Not quite as loony as suspending a kid because he ate a pop tart into the shape of a gun, this incident at an LA high school is instructive because: 1. The school employee who "turned in" the teacher who oversaw the science projects is a scientific illiterate; and 2. Hysterical overreactions to anything remotely resembling a weapon are a nationwide problem, but can only be addressed locally. School boards must be forced into developing clear guidelines as to what constitutes a "threat" and what doesn't. Daily Caller: A beloved science teacher at a public high school in downtown Los Angeles has been suspended because a school employee was afraid that a kid’s air pressure-related science project looked too much like a weapon. The teacher, Greg Schiller, was suspended (with pay) back in February. He teaches – or taught – at the brutally futuristic-looking $232 million Cortines School of Visual & Performing Arts (also called...(Read Full Post)