Thursday, April 03, 2008

Nine-year-olds plotted to tie up, hurt public school teacher

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Nine-year-olds at a school in the U.S. state of Georgia brought a broken steak knife, handcuffs and electrical tape to school in a plot to injure their teacher, authorities said on Tuesday.

Nine-year-olds plotted to tie up, hurt teacher

Little Kids Getting in More Trouble Than Adults

Adults get away with it, but not these little toddlers.

Little kids labeled as sexual harassers - Washington Post- msnbc.com

Houston public school teacher fired for molesting student in his care

HOUSTON, TX - Westfield High School Spanish teacher admitted to improperly touching a student on campus.

Teacher Gets Deal After Inappropriate Relationship - Houston News Story - KPRC Houston

Houston public school: girl has baby, throws into trash, baby dies

HOUSTON, TX - Grief counselors help students and staff at a Baytown school deal with the death of a newborn in a bathroom on the campus, KPRC Local 2 reports.

Counselors Help Students Deal With Baby's Death (NBC-2 News)

Houston public schools rank third-lowest in the United States

HOUSTON TX - Houston eighth-graders posted a five-point gain on the writing portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, but still lagged behind many of their peers in other U.S. urban school systems. Only middle schoolers in Cleveland and Los Angeles posted 2007 scores lower that HISD's 143.

HISD 8th-graders improve in writing, but still lag behind U.S. (Houston Chronicle)

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Houston-area public school student brings gun to public school

SUGAR LAND TX - A 13-year-old boy who had an unloaded revolver in his locker at a Fort Bend County school has been charged in juvenile court with possession of a firearm.

Fort Bend boy, 13, charged in school gun incident