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  • Research:Research Shows Bullying Likely to Occur in the Classroom

    By American Public Health Association November 11, 2009

    PHILADELPHIA --- Despite the common misperception that bullying at school takes place only in unsupervised locations, new research suggests that the classroom setting is one of the places where bullying is the biggest problem. The study, which was presented at the American Public Health...

  • Opinion:Credit Cards and College - A Dangerous Mix

    By Focus on the Family May 12, 2009

    By Heather Koerner | Focus on the Family Blog Student loans are just one of my buttons. If you've read Boundless at all, you know that . I've heard many pro-debt arguments, but can't agree with any of them: 1. Student loans are "good" debt because they're an investment (Me: No, it's...

  • Video:Pro-Life Elementary School Student Harassed for T-Shirt

    By Jill Stanek June 16, 2009

    Jack Yoest at Reasoned Audacity wrote yesterday about Americans United for Life's work to protect the freedom of conscience of health care providers as well as "school-age children ." AUL is headed by wife Charmaine. Charmaine and Jack have combined chromosomes to produce 1...

  • Opinion:Robert Reich's Modest Plan for Paying College Costs

    By Robert Reich May 23, 2009

    I'm just about to head off to a commencement here at U Cal Berkeley. The news that keeps banging around in my head is that the state has just announced a whopping 9 percent increase in fees for next academic year, the third fee increase in three years. The average young person now graduating from...

  • News:University Expels Student for Wearing Short Skirt

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 10, 2009

    If you think anything goes in Brazil, think again. A university there expelled a female student for wearing an extremely short skirt. It seems the skirt 20-year-old Geysi Villa Nova Arruda wore to Universidade Bandeirante in Sao Paolo on October 22nd was so short, her fellow students complained...

  • Video:14 Arrested as UCLA Students Clash with Police Over 32% Fee Hike

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 19, 2009

    After clashing with police during a near riot yesterday, about 200 protesters are gathered at UCLA again today, as regents vote on a 32 percent increase in student fees. The increase would affect every UC campus and mean an additional $2,500 for each full-time student over two years, according...

  • Video:Angry Hillary Clinton-"I'm Secretary of State, Not Bill"

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff August 11, 2009

    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost her cool in the Congo yesterday, when a student asked her what "Mr. Clinton" thought about an issue. After the question-and-answer session, the student approached Mrs. Clinton, and said he meant to say "Mr. Obama." Watch the testy exchange:

  • News:10 Year Old Takes Stand Against Pledge of Allegiance, by Sitting

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff October 12, 2009

    A 10-year-old boy Arkansas boy got into a bit of trouble at school when he refused to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance. The thing is, he had his parents' permission not to. According to KNWA-TV , the boy, whose first name was not released , came home from school a couple of weeks and...

  • Video:Ohio Mom Says Teacher Made Son Crawl Like a Dog

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff October 14, 2009

    An Ohio school district is investigating a mother 's claim that an elementary school teacher made a young boy act like a dog as punshishment for his disciplinary problems. The Associated Press has details:

  • Video:4-Year-Old Texas Boy Kept Out of Classroom Because of Long Hair

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff January 12, 2010

    The battle over a little boy's long hair rages on in Texas, after his parents rejected a compromise offer from a school board. The drama began last November, when the school board in Mesquite pulled 4-year-old Taylor Pugh from his pre-kindergarten class because his hair was too long. It seems...

  • Video:American Amanda Knox Testifies at Close of Murder Trial in Italy

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff December 03, 2009

    Fighting back tears, American student Amanda Knox told an Italian court she doesn't want to be branded an assassin. Knox is on trial for the murder of her British roommate. Interestingly, the case has received tons of international coverage -- but hasn't generated the same intense interest here...

  • Video:American Amanda Knox Says She's "Scared" in Italian Prison

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff December 13, 2009

    Amanda Knox told the Associated Press from her jail cell that she's scared 8 days after an Italian court sentenced her to 26 years in prison for the murder of her British roommate. AP correspondent Trisha Thomas says Amanda is "someone who hasn't given up".