A pair of students at Mark Twain JHS School 239 for the Gifted and Talented in Brooklyn were a little too enterprising for their own good. They were "hauled out of class yesterday after trying to peddle a homemade chemical bomb." While the school will discipline them, they were arrested and charged with conspiracy. The two 13-year-olds (honors students!) were telling a third friend about a Youtube video (of course) of a homemade bomb made......

After a parents of a rejected student filed a class action lawsuit, the Department of Education asked a federal judge to overturn a 1974 ruling that set in place quotas to keep the school 40% minority and 60% white. The DOE wants the court to overturn the ruling immediately so the 2008-2009 will be quota-free. Last June, 11-year-old Nikita Rau was denied a place at Coney Island magnet school, Mark Twain School - IS 239.......