Chicago to hire 600 for school safe-passage routes
The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their ...
Panel backs introduction of digital learning in US
A week after President Barack Obama's call for U.S. schools to be outfitted with high-speed Internet within five years, an independent panel that ...
Schools bill to give states more control
The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday finished its sweeping rewrite of No Child Left Behind that eases coast-to-coast requirements for schools ...
Boiler room explosion rattles Calif. school
An explosion Tuesday in the boiler room of a high school gymnasium was so powerful it lifted the building's roof and caused heavy damage inside but ...
Democrats reject GOP No Child Left Behind option
The good intentions of No Child Left Behind have not yielded good policy, the Democratic chairman of the Senate education panel said Tuesday as ...
Campaign staffer: Booker getting in NJ Senate race
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has used his social-media and political savvy to gain national prominence, is in the race to finish the U.S. Senate term ...
Republicans: Give governors more school say
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation's schools, and governors would be put in charge ...
Obama pushes plan for fast Internet in US schools
Touting the need to give every child the tools for success, President Barack Obama on Thursday toured a North Carolina school where every student has ...
Made-up names appear in NY high school's yearbook
Officials at a small school district in upstate New York say an "honest mistake" led to students being identified in the yearbook as "Creepy smile ...
Jumble of education topics facing Congress
From pre-kindergarten to No Child Left Behind, from broadband-wired schools to college loans, students in every age group are suddenly finding the ...
After blast, West fights to keep its residents
John Crowder stood on the gray concrete slab where his house once was, pointing out one spot after another. There was the garage where an overflow of ...
Education bill rewrite would protect gay students
Buried in the proposed rewrite of the nation's massive education law are protections for gay and lesbian students that its supporters liken to the ...
House passes measure boosting veterans' programs
The House on Tuesday passed the first of 12 spending bills for the budget year beginning Oct. 1, a popular measure providing more money for veterans' ...
Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school
Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, ...
Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical
Reading, writing, arithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 ...
Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the ...
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now ...
Education Department gives 3 more states waivers
Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the ...
Only 2 of 13 small SUVs do well in crash tests
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 ...
Dr. Dre, Iovine donate $70M for new USC center
The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed ...
Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ...
ACT to start giving tests digitally
Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads. Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students' tech ...
Mississippi prepares new push on education
It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson is peppering ...
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