http://www.mail.com/subjects/54426-school-administration.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/54426-school-administration.html 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/sports/other/2060416-utah-soccer-league-hiring-security-hit.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah soccer league that saw one of its referees punched by a teen player and sent into a coma plans to play on — but with security present at games and without the player's team, its president said Friday. Mario Vasquez, president of La Liga Continental de Futbol, said he'll hire off-duty police officers to watch over games, whic... Fri, 03 May 2013 23:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2060416-utah-soccer-league-hiring-security-hit.html 2013-05-03T23:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2061102-puerto-rico-university-official-resigns.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The president of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus has resigned just days after the presidents of the university's 10 other campuses did the same. Friday's announcement by Ana Guadalupe comes amid a flurry of resignations to protest the governor's reform of the institution's board of directors. A new board president ... Fri, 03 May 2013 15:37:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2061102-puerto-rico-university-official-resigns.html 2013-05-03T15:37:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2043436-police-dispute-suspected-shooter-victim.html MANCHESTER, Ill. (AP) — The man suspected of storming a south-central Illinois home and killing five members of the same family with a shotgun had been in some kind of dispute with at least one of the victims, but authorities said Thursday they were still trying to determine if it had something to do with the custody of a child. Illinois State Police spok... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:20:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2043436-police-dispute-suspected-shooter-victim.html 2013-04-25T21:20:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038580-atlanta-schools-work-to-help-kids-left.html ATLANTA (AP) — Long after the school day ends, nearly half the students enrolled at Burgess-Peterson Academy in Atlanta spend an extra four hours in class looking to hone their math and reading skills by using such items as a deck of cards for subtraction problems and staplers and crayons to practice taking measurements. While this Atlanta public school w... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:53:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038580-atlanta-schools-work-to-help-kids-left.html 2013-04-23T08:53:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026936-official-school-couldnt-expel-accused-teens.html SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The attorney for the family of a 15-year-old Northern California girl who hanged herself after she was allegedly sexually abused by three boys disputed an explanation by the school superintendent of why the boys were not kicked out of school. Saratoga schools Superintendent Bob Mistele said Wednesday the teens suspected of assaul... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:47:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026936-official-school-couldnt-expel-accused-teens.html 2013-04-18T11:47:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018746-dropping-ged-test-price-spikes.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will no longer be offered in a pencil and paper format. The responsibility for issuing high school equivalency certificates or diplomas rests with states, and the... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:12:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018746-dropping-ged-test-price-spikes.html 2013-04-14T19:12:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016204-ny-district-mulls-action-nazi-assignment.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A high school English teacher faces disciplinary action for giving a writing assignment that asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany, Albany school district officials said Friday. Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard said administrators were discussing what official action the uni... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:33:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2016204-ny-district-mulls-action-nazi-assignment.html 2013-04-12T20:33:28Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University is pledging to get to the bottom of how a basketball coach who kicked and shoved players and used gay slurs as he yelled at them was allowed to stay on the job — and to make sure the same thing isn't happening in other sports. The university said Monday that the school's Board of Governors would meet Thursday to disc... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html 2013-04-09T06:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday. The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html 2013-04-09T01:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2006150-rutgers-names-carl-kirschner-interim-ad.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is turning to former dean Carl Kirschner to run its athletic department amid the basketball scandal that led to the firing of coach Mike Rice and the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti. Rutgers president Robert Barchi announced the appointment Monday, just three days after Pernetti resigned in the wake of the scandal... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:18:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2006150-rutgers-names-carl-kirschner-interim-ad.html 2013-04-08T20:18:10Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003772-ap-source-fbi-eyes-extortion-rutgers.html The FBI is investigating whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university before he made videos that showed ex-coach Mike Rice shoving and kicking players and berating them with gay slurs. Meanwhile, Robert Morris University is expected to report in coming days what it has learned in its own inquiry on the three years Rice spent... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:19:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2003772-ap-source-fbi-eyes-extortion-rutgers.html 2013-04-07T23:19:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1997222-rutgers-faculty-seek-firings-coach-case.html NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The call from faculty members and politicians to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder, a day after men's basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for mistreating players, shoving them and berating them with gay slurs. More than 50 faculty members signed a letter Thursday calling for the dismissal of Athletic Direct... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:44:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1997222-rutgers-faculty-seek-firings-coach-case.html 2013-04-05T07:44:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1994028-reaction-to-rice-video-rutgers-reconsidering.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers officials had already seen the video showing coach Mike Rice shoving, grabbing and throwing basketballs at players during practice and yelling gay slurs at them before it was aired by ESPN on Tuesday. The school punished Rice in December, suspending him for three games and fining him $50,000. Now that the video has gone viral, ... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:29:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1994028-reaction-to-rice-video-rutgers-reconsidering.html 2013-04-03T07:29:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991478-iowa-boy-school-attack-left-disabled.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenager is suing his southwest Iowa school district, several administrators and his former high school football coach, claiming they didn't do enough to protect him from bullying that culminated in an attack during a fall practice that left him with severe brain injuries and permanent disabilities. The boy and his grandmother, w... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:03:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991478-iowa-boy-school-attack-left-disabled.html 2013-04-01T22:03:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987462-3-dozen-indicted-atlanta-cheating-scandal.html ATLANTA (AP) — Juwanna Guffie was sitting in her fifth-grade classroom taking a standardized test when, authorities say, the teacher came around offering information and asking the students to rewrite their answers. Juwanna rejected the help. "I don't want your answers, I want to take my own test," Juwanna told her teacher, according to Fulton County Dist... