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Fieldston School, an elite prep school in New York City, has renamed “Newton’s laws” to “the three fundamental laws of physics” in order to “decenter whiteness” from physics. At elite high schools around the country, including Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles, efforts to build Critical Race Theory are well underway. One Harvard-Westlake parent reported that her mixed-race child came home from school and told her: “”Mom, I just found out I’m a racist and I prefer white Europeans.”

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) criticized President Joe Biden’s school re-opening plan by stating that Biden isn’t pushing for re-opening high schools, and “if you have a 9th grader or a

Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, Washington, rejected a student’s yearbook picture because she posed with an American flag draped over her shoulders. A statement from the school claims the decision was not made against what the flag represents, but out of respect: “We respect our flag as much as any school in the area and were concerned that in the photo submitted it was being used as a prop in the photo and was not being afforded appropriate regard.”

A Vietnam War veteran finally received his long awaited high school diploma this week in Tucson, Arizona.

A Florida high school principal fired for refusing to admit that the Holocaust is a historical fact was rehired by Spanish River High School in Boca Raton this week based on a 4-3 vote by the school board. Principal William Latson was fired last year after he told a parent that “not everyone believes the Holocaust happened.” Latson will also receive $152,000 in back pay as part of the agreement.

The Swedish Public Employment Office has revealed that 43 per cent of foreigners without work lack a high school education, compared to just 18 per cent of native-born unemployed.

A student at Massabesic High School in Waterboro, Maine, says she was removed from a Zoom class on Thursday over a Trump flag that was displayed on the wall behind her.

An 84-year-old Marine veteran received his high school diploma 66 years after joining the military to fight in the Korean War.

Concerned student Hannah Watters of North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, was suspended for five days by administrators after she shared a photo of a crowded school hallway this week. After an online backlash, the school district was forced to reverse the student’s suspension.

A new survey commissioned by the Young America’s Foundation called the Youth Patriotism Index revealed that American colleges and universities are contributing to making students less patriotic. According to the survey, high school students are much more likely than college students to be proud to live in the United States.

Windsor High School Principal Tiffany Riley has beensuspended this week in response to comments she made about the Black Lives Matter movement. Riley sparked controversy in the community when she criticized Black Lives Matter and advocated on behalf of law enforcement and equity for all. The Mount Ascutney School District called Riley’s remarks tained by “ignorance, prejudice, and lack of judgment.”

According to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, teens across the United States are becoming almost nocturnal during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Teenagers have adopted “vampire schedules” of staying up all night gaming and watching videos, then sleeping well into the day as they aren’t required to attend school in the morning.

An Ohio veteran is having an extra celebration this Memorial Day weekend as he will finally be graduating from high school at the age of 91.

Women are leading the charge to put laws in place to protect female athletes from competing against biological male “transgender” competitors.

Republicans will honor three female high school runners fighting policy allowing male-bodied transgeders to compete in women’s sports.

A history teacher at Loch Haven High School in Towson, Maryland, has come under scrutiny over a classroom lecture that compared President Donald Trump to the German Nazi Party and the communists of the Soviet Union.

A pair of high school sweethearts recently reconnected in Columbus, Ohio, and tied the knot after 63 years apart.

An Indiana high school band teacher can hear like he has never been able to hear before thanks to the students who helped raise money to buy him higher-quality hearing aids.

A North Carolina high school student filed a lawsuit alleging that the kidney disease she has suffered since birth had gotten worse since she decided to become a boy but was not allowed to use the boys’ bathroom.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly begun a probe into allegations of ‘deep-rooted’ academic fraud in New York City’s public schools.

A group of teenage boys recently made a very special friend at their school’s gym in Hastings, Minnesota.

Florida high school students will likely be required to take a civics course in order to graduate. Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was behind the push to mandate that Florida students have a basic civics education, and a bill mandating civics education is advancing through the state government.

A student at Mason High School in Mason, Michigan, is alleging that a teacher at the school did not like her “Women for Trump” pin and forcibly pulled it off her shirt. A police report has been filed, but when the school district’s superintendent addressed the situation in an email to parents, claiming that the incident “does not affect the safety of our students.”

A Colorado English teacher created controversy by assigning the sexually explicit poem Howl to his high school students without obtaining the approval of parents.

A high school robotics team in North Dakota recently created a special set of wheels for a little girl in need.

A 95-year-old veteran who fought in World War II instead of finishing high school has finally achieved his dream of getting his high school diploma 74 years later.

A photo of two high school football players praying together on the field in Sherman, Texas, on Friday night has taken social media by storm.

Two Texas high school football teams made sure the national anthem was sung at a game on Friday when none of the marching bands could be there to play it.

Two high school softball teams in Atlanta, Georgia, will not be allowed to take part in the state playoffs after a fight broke out between them on Wednesday.

An assistant principal in Gaston County, North Carolina, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a student for several months.

A high school football player in Davidson County, North Carolina, is being praised for his quiet act of patriotism.

The principal of a Chicago high school has come under fire for writing that the departure of a teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student is “bittersweet.”

The New Jersey high school wrestling referee who forced a student to cut off his dreadlocks before competing, has been handed a two-year suspension.

A teacher at Carter-Riverside High School in Fort Worth, Texas, has been fired after tweeting about enforcing United States immigration laws by deporting illegal aliens.

Students claim that a high school teacher in Waxhaw, North Carolina, told a class that Vice President Mike Pence should be “shot in the head.”

Teachers at Maspeth High School in Queens, New York, say there is an unwritten “no-fail policy” at the high school prohibiting them from flunking their students — even if they don’t show up to class. As a result, the high school has enjoyed a 98 percent graduation rate, and was even awarded a National Blue Ribbon in 2018, an honor that one teacher described as laughable.