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• Chicago students aim to improve relationship with cops on basketball court
• Detroit Public Schools sues Michigan governor
• CDC: Teens with sleep issues more often take dangerous risks
• New York City sued by students and parents over school violence
• Hawaii looks to mainland to deal with big teacher shortage

Chicago students aim to improve relationship with cops on basketball court Posted: 07 Apr 2016 04:33 PM PDT A group of high school students in the Back of the Yards neighborhood wanted to improve their relationship with police, so they started a campaign called "Shooting Hoops, Not Guns."

Detroit Public Schools sues Michigan governor Posted: 07 Apr 2016 10:32 AM PDT "The treatment of these students by state officials since taking control of the school district in 1999, and aggravated by three recent consecutive emergency managers, has caused profound life-long damage to the students," according to a statement by Tom Bleakley, attorney for the plaintiffs. There was not a dollar amount attached to the lawsuit, which seeks compensatory damages for all Detroit Public Schools children who have been subjected to "constitutional violations" since the state's takeover of the schools. Detroit's public school system faces $3.4 billion in debt and other obligations.

CDC: Teens with sleep issues more often take dangerous risks Posted: 07 Apr 2016 10:22 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — High school students who get too little sleep — or too much — are also more likely to drive drunk or take other risks.

New York City sued by students and parents over school violence Posted: 07 Apr 2016 08:32 AM PDT Nearly a dozen students and their parents have filed a class-action lawsuit against New York City claiming public schools are so dangerous that it has deprived them of their constitutional right to an education. The federal complaint, filed in Brooklyn on Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Education, asserted that the "staggering" level of violence in city schools disproportionately affected minority students. "The violence knows few boundaries, except that, on average, white and Asian students encounter far fewer incidents of school violence than black and Hispanic students," the lawsuit said.

Hawaii looks to mainland to deal with big teacher shortage Posted: 06 Apr 2016 07:38 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Education has been seeking out educators from the mainland to deal with the state's growing teacher shortage.

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