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Education · Science

Some students don’t want to hear about climate change

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 5, 2017, 6:41 AM Jun 5, 2017
62 Comments

A science teacher’s experience in coal country is illuminating the problem science teachers are facing in 2017: many kids don’t want to learn science they don’t agree with. Read more →

Education

S.D. student who fought cancer will be allowed at grad ceremony

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2017, 7:36 AM May 26, 2017
7 Comments

Meredith Erck, the Rapid City, S.D., senior who wanted to walk with her friends at what would have been her commencement had she not been battling cancer, will walk with her friends after all. Read more →

Education · Health

Six credits short, student wants to walk with her graduating class

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2017, 12:51 PM May 24, 2017
46 Comments

There are likely two schools of thought on a South Dakota school’s decision to deny a degree to a senior who is six credits short of graduation. There is the ‘rules are rules’ caucus, and there is the ‘have a heart’ party. Read more →

Education

Bus drivers’ last-day-of-school Dairy Queen tradition may be over

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2017, 6:43 AM May 24, 2017
59 Comments

Thanks to the creeps among us, these are difficult times for adults who just want to do something for kids. Read more →

Education

1,000 Words: The graduates

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2017, 3:29 PM May 23, 2017
2 Comments

The Pipestone Area Schools class of 2017 visited the elementary students today before counting down the final seconds of high school. Read more →

Education

After her son earns an MBA, a master’s in parenthood for his mom

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2017, 1:47 PM May 23, 2017
1 Comment

Marty O’Connor’s story is a familiar one. He was left a quadriplegic when he fell down the stairs in 2012. Read more →

Education

Racist message slipped into Menomonie yearbook

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2017, 12:45 PM May 23, 2017
28 Comments

The school district says students can rip the page out or they’ll provide a sticker to go over the offensive quote.
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Education

Film on gender inequality too hot for some parents in Wisconsin town

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2017, 10:01 AM May 23, 2017
10 Comments

A teacher in Mount Horeb, Wis., near Madison, is back in the classroom today after being removed for showing her students a film that some people claim showed ‘nude and graphic images.’

All of the images in the film, ‘Miss Representation’, came from prime-time television shows and music videos. Read more →

Education

Paralyzed teen walks at commencement

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2017, 9:47 AM May 22, 2017
7 Comments

Seven years ago next week, Garrett Bazany, then 15, performed a double front flip on his family’s trampoline. He landed on his head and woke up in the hospital, paralyzed from the chest down.
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Education

No diploma? No problem anymore for a 105-year-old dropout

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2017, 1:06 PM May 18, 2017
1 Comment

Theresia Brandl, 105, doesn’t have many regrets. But she has one: She never finished high school. The local high school took care of that yesterday.
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Education

‘Dibs’ on saved seats sparks graduation brawl

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 17, 2017, 3:00 PM May 17, 2017
7 Comments

There’s nothing about being a kid that an adult can’t ruin.

A high school graduation in Arlington, Tenn., is the latest proof. Read more →

Education

Banned from prom for wearing hair extensions

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2017, 9:05 AM May 16, 2017
40 Comments

Deanna and Mya Cook haven been accumulating detentions for violating the school’s dress code, which says hair extensions can be distracting for other students and affect learning.

The students say it singles out African Americans. Read more →

Education

Congratulations, graduates! Now what?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2017, 6:56 AM May 15, 2017
31 Comments

This, in particular, is the time of year when old-timers want to give advice and wisdom to the graduates. But here’s the reality for those of us of a certain age: We haven’t got a clue how to navigate this changed world as a graduating student. Read more →

Education

The son of the cleaning lady considers work, money, and class

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 15, 2017, 6:28 AM May 15, 2017
3 Comments

Jonathan Abably, of Blaine, Minn., wrote his college entrance essay on work, money, and class. It was good enough to get printed in the New York Times. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Education

New London-Spicer parents want book banned

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2017, 6:37 AM May 11, 2017
101 Comments

The New London-Spicer School District provides an alternative lesson plan when parents object to a book being discussed in class. The objecting students leave the room and study somewhere else. This week, two opponents of a Sherman Alexie book say that’s not good enough.
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