Education News

BERKELEY, Calif. - Police on Friday arrested 65 protesters inside a classroom building that was partially taken over for several days at the University of California, Berkeley. Full Story »

SHREVEPORT, La. - Police in the northwestern Louisiana city of Shreveport say a female student was shot on the grounds of a high school and a suspect was arrested. Full Story »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's public schools spent nearly $222 million more than they received in revenues in the last fiscal year, which required raiding their savings accounts and borrowing money to keep doors open and teachers paid during the recession. Full Story »

BOSTON - Harvard University will halt construction of a new science complex in Boston's Allston neighborhood after completing the building's foundation, university president Drew Faust said Thursday, citing the Ivy League school's "altered financial landscape." Full Story »

Over the past few decades, work experience has increasingly been a factor in MBA admissions, with many business schools now expecting applicants to have a minimum of five years before applying. In the 1960s and 1970s, most students pursued their MBA immediately after their undergraduate program. Ten years ago, the average age of a first-year MBA was 25. Today it is 28. While this has enhanced the profile of many business school classes (in terms of higher salaries and positions), the net impact on students has not been adequately determined. Full Story »

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- States should rewrite laws that impede Obama administration priorities such as tying teacher pay to student performance and lengthening the school year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chocolate milk is "soda in drag" and should be booted out of US school cafeterias, a former celebrity chef turned school lunch lady has said. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Police have arrested several San Francisco State University students who barricaded themselves inside a campus building to protest budget cuts and fee hikes. Full Story »

ALAMEDA, Calif. - A San Francisco Bay area school board will use broad lessons against bias to replace a curriculum against bullying gay people that had become a national centerpiece in the opposition to same-sex marriage. Full Story »

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Teachers trying to get students interested in molecular biology or space now have a new tool -- video games. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Pell Grant program for needy college students is facing a massive shortfall as the country's bleak job market drives people back to school. Full Story »

A college degree may be more expensive today, but it's worth far less in the job market than it once was Full Story »

IRVINE, Calif. - The Irvine board of education on Wednesday approved a plan to work with MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. subsidiary SunEdison and privately held SPG Solar to install solar power systems at 21 district sites. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Shares of Bridgepoint Education Inc. rose Wednesday after the online education company announced three-year cohort default rates for its schools that were not as bad as investors feared. Full Story »

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Ivy League lawyer and a county commissioner will meet in a runoff to replace ousted Birmingham mayor Larry Langford. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles school board has approved a budget plan that calls for more than 5,000 job cuts. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools. Full Story »

PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says he will ask city council to again delay a vote on a first-of-its-kind 1 percent tax on college tuition. Full Story »