A single gunshot fired into the torso of one 15-year-old by another in a crowded hallway at Dillard High School immediately ignited concerns about violence in South Florida's public schools.But smoldering under the surface is worry from some community activists about what might have sparked the shooting... 

The first safe haven for GLBT middle schoolers is set to open in Milwaukee. A Dec. 17 article posted at the Web site of U.S. News and World Report said that the new school was approved by the Milwaukee Board of Education, and follows the establishment, four years ago, of the Alliance School, a Milwaukee... 

Barack Obama's pick for Education secretary, Arne Duncan, is evidently a friend of the gays. Duncan, who most recently headed the Chicago school system, has reportedly been pushing for a gay high school in the Windy City. New York City successfully established a gay high school where homosexual... 

WASHINGTON — High school can be a tumultuous time for a student. Nobody knows that better than Patrick Coughlin, who has been a high school guidance counselor for more than 20 years, including 16 at Washington Community High School. "High school is when many of us form our self-image,"... 

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers are at significantly higher risk for pregnancy during their teen years than their heterosexual peers, suggests a survey published Tuesday in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. The University of British Columbia study looked at adolescent health surveys of 1992,... 

Attorneys for the ACLU have sent a letter to Big Bear High School saying that school officials cannot prohibit students from wearing anti-Proposition 8 T-shirts. Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to ban gay marriage, was among the most divisive issues on the November ballot and...