Middle School

The 'Inappropriate' Outfit That Got My Daughter Into Trouble

SParker | Posted 05.24.2012

SParker

Yesterday I get one of "those" phone calls that parents dread. My daughter had been escorted to the front office by the principal, and was cooling her heels there until a parent could come in and sort stuff out. Her life of crime had begun.

Teacher Writes Being Gay Just Like Being A Murderer On Facebook

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.18.2012

Jack Conkling, a Prairie Hills Middle School social studies teacher and Buhler High School assistant women's basketball coach in Buhler, Kan., is unde...

Teacher Allegedly Made Special Needs Student Sit In Cardboard Box

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.17.2012

A state investigation has been opened at Hudson Middle School in Caldwell County, N.C., following allegations that a teacher forced a student with spe...

What Is It Like to Be a Teenager Today?

Quora | Posted 05.14.2012

Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By James Wang, Quora user I am 18. Let me tell you what life is like. It's awesome and I love it....

Shots for School: Keeping Kids Safe -- Together

Claire McCarthy, M.D. | Posted 05.10.2012

Claire McCarthy, M.D.

I get the argument that it's not fair to force parents to immunize their kids in order for them to go to school. But schools have a responsibility to keep students safe and healthy.

Eighth Grade Out!

Kenneth Danford | Posted 05.09.2012

Kenneth Danford

Somewhere along the 12-year stint of schooling, students need the challenge of answering, "What do I really want to learn? What kind of help do I need to pursue my dream?" Considering those questions is the seed for maturity.

Middle School 'Mean'?

Darryl Sollerh | Posted 05.08.2012

Darryl Sollerh

A mom or dad may be quite shocked to discover that their own daughter has, in Middle School, taken up behaviors that can only be described as, well, mean.

Middle School, Bully and What We Should Do Now

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Barbara Greenberg

Several parts of this documentary made me bristle with fury. I felt both protective of these helpless victims and angry that the adults in charge were mostly dismissive.

Goodbye, My Child -- Hello Alien?

Darryl Sollerh | Posted 04.25.2012

Darryl Sollerh

With a little judicious self-understanding, awareness, patience and support, your Middle Schooler may not seem quite so alien after all, and you likely won't seem quite so alienated from them.

Confessions From Former Middle-School 'Mean Girls'

Posted 04.19.2012

"Every girl in this school wants to be someone else." - Bridget, 13 Let's face it: For tween girls, middle school can be a total war-zone. Bet...

New Jersey Middle School A 'No Hugging' Zone

AP | Posted 05.23.2012

ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A New Jersey school superintendent says there's no policy against hugging in the district, and says the issue of middle sch...

Raccoons Invade School, Pee On Student

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.15.2012

Wild raccoons have invaded the Woodlands Middle School in Lake Worth, Fla., and parents are reaching out to WPEC-TV to break the school's silence,. ...

Special Needs Student Set On Fire At School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.07.2012

Authorities say a student at Gulf Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla., set a special education peer on fire, WTSP-TV reports. The New Port Rich...

High Stakes Interviews: Sixth Grade

Jessica Gottlieb | Posted 04.01.2012

Jessica Gottlieb

Interviewing for sixth grade admissions in Los Angeles is as high stakes an interview as any in my lifetime.

Boy Forced To Pee In Bottle At School?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.27.2012

A 7th grader at Klein ISD in Houston, Tex. says he was forced to urinate in a plastic water bottle after his teacher denied his plea to use the restro...

Girl Hits And Kills Brother With Truck As Classmates Watch

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.13.2012

UPDATE: A report by the Orlando Sentinel says authorities believe Cameron got in the truck, but had not fully closed the door before Malecki began to...

Boy Suspended For Reporting Knife At School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

Jack Persyn, 13, was in chess club before class when he discovered a short knife in the bag he brought to his Georgia school, station WXIA reports. ...

Girl Left Unconscious On School Bus After Beating

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.02.2012

A 13-year-old female student was beaten so badly by seven students between the ages of 12 and 15 that she was left unconscious on the school bus Frida...

Middle School Principal Accused Of Recording Boys Showering

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.28.2011

Patrick Lott, Bernardsville Middle School assistant principal, has been arrested for allegedly recording boys showering at Immaculata High School in S...

Teacher Fired For 'Love Triangle' With Ex-Student And Her Mother

Posted 12.27.2011

Gerard Cassidy, a physical-education instructor at a Queens middle school, was caught in a love triangle and fired for having an “inappropriate rela...

Is 6th Grade The Answer To America's Dropout Crisis?

| Kathryn Baron | Posted 01.30.2012

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. The idea that hormonally-cha...

Brooklyn Teacher Charged With Raping Her Student

Posted 11.23.2011

42 year-old Humanities teacher Claudia Tillery was charged with raping her male student on Tuesday. Police say that Tillery plied the student with dru...

180 Suspension For 'Accidentally' Touching Teacher?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.22.2011

Seventh grader Je'Terra Bowie has been suspended for the past month from Wilkinson Middle School in Detroit for allegedly accidentally touching her te...

Audio Recording Reveals Teachers Bullying Special Needs Girl

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.08.2012

"No wonder you don't have friends." "No wonder nobody likes you." Most would assume comments like those were the result of your typical playgrou...

Parents Unsettled After Cross Dresser Substitute Teaches

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.30.2011

After a male substitute teacher taught a 6th grade humanities class in women's clothing, some parents are concerned about how to explain it to their k...