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Photo: GreenPower GreenPower has delivered an electric purpose-built Type D BEAST school bus to Arizona, its first in the state. GreenPower’s BEAST – “battery electric automotive school transportation” – is a 40-foot electric school bus that seats up to 90 passengers. It features an aluminum body on a high-strength steel truss chassis. The BEAST has a 194 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack and a range of up to 150 miles, and standard dual port charging, with Level 2 charging rates…

Having a high school crush, as probably most of you will agree, is an inevitable experience in our teenage years. That feeling of excitement but also kind of ‘stress’ when you see the person you like walk through the school corridor, getting ready in the morning and worrying about whether they will be at school today, you know what I am talking about. Well, it’s weird to think that years later we can still remember that one person and maybe still have them in our lives, or maybe have no idea what happened to…

A mother, hungry for justice, is threatening to sue her child’s school over a hamburger patty that’s triggering gag reflexes across the world.A social media video shared on TikTok by thatscrazy_64 shows a picture of the patty in question, which had a strange texture and less-than-appetizing look. “Start checking your food,” said one of the videos shared. But many people on social media had mixed reactions to the video, with some pointing out that the patty merely had oil bubbles and it was nothing to press charges…

Colorware has painted a lot of items over the years going back to the iPhone 3G and beyond, but its latest product is particularly clever. The limited edition Apple Number 2 Pencil transforms Apple's 2nd-gen stylus into a facsimile of a standard HB #2 pencil, with the only thing missing being chew marks on the eraser."What sets it apart? It connects with your iPad in a snap, charges without a hitch, and delivers precision that feels just right," the company states on the product page. "And it’s styled after the familiar…

Teachers at Garfield High School were winding down classes for the approaching lunch break when they heard the startling sound of people — they were not sure who — running through the halls, pounding on classroom doors. “Walkout!” they were shouting. “Walkout!”They looked on in disbelief as hundreds of students streamed out of classrooms and assembled before the school entrance, their clenched fists held high. “Viva la revolución!” they called out. “Education, not eradication!” Soon, sheriff’s deputies were rumbling…

If an eighth-grader in California shared a nude photo of a classmate with friends without consent, the student could conceivably be prosecuted under state laws dealing with child pornography and disorderly conduct.If the photo is an AI-generated deepfake, however, it’s not clear that any state law would apply.That’s the dilemma facing the Beverly Hills Police Department as it investigates a group of students from Beverly Vista Middle School who allegedly shared photos of classmates that had been doctored with an…

The Department of Education has launched an investigation into the death of Oklahoma teenager Nex Benedict, who died on Feb. 6 — one day after getting into a fight in the school’s girls bathroom. Friends and family said Benedict, who was 16 years old, used he and him pronouns as well as they and them pronouns. Relatives of the 10th-grader said Benedict had been bullied over their gender identity. His death has drawn national attention as activists and trans students have blamed the state’s antagonistic policies…

Image via NBC 9News. A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better. The town of Kremmling, Colorado is one of the coldest towns in the country, where high altitudes and northen winds combine to drive morning temperatures in the winter…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The return on investing in universal school meals is clear. According to a new report, universal free school meals (breakfast and lunch for students regardless of income) have 2.5 to seven times the return in human health and economic benefits in comparable high-income countries. The quality of student diets in Canada…

A mother of a high school football player said her son’s teammates placed peanuts in his locker despite knowing he was allergic, a dangerous act that his school district didn’t consider bullying.When Carter Mannon was in sophomore year of Texas’ Lake Travis High School last October, his teammates got suddenly curious about his peanut allergy, the teenager’s mom, Shawna Mannon, explained to People.“They were kind of joking around about it and they said, ‘But could it kill you if it touched you?’ And he says, ‘Yeah, it…