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  • Lawyer wants video suppressed in Texas fight case

    AP – 1 hr 15 mins ago

    CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The cell phone containing videos of abuse at a Texas facility for the mentally disabled was found in a clothing store and offered to two television stations before being taken to an off-duty police officer, the man who found the phone testified Monday.

  • School bullying, once a silent battle, now a crime

    AP – Mon Jul 6, 4:53 am ET

    TAMPA, Fla. - In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle.

  • In Philly schools, most students get a free lunch

    AP – Sun Jul 5, 2:52 pm ET

    PHILADELPHIA - For students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, there IS such a thing as a free lunch — and a free breakfast, too. With no strings attached.

  • NYC Muslims push to add holidays to school year

    AP – Fri Jul 3, 1:25 pm ET

    NEW YORK - Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both.

  • Education secretary challenges NEA on teacher pay

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 3:48 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement.

  • Gates Foundation Gives $16.5 Million for Community-College Programs

    U.S. News & World Report – Thu Jul 2, 12:17 pm ET

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation renewed its commitment to improving college graduation rates for low-income and minority students by giving $16.5 million in grant money to expand remedial education programs at the community-college level.

  • School District Billed in Diversity Lawsuit

    The Advocate – Thu Jul 2, 8:39 am ET

    As California grapples with a massive $24 billion budget deficit, a public school district finds itself served with a bill totaling almost $15,000 related to a lawsuit over a diversity presentation it allowed to take place in March, reports the Hayward Daily Review.

  • Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy South Korea

    Reuters – Thu Jul 2, 8:36 am ET

    SEOUL (Reuters) - For a teacher who never sees his students and instructs only online, South Korean Woo Hyeong-cheol makes a lot of money, $4 million a year to be exact.

  • LA high school featured in 'Bruno' leaves district

    AP – Thu Jul 2, 1:08 am ET

    LOS ANGELES - A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district.

  • Stimulus dollars released for schools

    AP – Wed Jul 1, 5:34 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is releasing $2.7 billion in stimulus dollars earlier than planned to help states confront increasingly tighter budgets.

  • Pay Off Your Student Loan with Help from Uncle Sam

    U.S. News & World Report – Wed Jul 1, 4:08 pm ET

    Today could be a day of liberation for millions of college graduates who are struggling with college loan payments. Thanks to the federal government's new Income Based Repayment Plan, which takes effect today, many debtors can cut their payments on their federal student loans to less than 15 percent of their incomes.

  • Book closes on NJ school districts without schools

    AP – Tue Jun 30, 3:51 pm ET

    HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The school districts in such New Jersey hamlets as Hi-Nella (population 1,029), Teterboro (population 18) and Victory Gardens (population 1,546) will be history by the time schools open in fall 2010 under a bill signed by the governor Tuesday.

  • BrĂ¼no Shoot Doesn't Tickle School Heads

    The Advocate – Tue Jun 30, 3:05 pm ET

    Sacha Baron Cohen made headlines and millions of dollars following the release of Borat, but the Los Angeles Unified School District is taking issue with his latest character's handling of an L.A. high school football team.

  • Conservatives Target Gay Appointee

    The Advocate – Mon Jun 29, 3:22 pm ET

    The right-wing Family Research Council is so outraged by the appointment of former Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network president Kevin Jennings to the Department of Education, the group has launched a campaign to get him booted from his post as assistant deputy secretary heading the department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools..

  • For modest earners, relief repaying student loans

    AP – Sun Jun 28, 9:28 pm ET

    NEW YORK - Repaying a student loan could soon be a little less painful.

  • Mormon-affiliated university lifts YouTube ban

    AP – Sat Jun 27, 6:44 pm ET

    PROVO, Utah - Brigham Young University, the Mormon church school where students agree to live a chaste and virtuous life, has lifted its almost three-year policy of blocking access to YouTube.

  • No dropouts from this Camden, NJ, high school

    AP – Sat Jun 27, 12:51 pm ET

    CAMDEN, N.J. - Angelo Drummond wears a pressed white shirt and a red power tie for his two-hour presentation to his harshest critics — a panel of fellow students at Camden's MetEast High School.

  • Acer Launches Back-to-School Desktop PCs, Monitor

    PC Magazine – Fri Jun 26, 7:26 am ET

    Acer on Friday released a trio of new models and a new monitor aimed at the home and school user.

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