http://www.mail.com/subjects/3294-education.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3294-education.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The moment Alissa Parker learned of a shooting at her daughter's school, she suddenly regretted not pointing out what she had seen as security gaps at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Parker, whose 6-year-old daughter Emilie was among 20 first-graders killed in the Dec. 14 massacre, had thought security could have been tighter, althoug... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2091290-newtown-parents-seek-focus-school-security.html 2013-05-16T20:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html DETROIT (AP) — Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations. Subaru's 2014 Forester was the only vehicle to get the top "good" rating in the results released Thursday. The 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport was rated as "acceptable." But fas... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:25:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090242-2-13-small-suvs-well-crash-tests.html 2013-05-16T20:25:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090860-house-advances-student-loan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to financial markets. The GOP-led House Education and the Workforce Committee sent to the full House a bill that would offer some students a better deal at first. Democratic critics warned that gr... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:34:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090860-house-advances-student-loan.html 2013-05-16T19:34:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html PARIS (AP) — A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." Police said the suicide happened shortly before noon as c... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html 2013-05-16T13:46:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089080-charges-teen-explosion-fla-school.html A central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds — and who became the subject of a grassroots social media campaign on her behalf — will not face criminal charges, authorities said Wednesday. Polk County State Attorney Jerry Hill wrote in a statement that the case against 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot has been dismi... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:05:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089080-charges-teen-explosion-fla-school.html 2013-05-16T01:05:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be given only to "a person of the Caucasian race" from Iowa. Roberts left Columbia most of her $509,000 estate when she died in 1920 and created the highly restrict... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088992-columbia-u-seeks-to-alter-whites-only-bequest.html 2013-05-15T23:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up. "I don't know where the time went," she said, breaking into a bubbly laugh. "We just went to the bank the other day and signed everything over. It's crazy. I do feel a little bit older." Sure, the star of the London Olympics still has much of her life in front of her. But Franklin reached one important m... Wed, 15 May 2013 23:02:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088632-franklin-ready-to-walk-high-school-aisle.html 2013-05-15T23:02:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call that the health and sa... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html 2013-05-15T22:58:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2087242-rutgers-louisvilles-hermann-ad.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials. Hermann replaces Tim Pernetti, who quit last month after the firing ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2087242-rutgers-louisvilles-hermann-ad.html 2013-05-15T21:32:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2086420-dr-dre-iovine-donate-70m-usc-center.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook. The hip-hop mogul best known as Dr. Dre and the co-founder of Interscope Records appeared at a news conference Wednesday alongside USC President C. L. Max Nikias t... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:15:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2086420-dr-dre-iovine-donate-70m-usc-center.html 2013-05-15T21:15:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down attached to a parachute. Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, —who rece... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story May 14 about a Senate immigration bill, The Associated Press erroneously reported that two of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers entered the U.S. on student visas. In fact only one of them did. A corrected version of the story is below: Senators tackle student visas in immigration bill Senators move to strengthen student visa secur... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2084640-correction-immigration-story.html 2013-05-15T19:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html SEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) — There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill a dozen wading pool-sized vats to the brim. With the veterinary department's inciner... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html 2013-05-15T17:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086830-prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean presidential spokesman who was fired after inappropriately touching a woman during a U.S. trip blames a "cultural difference" with America. Other South Koreans say the fault for such incidents truly lies with a society that allows powerful men to get away with harassment. Five months after the country elected its f... Wed, 15 May 2013 09:57:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2086830-prezs-fired-aide-highlights-skorean-gender-divide.html 2013-05-15T09:57:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085766-va-tech-president-retires-reflects-massacre.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The president of Virginia Tech announced his retirement Tuesday, satisfied he had elevated the university's reputation and acknowledging that the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history on his campus would be a part of his legacy. Charles Steger, 65, continues to be a central figure and criticized for the way the Blacksburg campus ... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:22:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085766-va-tech-president-retires-reflects-massacre.html 2013-05-14T21:22:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2084958-trace-adkins-picks-unknown-singer-tv-duets.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — "Celebrity Apprentice" finalist Trace Adkins has an apprentice of his own. In the market for a duet partner, Adkins picked out an unknown singer he saw at a junior-college fundraiser to join him for his appearances this week on "Today" and "Fox & Friends." He surprised 23-year-old Maureen Maltez with a copy of the song during a jaz... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:11:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2084958-trace-adkins-picks-unknown-singer-tv-duets.html 2013-05-14T17:11:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082956-ex-yeshiva-teacher-admits-sex-assault-nj-boy.html TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — With other accusers stepping forward, a former yeshiva teacher changed pleas Monday in the middle of his trial, admitting he sexually abused a boy he met while working as a camp counselor. Rabbi Yoself Kolko, 36, shifted uncomfortably on the stand as he pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sex assault, ... