School Discrimination

School Psychologist's Tweets About 'Black Thugs' Stir Up Firestorm in New Orleans

Posted 05.22.2012

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A school psychologist in New Orleans is under fire for posting racially inflammatory comments online amid a debate about the school system's treatment...

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Man Denied Michigan High School Graduation Speaker Role For Being Gay

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.26.2012

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Dominic Sheahan-Stahl, a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant, Mich., is speaking out after officials allegedly told his mother he would...

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School Drops Student From Honor Society For Community Service Done At Church

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.09.2012

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The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology faces a federal lawsuit after reportedly threatening to drop a 17-year-old student from th...

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Student Harassed For Essay Comparing School To Modern Slavery

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.07.2012

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When Jada Williams, a 13-year-old student at Rochester's School No. 3, wrote an essay making comparisons between a slavemaster discouraging Frederick ...

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Gay Student Suspended For Wearing High Heels To School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012

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Asante Cotman, a 17-year-old junior at Charles City High School in Charles City County, Va., says he was suspended for three days after refusing an or...

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Georgia Educator Compares Homosexuality To Necrophilia, Voyeurism, Pedophilia

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.24.2012

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Tanya Ditty, a Georgia teacher and the state director of Concerned Women for America of Georgia, spoke against a Georgia bill this week that would ban...

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School Denies HIV Positive Boy Admission, Faces Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.02.2011

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This 13-year-old from Delaware County, Pa. seems like the perfect candidate for a private boarding school: He's an honor student, is active in sports,...

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Oslo High School Accused Of Apartheid, City Official Ends Practice

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.27.2011

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A Norwegian high school in Oslo has been accused of apartheid after segregating classrooms based on ethnic background, Norway's The Dagasvisen report...

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