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KILLEEN, Texas – First, an Oregon school urged staff not to put up Santa decorations. Now, a Texas principal has ordered a staff member to remove a Charlie Brown Christmas display. The latest crazy holiday controversy involves Charles E. Patterson ...

A public school official in Florida has urged citizens to fight truancy by reporting any children they suspect might not be in school or being educated — including homeschool families. It is all part of an “anti-truancy” initiative called Operation Round ...

An unidentified mother in Mississippi lost custody of her 12-year-old son last month because she withdrew him from public school on doctor’s advice. Police actually came to the woman’s home and seized the boy away before the family was reconciled. ...

Off-grid living has many shapes and forms, but living on a 1970 converted school bus generally isn’t one of them. Yet one American family is doing exactly that, and on this week’s encore presentation of Off The Grid Radio, we talk ...

  If you live in a homestead and try to homeschool your kids, then doing so may be one of the most challenging tasks you have to face every day. On top of gardening, food preservation, animal care, mucking, cooking ...

Zero tolerance run amok almost destroyed the lives of two high school students in Escondido, California. Brandon Cappelletti, 18, and Sam Serrato, 16, faced expulsion from school and criminal charges because security guards found knives used for fishing and other ...

Taking kids out of school – even if it’s related to the death of a relative — can cost a fortune if you live in the United Kingdom. Kerry and Richard Bowering were fined $1,350 (£950) for taking their three ...

Even pictures of fantasy weapons are banned under some schools’ zero-tolerance policies. A seventh grader in Texas was told to cover up a T-shirt because it had a picture of a Star Wars stormtrooper with a laser gun on it. ...

There’s a new addition at some upstate New York schools that may make many parents uneasy. Workers from Erie County Child Protective Services (CPS) will have a physical presence in each school, monitoring children every week. “So, instead of having ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pressuring a small town library to stop using a popular secure Internet browser. DHS asked local police and city officials to tell the Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, to stop ...