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Tagschool safety

Articles about school safety related issues like gun control and zero tolerance policies.

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Leave your hoverboard at home

Although a popular gift during the 2015 holidays, schools across the country are banning hoverboards on campus and in dorms. Over 

Candlelight Vigil
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Warning: the following headline is fiction; the article is not

Warning: the following headline is fiction — the article is not Children of U.S. Senators and Representatives gunned down at 

pepper spray police officer
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Police violated students’ rights by using excessive force

A federal judge in Alabama has ruled that the Birmingham Police Department violated public school students’ constitutional rights by using excessive force 

Ahmed Mohamed
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Homemade bomb or science project?

Ahmed Mohamed is a 14-year old Muslim boy who goes to MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. In September, 2015 he brought 

School buses
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Do you have to be vaccinated to go to school?

Do your parents oppose you being vaccinated for personal or religious reasons? Too bad says California governor Jerry Brown. California 

Kai Kloepfer Smart Tech
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18-year-old invents a “smart gun”

18-year-old, Kai Kloepfer, lives in Colorado. He is a senior at Fairview High School in Boulder. He was 15 when 

Sequoyah High School senior prank
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Another senior prank gone awry

Every year we tell you about prom mishaps and questionable senior pranks. We hope you learn from them. This year, 

cyberbullying poster
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Should cyberbullying be a crime?

In March, 2015, a bill was introduced in the Alabama legislature proposing to make student cyberbullying a crime. Attempts in 

Candlelight Vigil
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Take a Stand Against Gun Violence

Sunday, December 14, 2014 marks the second anniversary of the Newtown disaster in Connecticut. You may recall that a lone 

anti-drug message on pencils
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Sharp 4th-grader uncovers pencil gaffe

When ten-year-old Kodi Mosier sharpened his pencil at school, he noticed the anti-drug message printed on it changed considerably. It 

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