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:15:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1987462-3-dozen-indicted-atlanta-cheating-scandal.html 2013-03-30T07:15:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980924-administrators-armed-w-colo-school-district.html DENVER (AP) — As lawmakers across the country debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has voted to let its superintendent and a high school principal carry concealed semi-automatic pistols on campus — a move some say sidesteps laws meant to keep schools gun-free. The seven-member sc... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:25:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980924-administrators-armed-w-colo-school-district.html 2013-03-26T21:25:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1970742-barbs-racism-anti-semitism-ny-school-clash.html SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. (AP) — School board meetings descend into shouting matches. Accusations of racism and anti-Semitism fly. Angry parents turn their backs on board members in a symbolic stand of disrespect. Tension in a suburban New York school district is rooted in an unusual dynamic: The families who send their children to public schools are mostly His... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:00:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1970742-barbs-racism-anti-semitism-ny-school-clash.html 2013-03-21T19:00:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955848-commerce-pick-leaves-chicago-board.html CHICAGO (AP) — Businesswoman Penny Pritzker resigned from the Chicago Board of Education Thursday amid speculation that the longtime ally to President Barack Obama could be named the next U.S. Commerce secretary. Pritzker was a top fundraiser for Obama's 2008 and 2012 campaigns, serving as his finance chairwoman in 2008, and is considered a leading candid... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:16:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1955848-commerce-pick-leaves-chicago-board.html 2013-03-14T22:16:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1947990-scandal-costs-penn-top-41.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has released a document sought by some of its critics detailing the agreement with former FBI director Louis Freeh to investigate the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a review that cost the school about $8.1 million. Including the bill to pay Freeh, Penn State's total costs associated with the scandal topped $41... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:43:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1947990-scandal-costs-penn-top-41.html 2013-03-12T12:43:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936636-facebook-adds-university-calif-chief-to-board.html MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook says the chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, will join its board of directors. She will be the second woman elected to the Menlo Park, Calif., company's board, joining Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg. The company named Sandberg to the body last June after criti... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:22:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1936636-facebook-adds-university-calif-chief-to-board.html 2013-03-06T22:22:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1935718-breaking-bad-actor-to-take-nm-school-board-seat.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An actor from the TV show "Breaking Bad" is set to be sworn on Albuquerque's school board. Steven Michael Quezada plans to take his oath Wednesday during the board's regular meeting. He won a seat on the city's west side last month after running unopposed. Quezada plays federal drug agent Steven Gomez on the Albuquerque-based show... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:55:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1935718-breaking-bad-actor-to-take-nm-school-board-seat.html 2013-03-06T16:55:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926580-budget-cuts-to-hit-military-school-districts.html FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Public schools everywhere will be affected by the government's automatic budget cuts, but few may feel the funding pinch faster than those on and around military bases. School districts with military ties from coast-to-coast are bracing for increased class sizes and delayed building repairs. Others already have axed sports teams an... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926580-budget-cuts-to-hit-military-school-districts.html 2013-03-02T08:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1925766-mitchell-to-ncaa-penn-st-making-steady-progress.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State is making steady progress in implementing the requirements outlined by the NCAA following the sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell said Friday. Mitchell, the independent athletics integrity monitor, also said in a statement Friday that the university is making progr... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:23:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1925766-mitchell-to-ncaa-penn-st-making-steady-progress.html 2013-03-01T21:23:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1918144-ohio-court-spars-with-lawyers-school-bible-case.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State Supreme Court justices sparred with lawyers on Wednesday in a heated hour of arguments over the extent to which a now-fired public school science teacher had the right to push his religious beliefs in class. A lawyer for the school board that dismissed John Freshwater in 2011 said he waved a Bible at his students, handed out re... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:35:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1918144-ohio-court-spars-with-lawyers-school-bible-case.html 2013-02-27T22:35:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906856-ex-vt-college-president-dies-apparent-suicide.html MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The former acting president of a small Vermont liberal arts college was found dead in an apparent suicide amid an investigation into the embezzlement of $440,000 in school funds, authorities said Thursday. Former acting Southern Vermont College President James Beckwith was found dead Wednesday in his Londonderry home, state police s... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906856-ex-vt-college-president-dies-apparent-suicide.html 2013-02-22T01:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1899562-kids-suspensions-renew-debate-zero-tolerance.html Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy attending an after-school program makes a gun out of Legos and points it at other stude... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:12:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1899562-kids-suspensions-renew-debate-zero-tolerance.html 2013-02-18T19:12:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1896604-school-choice-hollywood-to-reach-main-street.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The movie "Won't Back Down" starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis was a box-office dud, barely earning $5 million and disappearing from theaters soon after its September 2012 release. But the film's creators, and a cadre of influential admirers, have more than ticket sales in mind. They hope the classroom drama about two si... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:44:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1896604-school-choice-hollywood-to-reach-main-street.html 2013-02-16T17:44:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887484-ohio-school-board-votes-to-jesus-portrait-up.html JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio school district decided Tuesday night to keep a portrait of Jesus hanging in the school where it's been 65 years, denying a federal lawsuit's claim the portrait's display unconstitutionally promotes religion in a public school. The Jackson City Schools board offered a constitutional justification of its own in voting 4-0 to ke... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1887484-ohio-school-board-votes-to-jesus-portrait-up.html 2013-02-13T02:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1884862-b10-ads-coaches-worry-easing-recruit-rules.html Big Ten athletic directors and football coaches say they have reservations about loosened NCAA recruiting rules that would allow unlimited contact between recruiters and high school players. The NCAA Board of Directors in January approved rulebook revisions that, among other things, remove limits on the number of phone calls and text messages to prospecti... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1884862-b10-ads-coaches-worry-easing-recruit-rules.html 2013-02-12T02:27:00Z