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:11:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2082956-ex-yeshiva-teacher-admits-sex-assault-nj-boy.html 2013-05-13T22:11:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government said Monday it will use emergency powers to prevent protesting teachers from disrupting university entrance exams this month. Civil servants' unions retaliated by calling a 24-hour strike for Tuesday. It is the third time this year that the conservative-led coalition government has used the emergency civil mobili... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:29:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2081416-greece-uses-emergency-power-striking-teachers.html 2013-05-13T17:29:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Security forces in Ivory Coast used teargas to disperse hundreds of students demonstrating Monday against overcrowded classrooms and empty libraries at the country's largest university, sending at least two students to the hospital with injuries, according to witnesses. The demonstration had been timed to coincide with an appea... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:02:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081736-security-forces-tear-gas-protesters-ivory-coast.html 2013-05-13T15:02:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080806-ex-penn-st-head-was-top-paid-public-colleges.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier became the highest paid public college president of 2011-12 when he was forced out over his handling of the sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to a survey released Sunday. The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual ranking of public college p... Sun, 12 May 2013 23:54:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080806-ex-penn-st-head-was-top-paid-public-colleges.html 2013-05-12T23:54:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html BEIJING (AP) — The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit may have eluded punishment because of Communist Party connections. Chinese looking for justice found another way to keep the issue alive. They took it t... Sun, 12 May 2013 08:31:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html 2013-05-12T08:31:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079654-mrs-obama-seek-those-with-beliefs.html RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama urged Eastern Kentucky University graduates on Saturday night to reach out to people with different political beliefs, saying the country would benefit from the conversations. "If you're a Democrat, spend some time talking to a Republican," Mrs. Obama told about 600 education, business and technology graduate... Sun, 12 May 2013 02:29:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079654-mrs-obama-seek-those-with-beliefs.html 2013-05-12T02:29:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078924-future-heads-family-farms-dig-financials.html COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jake Anderson didn't have to delve too deep into the University of Missouri's agricultural economics program before realizing he was destined to return to the 1,500-acre family farm. After all, that's been the Anderson family trade since 1891, when his great-great grandfather came to Callaway County from Sweden. What the self-describe... Sat, 11 May 2013 22:41:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078924-future-heads-family-farms-dig-financials.html 2013-05-11T22:41:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078210-newtown-panel-tear-sandy-hook-rebuild.html NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown parents Steven Uhde and Peter Barresi didn't want the town to abandon the elementary school property where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December and build a new school elsewhere, saying that would be like letting the gunman win. So they were glad Friday night when a task force of 28 local elected official... Sat, 11 May 2013 07:04:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2078210-newtown-panel-tear-sandy-hook-rebuild.html 2013-05-11T07:04:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2078020-rutgers-basketball-coach-degree.html New Rutgers basketball coach Eddie Jordan is not a graduate of the university as the school had claimed, another embarrassment for an athletic program still smarting from the firing of previous coach Mike Rice. Jordan's biography on the athletic department's website says he earned a degree in health and physical education in 1977. But the registrar's offi... Sat, 11 May 2013 00:04:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2078020-rutgers-basketball-coach-degree.html 2013-05-11T00:04:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope. A male student who was nude also was charged, but it wasn't immediately clear what he was doing during the Pittsburgh school's spring fin... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:56:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2077628-pennsylvania-student-charged-nude-pope-parody.html 2013-05-10T19:56:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075996-ex-yeshiva-teacher-faces-sex-assault-charges-nj.html TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The 12-year-old boy and his rabbi father were driving from the boy's therapist appointment to their Lakewood, N.J., home when the child decided to confide in his father. The boy said he was sexually abused by his former camp counselor, a man he told people was his best friend, the father said. "He said that his counselor, Yosef Kol... Fri, 10 May 2013 13:59:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2075996-ex-yeshiva-teacher-faces-sex-assault-charges-nj.html 2013-05-10T13:59:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073602-obama-texas-presses-middle-class-jobs-agenda.html AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from congressional Republicans. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president chose the bustling Texas capital as a ba... Thu, 09 May 2013 22:51:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2073602-obama-texas-presses-middle-class-jobs-agenda.html 2013-05-09T22:51:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074968-sugar-man-rodriguez-honorary-degree.html DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University had no idea that a folk hero was in its midst when the Detroit school awarded Sixto Rodriguez a philosophy degree in 1981. Then again, Rodriguez had no idea about his fame, either. The Motor City musician received a Doctor of Humane Letters on Thursday during the university's commencement ceremonies at Ford Field. He ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:48:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074968-sugar-man-rodriguez-honorary-degree.html 2013-05-09T19:48:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072280-judge-rules-cheerleaders-bible-banner-suit.html HOUSTON (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ruling might not have settled the issue of whether the banners are protected free speech, according to an attorney for the cheerleaders' school district. State District Judge Steven Thomas de... Thu, 09 May 2013 02:45:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2072280-judge-rules-cheerleaders-bible-banner-suit.html 2013-05-09T02:45:30Z