A Chantilly High School teacher accused of giving pot to a student was arrested Monday. Thomas Newlun, 53, faces charges including distribution of marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police say the teacher gave a small amount of marijuana to a 17-year-old student after Friday's class. The boy handed the drugs over to a school security officer.

High school graduation requirements for some Chicago public school students are unbelievable - the school district expects blind students to pass driver's education classes. Illinois state law requires that all districts offer driver's education, but does not mandate it as a graduation requirement. Hundreds of Illinois school districts require students to pass the class, although the state only requires districts to offer it. A spokeswoman for the state Board of Education tells the Chicago Tribune, "It defies logic to require blind students to take this course. "

The Chinese capital is beginning an campaign to stop Beijing's "most serious bad habit;" spitting. In an effort to brighten its image before the 2008 Summer Olympics, officials aren't kidding about fining people for spitting.

The president of a Colorado-based adult entertainment company wants to be in charge of education at a suburban St. Louis district and is lobbying for a position. However, many of the area's parents are heated and full of anger at the titillating prospect.

New York transit police continues to arrest a transgender person for using the women's restroom at Grand Central Terminal. Helena Stone, 70 is in transition from male to female. She accuses an officer of calling her "a freak, a weirdo, and the ugliest woman in the world. "