, his family accused him of lying to them and the public. He responded by offering half a million dollars of his own money for evidence resulting in a conviction …
Read More »At least one student dead in shooting outside US school
Two students were shot in Richfield, Minnesota on Tuesday, with one dying from their injuries and another in critical condition, according to police. Suspects fled the scene immediately after the shooting. The two students were found shot on the sidewalk outside a school by police. “This is a tragic day,” …
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Read More »School district sorry for ‘unacceptable’ way student treated
On Wednesday the North Penn School District issued a statement, apologizing for a teacher who was caught on a photo taping a medical mask to a child’s face. It called her actions “unacceptable.” “An image taken in one of our classrooms last week and circulating on social media does not …
Read More »Biden delays, but not cancels, student debt
In a statement on Wednesday, Biden claimed the US economic recovery was “one of the strongest ever,” but that “millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments.” Payments on federal student loans were originally suspended in …
Read More »School owes transgender student $4 million in bathroom case
The Jackson County jury decided on Monday that the unnamed student was discriminated against “based on his sex.” According to the complaint, the student had registered a legal name change in 2010 and updated the birth certificate in 2014 to reflect his new name and gender. Though the state recognized …
Read More »Student stops world’s largest coal port in one click
In a video posted to the Blockade Australia Facebook page last week, 23-year-old Kirsten Hoffman proudly told the camera that she had just disabled a machine at Newcastle’s coal port – the world’s largest – by hitting the stop button. While Hoffman walks around with her Blockade Australia stickers, her …
Read More »‘Gender fluid’ student accused of raping teen in restroom was transferred to another school, records reveal amid cover-up scandal
The supposedly gender fluid teen, who stands accused of raping a female classmate in the girls’ bathroom, may have had other hunting grounds, parents claimed during a fraught board meeting after learning that the student was already on electronic monitoring. Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj confirmed to local media …
Read More »ENTIRE SCHOOL in Wyoming put on lockdown after one student refuses to wear face mask – and she gets arrested & fined over it
Video footage captured on Thursday showed 16-year-old Grace Smith met with school officials and a police officer when she turned up at the doors of Laramie High School in Wyoming. Smith had already served two consecutive suspensions for refusing to wear a face mask in class – per school board …
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