No White House invitation or cause célèbre hashtags erupted over Twitter for the North Texas teen suspended last week after wearing an American flag T-shirt to high school. This happened on the same date, September 14, that Irving freshman Ahmed Mohamed brought to school his homemade suitcase clock.
Author: Merrill Hope
Texas Boy Arrested Because of Zero Tolerance Policies not Islamophobia
School zero tolerance polices, not Islamophobia, played a pivotal role in the arrest of a 14-year-old Texas high school freshman Ahmed Mohamed on Monday.
CAIR Calls Alleged Texas High School ‘Hoax Bomb’ Islamophobic
A 14-year-old North Texas high school freshman says school officials overreacted when they called police after thinking his elaborate digital homemade clock invention was a hoax bomb but the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also stepped in…
Latest Texas School Girl ‘Cat Fight’ Ends in One Arrest
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Texas Teacher Resigns, Arrested for Being Drunk at School
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Texas Taxpayers Wasted $37M on Failed Childhood Obesity School Program, Study Says
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2nd Texas Teacher Accused of Sexual Misconduct: — Same School, Same Student
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More Teachers Accused of Sexual Misconduct as Texas Kids Head Back-to-School
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