Education News

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 »

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters Life!) - You'd never guess at first glance whether Bosnian teen Tanja Bekic is Muslim, Serb, Catholic or from a mixed marriage and that's the point of attending a Catholic school. Full Story »

PLANO, Texas - U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom, recruiting and retaining teachers, lowering the high school dropout rate and helping school districts find ways to save money. Full Story »

LEBANON, Ohio - Two school buses have collided at a red light, sending 17 children to several Ohio hospitals. Full Story »

NEW CITY, N.Y. - A former New York City police officer has admitted he held a suburban school superintendent at gunpoint in June. Full Story »

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Workers at Butterball's turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations: Full Story »

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri must be willing to overhaul its education system and develop new teaching methods to compete for more than $4 billion in federal funds, the state's top education and political leaders said. Full Story »

Some turkey-making tidbits from the experts at Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line: Full Story »

BOISE, Idaho - Idaho hopes to win $75 million or more in competitive federal grants for public schools, money that officials say could be the state's only opportunity to boost funding for education in the next few years. Full Story »

HONG KONG - How do you say school's out in Chinese? Full Story »

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Officials at the University of California, Santa Cruz say dozens of protesters who were occupying the university's main administrative building have ended their protest. Full Story »

LEXINGTON, Va. - Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll. Full Story »

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Authorities say five male students have been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery after two ninth-grade girls were attacked at a Long Beach high school. Full Story »

ATLANTA - When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school. Full Story »

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets. Full Story »