September 2021 saw a bit of havoc wreaked in some K-12 schools, which was attributed at least in part to a viral social media challenge called "devious licks" in which youngsters filmed themselves ...

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The Tortilla Slap Challenge is TikTok's latest challenge and it's a whole load of wholesome fun. Providing light-hearted entertainment, the challenge has over 943 million views across the platform and ...

A nationwide panic about the supposed "slap a teacher" TikTok challenge sent educators scrambling last year. But there was never any evidence that the challenge was real or that it originated on ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The California Teachers Association on ...

When the FDA warned about NyQuil chicken, it had the opposte effect of spotlighting it. It's the latest in a history of orgs and media falling for fads and turning them into mass panics. There was ...

Educational leaders throughout the state are urgently warning teachers and school staff about a disturbing TikTok challenge that emerged this month urging students to slap teachers while recording it ...