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Court may limit use of race in college admission decisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Ame...
School resumes after Texas blast, but frustration grows
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - The only one of four schools in a Texas town to escape damage from a deadly fertilizer plant blast re...
At least 14 people injured in stabbing at Houston college
(Reuters) - At least 14 people were injured during a mass stabbing at a local community college in the northwest Houston area...
High school graduation rate up sharply, but red flags abound
(Reuters) - For the first time in decades, the United States is making steady gains in the number of high school students ear...
Two California students lose fingers in tug-of-war
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Los Angeles-area high school students had fingers severed while taking part in a "spirit wee...
Belgian trainee teachers fail in basic general knowledge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A large number of Belgium's future secondary school teachers struggle with basic concepts of geograp...
Hundreds of Texas, Ohio teachers flock to gun training
CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - School teachers in Texas are flocking to free firearms classes and hundreds more in Ohio ha...
What measures the best teacher? More than scores.
(Reuters) - Effective teachers can be identified by observing them at work, measuring their students' progress on standar...
Connecticut mayor wants to name a school after slain teacher
MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The mayor of Stratford, Connecticut, wants to rename an elementary school after teacher Vict...
Sandy Hook kids head to school for first time since attack
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newt...
Newtown students to return to classes in wake of shooting
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The schools of Newtown, which stood empty in the wake of a shooting rampage that took 26 of ...
Funerals begin for school shooting victims
FAIRFIELD/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - One boy was buried in his hero's football jersey in a small white coffin. Ball...
Quiet town rocked by mass shooting at elementary school
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The peace and security of the suburban Connecticut community of Newtown lay shattered on Fri...
School shooting: 28 dead, including 20 children
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing...
Is Supreme Court set to end use of race in admissions?
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to...
University of California settles pepper spray suit for $1 million
DAVIS, California (Reuters) - University of California officials have agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a...
Chicago teachers to vote October 2 on new contract
By Mary WisniewskiCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers will vote October 2 on whether to approve a contract with the nation&#...
Back to school in Chicago as teachers' strike ends
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students return to school on Wednesday after a teachers' strike ended, thrilling parents who ...
No deal in Chicago as strike talks drag on
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students marked a week off classes on Friday as hopes of an imminent end to a teachers' strik...
School's out in Chicago as teachers strike, parents scramble
CHICAGO (Reuters) - School was out in Chicago on Monday and parents scrambled for child care after public school teachers sta...
Sandusky case has cost Penn State nearly $17 million so far
(Reuters) - Penn State University has paid out almost $17 million to cover legal bills, public relations fees and other c...
Has Teach for America betrayed its mission?
(Reuters) - When Wendy Kopp, just out of Princeton, founded Teach for America in 1989, she dreamed of recruiting 500 elite co...
Psychiatrist warned university about Colorado gunman
DENVER (Reuters) - A psychiatrist who treated the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage ...
Princeton scores straight A's as top U.S. college
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Princeton scores top marks and edged past Williams College in Massachusetts and Califo...
Obama unveils form to streamline college aid shopping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled a form on Tuesday to help students compare college financial aid off...
Woman Falls Down Slide and Wipes Out Kids
This isn't exactly what they were waiting in line for.
Fund for bullied bus monitor tops $460k... and rising
NEW YORK - A fund set up for an upstate New York grandmother has taken in more than $460,000 in just over 48 hours after ...
Blink-182 Pick Up Lines
Can Blink-182 lyrics be used to pick up women? This awkward man certainly gives it hisbest effort. See what happens.
'You Are Not Special' Commencement Speech
David McCullough Jr., a high school English teacher, made headlines after giving this unique speech to the gradutes of Welles...
Parents protest surge in standardized testing
(Reuters) - A backlash against high-stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts as parents, teacher...
Jimmy Fallon, The Roots Cover "Call Me Maybe"
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots cover Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" withclassroom instruments... and Carly Rae ...
Boys Inspire Kids, Kids Inspire Everyone
Matt has Spastic Cerebral Palsy, but choose torun in the Field Day at Colonial Hills Elementary School. His determination and...
Quiz: Did You Graduate High School?
In honor of graduation season Jimmy Kimmel plays a special version of his game "Pedestrian Question."A reporterasks...
Justin Bieber Graduates
Justin Bieber gets an official high school graduation with commencement speaker Ellen DeGeneres, she even gives him a special...
In tornado-weary Joplin, graduates eager to move on
JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable d...
Skrillex Reviewed by Children
Whether or not you like Skrillex, you'll appreciate this review of his song "Bangarang" by little British kids.
Teachers Dancing Behind Students
Could this bepayback for passing notes and texting in class while their backs are turned? We hope so.
Time-Lapse Map of Europe
For your history lesson for the day we present 1,000 years of European countries in three and a half minutes.Take that high s...
Afghan woman pushes for rights from behind the wheel
KABUL (Reuters) - The morning after the Taliban fell Shakila Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa, sat behind the wheel of a car...
'Bohemian Rhapsody' On the Way to School
How do you pump your kids up for school in the morning? Try singing along to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." It wo...
Dad wires autistic son, exposes teachers' abuse (LISTEN)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey school district has fired at least two educators for verbally abusing autistic children aft...
Think carrots, not candy as school snack, group suggests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Junk food may soon be hard to buy at American public schools as the U.S. government readies new rules ...
Virginia Tech holds classes on shooting anniversary
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Five years after a mentally ill student gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech, the universi...
UCLA apologizes for erroneous admissions notice snafu
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As if college application season was not stressful enough for high school seniors, nearly 900 student...
