Don’t fall for the cinnamon challenge
Another video gone viral involves a trend that is raising eyebrows in health circles. Swallowing a spoonful of cinnamon has become
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Thoughts on teen law by Judge Tom Jacobs.
Rap song against coaches gets student suspended (decision reversed in 2014)
Taylor Bell was a senior at Itawamba Agricultural School in Mississippi. Unhappy with two of his coaches, he wrote and
Texas high school looks to football players to end bullying
Carri Elliott is a counselor at Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas. When she heard about a 15 year-old student
U.S. school shootings over past twenty years
The recent incident at Chardon High School in Ohio is just one of many middle and high school shootings in our recent history. Most
The Hunger Games
“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2008). Judge Tom was reading a book about the Supreme Court when he
Off-campus posts by 12 year-old about hall monitor brings detention and more
R. S. was a 12 year-old sixth-grader in a Minnesota public school. During the 2010-2011 school year, R. S. posted
Valentine’s Day edition of school newspaper backfires on journalists
The Hellgate Lance is the student newspaper from Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana. The issue published for Valentine’s Day, 2012
School district agrees to affirm the dignity and self-worth of LGBT students
In what federal officials are calling a national model, the Anoka-Hennepin School District in Minnesota has reached an agreement regarding
Even federal judges can act stupid online
A person’s position in life doesn’t always guarantee sound reasoning or behavior. A recent example speaks to man’s imperfection and
Rhode Island judge bans teen driver for life
Lyle Topa lived in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He was 17 years-old and went to Chariho Regional High School. In October, 2011