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The Potential for Online Schools to Reduce Truancy

Ask The Judge has written before about how juvenile inmates were earning high school diplomas while behind bars: these inmates 

Jamie Kuntz
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Did a kiss or lying about it merit removal from football team?

Jamie Kuntz was an 18- ear-old freshman at North Dakota State College of Sciences. He was a linebacker with a partial football 

Banned Books Week 2012
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“Freedom to Read” week starts September 30, 2012

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It will be held between September 30, 2012 

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Is hazing illegal?

Hazing laws exist in most states to protect students from serious harm, usually physical, and even death as there have 

School Desks
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Does use of a “restraining desk” at school violate the Constitution?

Schools across the country use various methods of keeping students seated and looking forward at the teacher during class. Kids 

Kaitlin Nootbaar
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Straight A student denied diploma

In May, 2012, Prague High School in Oklahoma conducted its graduation ceremonies for the senior class. The class valedictorian was 

Rainbow Drawing
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Student article on gay adoption causes stir

Brandon Wegner is a 15 year-old student at Shawano Community High School in Wisconsin. The school’s journalism classes produce The 

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Random drug tests for college students

Linn State Technical College in Minnesota trains students for careers in heavy-equipment operation, or involving high-voltage electricity and dangerous, caustic 

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Australian teen sues to study law

Geelong Grammar School is a prestigious private school in Australia. In fact, England’s Prince Charles attended the school for two terms 

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Australian teen sues to study law

Geelong Grammar School is a prestigious private school in Australia. In fact, England’s Prince Charles attended the school for two terms 

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