Posted on April 4, 2008 by zippy123
OK. So imagine walking into a third grade classroom — students sitting in their seats and listening to the teacher talk about multiplication. But in Center Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia, the teacher was the one being taught a lesson — a potentially DEADLY lesson.
This is what happened: a bunch of third graders hatched a [...]
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Posted on April 4, 2008 by noahjn
I took my eye off them for only a second, I swear!
Youth Radio Los Angeles has been on a posting streak this week over at their blog. Head on over to check out Antony Juaregui break down his financial aid woes, Nalani Melo’s ode to her hometown of Pasadena, and college bound advisor Sabiha Khan’s [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2008 by kinganyi
I can remember being very young out on a day with my Aunt and some people stopped her and asked for her autograph. I thought to myself, “Why are all these people trying to get her autograph? She’s not Eddie Murphy. Does she know Eddie Murphy?” [...]
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Posted on March 13, 2008 by zippy123
[ News Commentary by Ankitha Bharadwaj ]
This past Tuesday (March 11, 200 one Bay Area teacher took his duty of watching over children a little too literally. David Lista, an English teacher at Mills High school in Millbrae installed discrete cameras in the girls’ bathroom and recorded hours of pornographic footage. Creepy much?
And to [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2008 by noahjn
On the front page of Youth Radio.org you’ll find:
The Wire
The Wire has received critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of urban life and uncommonly deep exploration of sociological themes, and has been named the best show on television by several magazines and newspapers. Youth Radio’s Orlando Campbell explains why the Baltimore-based drama, whose series [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2008 by noahjn
Homeschoolers’ setback sends shock waves through state
[SF Gate]
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
Are you home schooled in California? Know someone affected by the [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by noahjn
Caitlin Grey has a first person piece over at Youth Radio.org on yesturday’s protest walkouts at Alameda and Encinal High Schools in Alameda, CA:
No soccer team next year. Or AP classes. Or spring musical. Yesterday morning when I got to school, I found out that every sport at my high school had been cut except [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2008 by njnelson
Over the weekend WABE-FM in Atlanta aired a commentary by Emma Alexander of Youth Radio Atlanta.
In it she puts forward a pretty radical position: that truancy should be legalized, with only the students who really want to be at school actually still on campus.
Let her tell you all about it.
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