The Latest Breaking News from Elementary School

Bear gives West Virginia principal a roaring wake-up call

A black bear gave a West Virginia principal quite the roaring wake-up call when it emerged from a dumpster outside an elementary school

The Independent UK · May 2, 2023

Teachers fired after forcing special ed student, 7, to eat his own vomit

A seven-year-old special education student at Brown Elementary School in Brownsburg, Indianapolis, was told to eat his vomit after he got sick during lunch

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

Brickbat: Dodge This!

An employee at Carriage Hills Elementary School in Lawton, Oklahoma, has been charged with assault and battery for hitting a student with a dodgeball. The employee, who wasn't named by media, hit the student three times with the ball, including once on the face. The employee told police the student…

Reason · Apr 20, 2023

Mother of 6-year-old who brought gun to Va. elementary school gets new hearing date

NORFOLK, Va. — A new hearing date was set for the mother of a 6-year-old who brought a handgun into Norfolk’s Little Creek Elementary School nearly two months ago as attorneys in the case seek additional evidence.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Commentary: Tennessee Republicans can’t stop progress

Across the country, the illogical priorities of the right have become more and more glaring. And nowhere is this worse than in Tennessee, where conservatives have banned books and drag shows but have done nothing to protect kids from what is now their most likely cause of death: gun violence.…

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Special grand jury in Va. shooting to probe school system employees

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A special grand jury appointed in the Richneck Elementary School shooting case will investigate whether any “actions or omissions” by school system employees led to a 6-year-old boy opening fire on his first grade teacher in a classroom three months ago.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

The mom of the 6-year-old who shot his teacher is being charged with child neglect

The child has not been charged in the shooting of Abby Zwerner, 25, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia.

WEKU · Apr 11, 2023

Grand jury charges mother of Virginia 6-year-old who shot teacher; prosecutors look to further investigate security issues

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School three months ago.

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023

Old-fashioned management is failing to reverse the productivity slump. It’s time to ‘grownupify’ work

When we create an endless spiral of elementary school practices at work, it becomes a game of checking boxes.

Fortune · Apr 10, 2023

At schools across Houston, students and parents protest Texas Education Agency’s takeover of state’s largest district

At one elementary school, protesters chanted as the school day was about to begin. Parents sought petition signatures at a high school. The demonstrations are planned throughout the day.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 6, 2023