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• Discipline or treatment? Schools rethinking vaping response
  Officials at schools around the United States have begun rethinking their approach to teen vaping as statistics show a spike in suspensions and other disciplinary actions for students caught using e-cigarettes on school grounds
  ABC News.  Sunday, 26 May 2019.
• Triple Threat: 3 Dallas Siblings All Named Valedictorian
  Kaci Mills becomes the third sibling in her household to be named valedictorian at Bishop Dunne Catholic School in Dallas.
  NBC.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Street Racer Collides into Car, Killing 9-Year-Old Girl
  Olivia Mendez graduated from elementary school Friday. Hours later, the 9-year-old died in a crash in Pleasant Grove. Police say the car she was in was struck by another car, which they say was racing. Photo Credit: Mendez Family.
  NBC.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• California lawmaker brings Parkland survivor to State of the Union address
  CBS News' Nikole Killion talks about gun control with California Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, whose guest for the State of the Union address is Cameron Kasky, a student who survived the Parkland school shooting.
  CBS News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• SC county's teachers get raise after tax hike approved
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Teachers in Greenville County Schools will be paid a starting salary of $40,000 - the highest out of any school district in South Carolina - after school board members unanimously approved a 6-mill tax increase. ...
  Washington Times.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• 'No Outsiders' teacher leads Birmingham Pride parade
  Andrew Moffat started the "No Outsiders" lessons at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Erie native dives for prehistoric shark teeth
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Bill Eberlein, a 1983 graduate of Erie Tech Memorial High School, learned to dive in the murky waters of Lake Erie, honing his skills with the Erie County Sheriff's Office Scuba Team. ...
  Washington Times.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Meet Belfast's young climate change protesters
  Young people all over the world are walking out of school in protest of climate change - and Belfast is no different.
  BBC News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• 5/24/19: CBSN Evening News
  Attorney General Barr gets unilateral power to investigate Russia probe; Tribute to unsung heros' of the school system.
  CBS News.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• Facebook Rejects Ad For Movie Screening Because School Refuses to Identify as 'Partisan'
  Facebook has rejected an ad for a movie screening at a California charter school of "No Safe Spaces" - a movie starring Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager that pokes fun at political correctness at American universities.
  Newsmax.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• Boston arts museum bans 2 visitors for offensive language
  Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has banned two visitors and vowed to change protocols for guards after minority middle school students said they were subjected to racism by staff and patrons during a field trip last week.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 25 May 2019.
• Nurse Graduates From University Where He Once Worked as a Janitor
  Frank Baez was a teenager when he started working as a hospital janitor at New York University to help support his family. Fourteen years later he walked away from the same school with a nursing degree in his hand and a smile on his face.
  Newsmax.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• Stark social inequalities in children's body mass index (BMI)
  Researchers have found that socioeconomic inequalities in children's body mass index (BMI) emerge during the preschool years and widen across childhood and into early adolescence. ...
  Science Daily.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• Students Worldwide Protest Inaction on Climate Change
  Thousands of school students in Australia and New Zealand took to the streets Friday, initiating an international day of protests against the lack of action against climate change. ...
  Voice of America.  Friday, 24 May 2019.
• NYU grad reflects on journey from janitor to nursing school grad, all at the same school
  Frank Baez started working at New York University's Langone Tisch Hospital as a janitor when he was a teenager.
  ABC News.  Thursday, 23 May 2019.

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