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NY high school raises $489K with marathon dance
The 710 students from South Glens Falls High School danced for more than a day: Conga lines, "Gangnam Style," giddy-ups, hand jives and the Harlem ...
Budget cuts to hit military school districts first
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 ...
Hawaii Sign Language found to be distinct language
Linguists say they have determined that a unique sign language, possibly dating back to the 1800s or earlier, is being used in Hawaii, marking the ...
Mitchell to NCAA: Penn St making 'steady progress'
Penn State is making steady progress in implementing the requirements outlined by the NCAA following the sanctions for the Jerry Sandusky child sex ...
Famed free NYC college may start charging tuition
For more than a century, Cooper Union has been a one-of-a-kind meritocracy: Open to any student qualified to walk through its doors. For free.
1 of nation's oldest teachers retires in LA at 94
One of the oldest fulltime schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Rose Gilbert has been educating kids in Los Angeles for the past ...
'Switched at Birth' goes silent to make a point
"Until hearing people walk a day in our shoes, they will never understand," says a guidance counselor at a high school for deaf students in "Switched ...
How budget cuts could affect you
Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the ...
Boys' deaths add urgency to Conn. gun debate
The family of two young boys killed in an apparent-murder suicide — and state police — said Thursday they want to know why the boys' grandmother, with ...
Colleges, theaters to create new Civil War plays
Four major universities are joining theater companies in Boston, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta in a project to commission new plays, music and ...
Shake on a plane? Dance craze brings FAA inquiry
The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration. During a ...
Port city's strikes inspire Egypt's opposition
For nearly two weeks, protesters and strikers have shut down much of Egypt's Mediterranean city of Port Said, filling up the streets with one angry ...
Mexico plays hardball in jailing of union boss
The arrest of Mexico's most powerful union leader echoes the hardball tactics of Mexico's once-imperial presidency while pushing forward an education ...
Michelle Obama highlights obesity progress in MS
Michelle Obama on Wednesday congratulated this Southern state for a more than 13 percent drop in its child obesity rates, saying its example should ...
Storm brings deaths, travel problems, power losses
A Midwest snowstorm packing heavy snow and strong winds left six people dead in Kansas, hundreds of vehicles crashed or stranded in Wisconsin, and ...
Ohio students commemorate classmates slain by teen
One day after a teen gunman pleaded guilty in the deadly school shooting in northeast Ohio, students marked its one-year anniversary Wednesday with ...
Boston fraternity raises funds for pledge surgery
A college fraternity in Boston has raised more than twice the money needed to pay for a new pledge's gender transition surgery. The Phi Alpha Tau ...
Boston frat raises money for pledge gender surgery
A college fraternity in Boston has raised more than twice the money needed to pay for gender transition surgery for a frat brother. The Phi Alpha Tau ...
Father of Newtown victim: Ban assault weapons
After weeks of arguing constitutional fine points and citing rival statistics, senators wrangling over gun control saw and heard the anguish of a ...
Ohio court spars with lawyers in school Bible case
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 ...
Afghans worry about international aid vacuum
Afghan street children are packed into classrooms, raising their hands to answer math questions and bending their heads over art projects as part of ...
House committee takes up school safety issues
The top Democrat on the House education committee says any discussion about school safety needs to be coupled with "common sense strategies to keep ...
At more colleges, classes on genetics get personal
Bakir Hajdarevic didn't have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit — a lot. The 19-year-old freshman at the ...
Christie budget plan pushes greater school choice
With relatively small expenditures, Gov. Chris Christie is using his proposed state budget to push harder for more school choice for students in ...
Head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union arrested
The head of Mexico's powerful teachers' union was arrested at an airport near Mexico City Tuesday for alleged embezzlement, with federal officials ...