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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

“I guess I was never comfortable in my own skin,” he says. Drugs relieved him of that burden, starting with marijuana, which he said a friend’s mother introduced him to at age 13. Over the next six years, more powerful substances followed: acid, Ecstasy. Then, he says, “A friend of mine asked if I’d like to try Xanax.”

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I hope to offer you, teachers, tools for discussions about abstaining from certain books and tools for guiding students to choose books for themselves; I hope to offer you, students, with tools for discernment as well as tools for defense of your right to read. This article will not have an admin option. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.