(∆) Raleigh Charter tops high school list – Raleigh Charter School was the only triangle school to finish in the US News’ annual ranking of the top 100 American high schools. Next came Athens Drive High in Raleigh, Cary High, Green Hope High in Cary, Jordan-Matthews High in Siler City and Sanderson High in Raleigh, which were among the 461 schools nationally to receive “silver medal” recognition. (N&O)
Teen fashion blogger faces backlash – 13-year-old Tavi Gevinson’s fashion blog ‘Style Rookie’ has been featured in the New York Times Fashion Magazine and led to a column in Harpar’s Bazaar. Now however, her older competitors are beginning to challenge and criticize her work. “Will she end up on morning shows? Yes she will,” Blume says. “I don’t think she’s a fashion sage, I think she’s a novelty and I think she’s going to be used as a marketing device as a novelty.” Slowey doubts she writes her own work at all. “She’s either a tween savant or she’s got a Tavi team,” notes the editor. (Jezebel)
New Moon director aids woman accused of piracy - Chris Weitz has come to the defense of a Chicago woman facing felony charges for illegally videotaping part of New Moon. The woman claims she was videotaping her sister’s birthday party inside the theater. “There is, needless to say, a difference between trying to protect the copyright of a film and making an unfair example of someone who clearly seems not to have any intentions towards video piracy,” Weitz wrote. (Chicago Sun Times)
Military children suffer through deployments - A new study by the RAND Corporation shows that military children suffer a higher rate of anxiety than the larger population and that their difficulties increase in proportion to the length of the deployment. The study found that girls tended to have more problems than boys during reintegration, and that older children struggled more during and after deployments than younger children. (NYTimes)
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