- Rutherford Institute Defends 10-Year-Old Suspended for Shooting Imaginary Arrow, Threatened with Expulsion Under Weapons Policy
- 6-year-old Colorado boy suspended for kissing a girl—"The suspension of a 6-year-old boy for kissing a girl at school is raising questions about whether the smooch should be considered sexual harassment." The boy was already told to stop before on multiple occasions, which he didn't heed, and the suspension was perhaps warranted, but calling his actions "sexual harrasment" is wrong.
- A.D.H.D. Seen in 11% of U.S. Children as Diagnoses Rise—Me-dic-ate, me-di-cate. NYT
- When you censor student speech, you're mostly teaching kids to live with censorship.
- Tampa 5th grader's religion speech sparks controversy
- Creativity is rejected: Teachers and bosses don't value out-of-the-box thinking.
- Decision to keep 'The Color Purple' on shelves is appealed again; hearing set
- Book bannings on the rise in US schools, says anti-censorship group—"The Kids' Right to Read Project investigated 49 book bannings or removals from school shelves in 29 states...."
- Girl resisting officer hit with Taser—"Investigators say the seventh grade girl hit a Cleveland ISD officer on the bus, and things escalated from there."
- Finger case is 'compensation culture gone mad', says judge
- Report: Oregon suspends TE Pharaoh Brown for snowball fight
- Parents stunned that union is seeking a $10K severance for teacher who molested their son
- Harvard Student Arrested For Bomb Threat Tried And Failed To Hide Identity With Anonymous Browser
- Newly-proposed 'read-or-flunk' law for 3rd graders would have held back more than 39,000 students last year
- Sorry, Michelle Rhee, but our obsession with testing kids is all about money Salon
- Better-looking high schoolers have grade advantages—"An analysis of almost 9,000 high school students that follows them into adulthood finds those rated by others as better-looking had higher GPAs."
- Have a kid who's out of control? A new therapy offers a kind of parental empowerment. WaPo
- This is not a selfie. This is an act of war against women.—Over-the-top rant of a mother-cum-blogger complaining about a fitness blogger's post-pregnancy photos.
- Blast from the Past: One-armed presenter is scaring children, parents tell BBC
- Edward Snowden Christmas message: End mass surveillance
- Sorry, RSA, I'm just not buying it—The RSA's non-apology apology, that is.
- Judge Rules That NSA Can Only Spy On Phone Records Of 6.7 Billion Non-Americans
- A New Twist in International Relations: The Corporate Keep-My-Data-Out-of-the-U.S. Clause
- REAL ID Enforcement Begins in 2014, 21 States Compliant
