Category: student

China Quarantines College Students Under Strict COVID-19 Policy

BEIJING—Almost 500 students at China’s premier college for broadcast journalists have been sent to a quarantine center after a handful of COVID-19 cases were detected in their dormitory. The 488 students at Communication University of China, along with 19 teachers and five assistants, were transferred by bus beginning Friday night. Quarantining anyone considered to have…


3 Indiana State University Students Killed in Car Crash

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Indiana State University announced Sunday that three students died in a single-vehicle accident. A release from the university’s athletics department said five people were in the vehicle when it crashed, including several football players. Police were working to identify the three who died. Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the crash occurred around…


How Incorporating Pets in the Classroom Can Offer Lessons on Responsibility and Encourage Student Participation

Early in my classroom career, I had a student. Let’s call her Susan. School had been in session for about a month, and a guest teacher came to my room to relieve me. She told me I was wanted in the conference room for a meeting. I walked into that meeting blind, not knowing who…


9-Year-Old Survivor Recalls What Texas Mass Shooter Told Them Inside Classroom

A 9-year-old student who survived a mass shooting at a Texas school recalled what the gunman told them. “He shot the next person’s door. We have a door in the middle. He opened it. He came in and he crouched a little bit and he said, ‘It’s time to die,’” the student told KENS 5…


Third-Grade Teacher’s Quick Response Saves 9-Year-Old Student Choking on a Bottle Cap

A third-grade teacher sprang into action when a 9-year-old student ran to her desk with a bottle cap stuck in his throat. Calmly and swiftly, she performed the Heimlich maneuver, dislodging the cap and saving the child’s life. “We were starting our math class. Robert was a little thirsty from returning from gym class,” Janiece…


Service Learning: Nurturing Children’s Sense of Charity in the Classroom

It was mid-December, shortly before Christmas vacation. The elementary and middle school students had just finished their annual Christmas carol performance at the local senior center. Teachers handed cards to their students, and the children started visiting people in the audience. I proudly watched one of my students, an 8-year-old girl, hesitantly approach an elderly…


The Colonel’s Playbook

In 1969, in order to bolster its shrinking student body, Fort Worth Country Day School recruited retired Marine Corps Lt. Colonel, R.C. “Rocky” Rosacker to ignite participation in athletics. No one was prepared for the Colonel’s expectations of maximum effort and execution. Not only did the Colonel create a dynasty of championships but his teachings…


22-Year-Old Raises Teen Half-Sister After Parents Die: ‘She’s My Own Child’

A 22-year-old college senior, who filed for guardianship of her 16-year-old half-sister after the teen’s mom died, says that giving her sister the chance to live her teenage years to the fullest is worth the sacrifice. Hunter Nelson, originally of North Carolina, now lives in Kentucky with Gracie Nelson, a high school sophomore. The half-sisters’ father…


Students Steer School Bus to Safety After Driver Collapses

TOPSHAM, Maine—A group of Maine middle and high school students grabbed the wheel of their school bus Monday morning when their driver suffered a fatal medical condition, steering the vehicle to safety while another classmate attempted to administer first aid to the stricken driver. Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan thanked the students for their quick,…


Spring Break Overdose Victims Identified as West Point Football Players

By Angie DiMichele, David Fleshler, Eileen Kelley, and Chris Perkins From South Florida Sun Sentinel WILTON MANORS, Fla.—The six college students who overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine Thursday in Wilton Manors have been identified as football players at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. They were in town for spring break, renting a house in…