Kaylee Greenlee on September 14, 2020 On the first day of classes, a high school teacher in Westchester County issued an assignment that included a comic style strip comparing police officers to slave owners and Ku Klux Klan members, the New York Post reported. The assignment was part of a chapter on “European Colonization of…
Neetu Chandak Republish Reprint A California high school newspaper ran a profile on an 18-year-old student who works in the porn industry Friday, following censorship accusations against the district by a teacher. The profile, published in The Bruin Voice, follows Caitlin Fink’s journey into the adult entertainment industry and the challenges she faced academically and financially….
MINNESOTA – A high school basketball team has pulled out of a basketball tournament scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Their reasoning? Following a game a few days ago, Jordan High School’s fans were criticized heavily for showing off a ‘Trump 2020’ banner during a game. Their opponent’s head coach, Michael Walker, posted the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Pennsylvania high school student filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his school district after he was forced to share a locker room with a transgender boy. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff, “Joel Doe,” suffered immense embarrassment when a transgender student changed in front of him, reports…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Aidan Mattis The United States is a nation fascinated by politics. The level of political activity among civilians varies widely from those who don’t vote and don’t care, straight through to those who vote in every election and talk about nothing else. American news media, entertainment media, higher education,…
by Kevin Daley When two private Christian schools convened to compete for the state championship, Florida officials denied their request to pray. One of the schools — Cambridge Christian — is now suing the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), claiming the decision to deny students the ability to pray violates both the state and federal…
by Josh Guckert A 17-year-old high school cheerleader is facing the possibility of expulsion after moving a plastic cup of beer during a tailgate before an NFL game. The incident took place in Jacksonville prior to the Jaguars’ opening day match-up against the Green Bay Packers. When the girl went to be with some friends,…
By: Robert F. DeFinis, Ed.D. A South Carolina High School received a wave of backlash this past week after school administrators decided to “ban” the American flag from being brought into football games. Principal Lou Lavely of Travelers Rest High School cited his reasoning based on the flag being used at previous games to “taunt”…
By Blake Neff More than half of American high school graduates will be unprepared for college when they get their diplomas, according to newly-released federal standardized test data. Reading ability among high school seniors has been stagnant while math scores have declined, according to new data derived from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)….
Michael Bastasch Some academics are mad there are too many middle school and high school science teachers questioning the science behind global warming. As it turns out, there are too many “politically conservative” teachers presenting skeptical arguments about global warming to kids — something that’s really angering researchers because they say there’s no real…