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U.S. soldier on his first deployment killed in rollover accident in Syria

On Friday, January 24, Spc. Antonio I. Moore died during a rollover accident during a route clearing operation in Dier ez Zor Province, Syria. It was the 22-year-old’s first deployment. In May 2017, Moore enlisted ...

5-year-old girl attacked on school bus while driver did nothing

A Dallas mother is calling for action after her daughter is shown on security footage being attacked by several students on the school bus. The bus driver did nothing. The incident occurred in November, but ...

Middle schools in Iowa introduce new gun safety courses

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a correction to the original article published on January 2, 2020. The original article stated that students would be required to take part in the gun safety ...

Teacher’s cruel policy says kids who don’t bring food for Christmas party can’t eat at all

If, like me, you’ve raised children, you’ll be all too aware of the momentary apprehension you get when they bring a letter home from school. All of my children were well behaved and consistently got ...

Sisters killed in early morning collision in front of their high school

Two sisters from Texas are dead and their mother is in the hospital after an early morning accident on Saturday. Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District, where there two girls, Shantey and Adryanna Hawkins, attended school, ...

Florida governor to require civics exam for high school seniors

As long as a student takes the exam and passes all the other requirements, they will graduate.

91-year-old receives high school diploma after leaving school to save family farm

In 2017, 2.1 million students between the ages of 16 and 24 dropped out of school–that’s 5.4 percent. What causes students to drop out? A number of reasons: academic struggles, lack of support, illness, the ...

Remarkable 12-year-old boy opens his own school to help needy kids

Many of us see issues in our community that need to change but not many of us are brave enough to take that step and do something about it. We see homeless people struggling to ...

Pupils “walked over unconscious” bullied boy, 8, two days before he died by suicide

Bullying amongst children might be considered commonplace, but it’s never something that can be brushed aside. On the contrary, it’s a blight that we should all be actively trying to end once and for all. ...

Man from remote African village named “Best Teacher” – wins $1,000,000 prize

People become teachers for many different reasons, but I like to think at the heart of every teacher is a burning passion to mould the next generation into the best one yet. Of course, doing ...