Subject: Elementary Education

• Phantom Cartwheels -- UPDATED

  July 10, 2006

• 4 White Dudes in Tighty Whities = Suspension!

  September 26, 2007

• Full Q&A with the Virgins

  May 14, 2008

• Emerging Elitism

  December 10, 1998

• Blackboard Bungle

  November 13, 1997

• Islands in the Mainstream

  January 1, 1998

• Little Soldiers in the Culture War

  February 18, 1999

• The Culture War Continues

  April 15, 1999

• Best Private School

  May 11, 2000

• Morning Juice: Florida Schools Pass Third Grade, Union Wants Choking Principal to Stay Awake, Rival Gangs Stay in School

  Wake up, kids, you got a C!Florida Schools Just Good Enough to Advance to Next GradeFlorida has the tenth-best schools in the country, according to this study by Education Week. Now I'm no expert in cross-state rivalries, but I'd guess this might be the first time Florida has fallen behind Georgia and West Virginia in anything aside from per capita toothless smiles. I'm kidding, Georgia and West Virginia hillbillies, and the truth is, we've all got to be ecstatic about Florida's C-plus ranking i

  January 8, 2009

• Morning Juice: Pint-Sized Reporter Points Out Our Shortcomings

  Ten-year-old Damon Weaver got himself some press credentials to cover the inauguration for his Palm Beach County elementary school's TV station. This came about after a YouTube campaign Damon launched in which he used celebrities to try to convince Barack Obama to give him an interview. After learning about this story, I have just one question for Damon: Why are you trying to make us look bad?The Morning Juice News Team -- me, my laptop, which I call Steve, my dog, and, Big Larry, this guy at th

  January 16, 2009

• The Rocket Summer

  July 1, 2004

• Nori Nori

  September 9, 2004

• Chaos at Sunrise Middle School

  Once upon a time, Sunrise Middle School had such a good reputation that some parents considered it better than private school. It is the only middle school around with a Montessori program.  It has a gifted program. There's an accelerated group called the "Golden Hammers" (like other school groups, it's named after a bird). The seventh grade math class was just as hard as the ninth grade class at St. Thomas Aquinas, one mom said.These days, there's either some serious chaos going on, or the

  March 27, 2009

• She’s DeLaria-ous!

  February 19, 2009

• Amazonia

  Big Girls, Little Guys, Lots of Fun

  October 2, 2008

• Small Wonders

  September 4, 2008

• Chew It Up & Dance It Out

  Two local benefits help raise funds for cancer victims

  June 26, 2008

• Fast & Fury

  Ten years later, the fury are still grinding out the yardage. Barely.

  June 5, 2008

• Leave Your Notebook At Home

  November 29, 2007

• Lance's Gay Odyssey

  Lance Bass' new book is a coming-out tale

  November 29, 2007

• Dirty South

  November 22, 2007

• Timestable MC

  If you like math rock, you'll love math rap

  October 18, 2007

• Love Your Mother

  April 20, 2006

• Blubber for Cash

  Bucking the health food tide: This middle school says, "Let 'em eat dougnuts."

  December 21, 2006

• New Found Residence

  There's no place like home for New Found Glory — wherever that is.

  November 2, 2006

• Where the Queer and the Antelope Play

  Willie Nelson goes gay (for a song).

  March 2, 2006

• The Littlest Felons

  December 15, 2005

• Block Party

  A local girl overcomes family tragedy to become one of the nation's best b-ballers

  March 31, 2005

• Great Clips

  Tennessee schoolkids teach the world a lesson in an inspirational documentary

  February 10, 2005

• Junior Boys

  Last Exit (Kin)

  July 22, 2004

• Liquid Courage for Kids

  Palm Beach County Schools peddle their good name

  March 4, 2004

• Bubble Gum Babes

  Four South Florida girls hope to follow Christina and Britney to the top

  December 18, 2003

• Radiohead Rorschach

  A fifth-grader's drawing is worth a thousand-word critical analysis

  October 2, 2003

• Rise Up for Recess

  Cooped-up kids, unite! You have nothing to lose but your desks.

  September 18, 2003

• Morning Star

  Feet in Nashville, head in the sky, Venus Hum keeps stretching

  August 14, 2003

• Peddling the Bush Agenda

  Ideas? The Bush boys have 'em. And are they whoppers!

  August 14, 2003

• When Worlds Collide

  Hancock does it on the floor

  May 29, 2003

• Lock It Up, Lock It In

  Kids get a night on their own

  May 29, 2003

• Best Epicure

  Steve Abrams´ kid

  May 15, 2003

• Slammin' Truth

  Richard Negri can handle the truth -- and a mic

  May 8, 2003

• Busy Miss Lizzie

  Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen

  May 8, 2003

• Jeb's Boy

  Frank Brogan, Bush's man in academia, must defuse the FAU scandals. But where is he?

  March 27, 2003

• Steal from the Kiddies, Spoil the Rich

  Hollywood schools its citizens, young and old, in stupidity

  March 6, 2003

• Out of Africa

  Agnes Essien left Nigeria three decades ago, earned a Ph.D., and ended up minding a market

  September 27, 2001

• We Have a Problem

  Filthy bathrooms, dirty pictures, teachers fleeing in droves -- sounds like Apollo Middle School is adrift

  March 29, 2001

• A Widower's Window on the World

  Paul Linke performs Life After Time

  February 3, 2000

• A Rash of Preschool Purse Snatchings in West Boynton

  Flickr user: wyrd oneWatch out for mommy's purse, kids!What kind of criminal preys on parents waiting in line to pick up their kids from preschool? Four times in the last few weeks, unknown suspects have smashed windows and snatched purses from the cars of parents headed to pick up their kids at preschools and day care centers in the West Boynton Beach area, according to the Palm Beach County sheriff's office. From the sheriff's press release:On May 15, 2009, at approximately 6:00 pm and May 21,

  June 5, 2009

• Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: The Nuclear Physicist of Wines

  Remember that kid in elementary school who was always the last one picked for any team sports? You know, the one everybody said was a spaz, who couldn't hit a ball or catch a ball or tell first base from third base or a touchdown from a free throw?  In the wine world, that kid is Riesling. A dork, a klutz, a loser. Of course, that kid you remember from elementary school probably grew up to become a nuclear physicist or movie star or major-league pitcher who made a gazillion or two dollars b

  June 11, 2009

• Bomb Threat at Boynton Beach School

  A bomb threat has led officials to evacuate Citrus Cove Elementary School on Lawrence Avenue in Boynton Beach. Police are on the scene. More information as it becomes available.UPDATE: School has been cleared.

  October 13, 2009