Patricia and Michael were bursting with pride that their 14-year-old daughter was in line for an essay-writing prize at her annual school awards ceremony.
About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers said their school went into a “gun-related lockdown” during the 2022-23 school year, according to new findings from the Pew Research Center. The teachers told the research center they experienced lockdowns “because of a gun or suspicion of a gun at their school,” with around 15% saying it happened once during the year and 8% saying it happened more than once. “High school teachers are most likely to report experiencing these lockdowns: 34% say their school went on at...
By ANITA SNOW (Associated Press) The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus. The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do. […]
An Iowa special education teacher was fired after she ratted out a staff member who ignored the screams of a nonverbal autistic child as he hit his head on the concrete floor. Amanda Delzell, 29, has been on paid leave since late last year but was fired by the Urbandale school board Monday night in a 4-1 vote.She said she was worried about the safety of 7-year-old Keaton Petek because one of her colleagues ignored him when he hit his head at Webster Elementary School last year. Delzell - who...