Numbers game: America's struggle to make math fun
In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's science that has all the kid-friendly sizzle: Robots and ...
Consumer Website Helps Factor College Costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many students eagerly waiting to find out which college they will be attending in the fall, the U...
Kindergarten Boy Brings Heroin to Show and Tell
(Reuters) - A five-year-old boy brought packets of heroin to a show and tell at his Connecticut kindergarten, leading to the ...
Ex-student charged with murder in shooting rampage
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shoot...
Police: Accused Oakland gunman targeted administrator
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting ramp...
Pink-haired student invited back to school
(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her ...
Scholarships of band members revoked over racial taunt
(Reuters) - Southern Mississippi University revoked the pep band scholarships of five students on Tuesday after they admitted...
Hostile takeover: Parents seek control of failing school
(Reuters) - Desert Trails Elementary School in the impoverished town of Adelanto, California, has been failing local kids for...
Public schools sell empty classroom seats abroad
REVILLO, South Dakota (Reuters) - There are just seven pairs of boots lined up outside the kindergarten classroom in this fad...
School rampage victim mourned, suspect back in court
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners packed a church and gathered outside on Tuesday for the funeral of one of thre...
Colorado court says students can carry guns on campus
DENVER (Reuters) - The University of Colorado overstepped its authority when the school's board of regents imposed a ban ...
Suspect in Ohio School Shooting Charged with Murder
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Ohio on Thursday formally charged 17-year-old T.J. Lane with three counts of aggrava...
Coach who yelled at school shooter not a hero, he says
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - "Hey!" yelled Coach Frank Hall when a student gunman opened fire on classmates in the Cha...
Ohio School shooter says he killed randomly
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A 17-year-old student suspected of a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school that killed three teen...
Classes canceled in Ohio at school hit by shooting
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Students in an Ohio community shaken by the worst U.S. high school shooting in nearly a year were t...
One student dead, 4 injured in Ohio shooting
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - One of the five students shot by another student at an Ohio high school on Monday has died, Chardon...
Reynolds Was Suspended Over School Prank
Actor Ryan Reynolds was once kicked out of school after unintentionally breaking the law with an April Fool's Day prank.T...
Brain scans spot early signs of dyslexia
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the rea...
Why is the sky blue? Kids' questions parents fear
LONDON (Reuters) - They range from the easy, like "would a shark beat a dinosaur in a fight?" through the tricky, l...
Dakota Fanning is husband hunting at college
Actress Dakota Fanning is hunting for her husband-to-be at college after learning it's the best place to meet your life-long ...
David Archuleta taking acting lessons
Singer David Archuleta is hoping to step up his onscreen career by taking acting lessons.The former American Idol" star ...
Prepaid college plans: shrinking options, rising risks
(Reuters) - Jim and Celeste Durkin thought when they began investing six years ago in Illinois state's prepaid college saving...
Want your kids to do better in school? Try exercise
(Reuters) - Children who get more exercise also tend to do better in school, whether the exercise comes as recess, physical e...
Poor kids miss out on playtime, pediatricians say
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children in poor urban neighborhoods need more chances for old-fashioned playtime in their daily ...
Early Help May Improve Preemies' Behavior Later
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents of newborn preemies some help right from the start may make a diffe...
Government begins Penn State abuse scandal probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators from the Department of Education arrived at Penn State University on Monday to review ho...
UC Davis chancellor sorry for pepper spray incident
DAVIS, Calif (Reuters) - A University of California chancellor apologized to jeering students on Monday for police use of pep...
Penn State students protest after Paterno fired
STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) - More than 1,000 protesting Penn State University students poured into the streets around campus...
Penn State trustees fire Joe Paterno, president
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Famed U.S. college football coach Joe Paterno and the president of Penn State Univers...
College costs outpace inflation: College Board
(Reuters) - The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear patte...
Girl shot at NC school, prompting lockdown
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A high school student was shot in the neck during an outdoor lunch break at a North...
CA allows college aid to illegal immigrants
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students ac...
Obama urges students to keep learning to help U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten th...
Mock diversity bake sale draws protest in CA
BERKELEY, Calif (Reuters) - Student Republicans holding a bake sale at UC Berkeley to mock diversity efforts by state legisla...
Obama links education reform to economic recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young people in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science...
Number of new graduate students drops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New student enrollment at U.S. graduate schools fell in 2010 for the first time since the autumn of 20...
Sheryl Crow's car brings $260,000 for Joplin
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - An anonymous couple whose $130,000 bid won singer Sheryl Crow's 1959 Mercedes convertible in ...
Gates named William & Mary's next chancellor
CHESAPEAKE, Va (Reuters) - Former defense secretary Robert Gates was named on Tuesday as the next chancellor of the College o...
Florida police foil bomb plot at Tampa school
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Florida police said on Wednesday they arrested a 17-year-old who had material to make pipe bombs a...
Rebecca Black quits school over 'Friday' taunts
Internet sensation Rebecca Black has quit high school after growing tired of the taunts of classmates and bullies.The singer,...
Principal found dead in classroom, student held
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - The female principal of a small Christian school in Memphis was found dead on Wednesday and a 17-year-old...
University graduates, grieves six lost students
TUSCALOOSA, Ala (Reuters) - Two days after a tornado took her sister's life in April, Michelle Downs Whatley crossed the stag...
Scientists warn of heat risk to high-school athletes
AUSTIN (Reuters) - Most high school football players who die from heat-related illness are overweight, in the first weeks of ...