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Amy Beck, Burbank Schoolteacher, sex with student

  • Amy Beck
  • January 21, 2011
Burbank, CA- Teacher Amy Beck, 33, of David Star Jordan middle School, was arrested by Burbank police in March of 2010 for allegedly having sex on...
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Honest conversations with San Francisco eighth graders

How well is SFUSD serving its students?A report published this past April by The Education Trust – West graded 146 California school...
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Events for Middle Schoolers

Events for Middle Schoolers Looking for a safe place for your teen to have fun and meet their friends? Have them check out The Zone for video games...
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Tracking in middle schools

The Oakland Unified School District schools may have no student tracking policy, but it is quite possible tracking is unintentionally practice in...
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School district bans Uggs to prevent cell phone smuggling

It's no secret that many schools ban cell phones, because of the disturbance they cause in class. It's also no secret that teens will do...
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Mommy, are you the tooth fairy?

The day she was born was a whirlwind. I had wanted a child for so long. The pregnancy was rough but I was happy every day. Two weeks after her due...
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Georgia middle schoolers learn ‘positives’ of Sharia law

“The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.” So said President Obama on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks....
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How to deal with problems and issues at school

Parents have survived the back to school drama. They’ve filled out the seemingly endless papers and sent in all the supplies. They’ve...
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Just the books you need to tackle middle school

I recently had the opportunity to interview Annie and David Fox about turning books into native iPad apps. It was fascinating to learn how they'...
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Middle schooler's forced to take sex survey without parent's consent

  • sex study
  • June 17, 2011
A mother from Massachusetts is going after the Department of Education after they forced her two daughters to fill out a questionnaire regarding...
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