Education News

SKOWHEGAN, Maine - Tasting maple syrup is a lot like tasting wine. Sniff the aroma, take a sip, hold it on your tongue and savor it for a moment to register the sensation. Full Story »

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Several Missouri schools are complaining about notebooks and pencils with designs similar to the logos from President Barack Obama's campaign. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that complaints from unhappy officials at three Missouri schools have prompted the supply company responsible for the materials to travel across the state recalling notebooks and pencils. Full Story »

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M University has named former U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker as dean of its Bush School of Government and Public Service. Full Story »

CHICAGO - Chicago's police superintendent says the investigation of city Board of Education President Michael Scott's death is complete. Full Story »

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - California schools will be getting millions of masks and gloves to block the spread of swine flu. Full Story »

HARTFORD, Conn. - An Ivy League professor who shares a name with a man accused of killing a Wesleyan University student has sued the school, saying it circulated his photo instead of the suspect's and dragged its feet to correct the error. Full Story »

SEATTLE - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation wants to help community colleges use technology to improve and go beyond basic online classes. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals. Full Story »

NEW YORK - A gas leak has forced the evacuation of 200 people at a school for the disabled in New York City. Full Story »

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Education Realty Trust Inc., which owns and operates housing for college students, said Thursday it has named Randall L. Churchey its next CEO. Full Story »

Chicago - The federal stimulus money for education is prompting states, much more than before, to embrace reforms promoted by the US Department of Education. In particular, states are moving to better track students' progress and to use rigorous assessment tests. Full Story »

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jesus Garcia dropped out of high school and figured he was destined for prison or a life shortened by violence -- until he found an alternative school that became the family he never felt he had. Full Story »

HONG KONG - A top Asian cinematographer has expressed his distaste for digital cameras in a recently released book, complaining about having to use them to shoot an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's hit novel "Norwegian Wood." Full Story »

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Police say eight workers have been injured in an explosion at a middle school in southeastern Virginia. Full Story »

RALEIGH, N.C. - Students aren't the only ones benefiting from the billions of new dollars Washington is spending on college aid for the poor. Full Story »

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. Full Story »

BATON ROUGE, La. - Salary costs have jumped in Louisiana's education department, even as the number of full-time employees dropped, and the number of people drawing six-figure paychecks has more than doubled in the two years since Paul Pastorek took charge of the agency. Full Story »

PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland's mass transit agency has fired a light-rail train operator who ignored a father's calls for help after his 3-year-old son was left behind at a station last week. Full Story »