Education News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida's children. Full Story »

ST. LOUIS - Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday. Full Story »

OKLAHOMA CITY - Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement. Full Story »

SKOPJE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia's Grigor Prlichev elementary school. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Schools that serve more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal support rates than those serving less-healthier meals loaded with high fats and sugar, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Soaring interest by Chinese students has led to record foreign enrollment at US universities, offering a potential boon to the United States both economically and politically, a study said. Full Story »

CHICAGO - A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high school after an honor student's brutal beating death. Full Story »

HONOLULU - Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle proposed a plan Sunday to end the state's hotly disputed teacher furloughs starting in January, using a rainy day budget fund and converting planning days for teachers into regular classroom time to cancel a 10 percent reduction in school days. Full Story »

SEATTLE - The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools. Full Story »

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Teachers and other education employees could have to pay more for their retirement and health insurance benefits under a financial plan proposed Thursday by the Alabama Board of Education. Full Story »

BELLAIRE, Ohio - Ohio parents who say their children endured long, complicated walks home are panning the disruption of school bus service for a Hollywood movie shoot. Full Story »

NEWBURGH, N.Y. - Authorities say an officer was seriously injured when two school buses carrying students and a police patrol car all collided in New York's Hudson Valley. Full Story »

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan will have to change state law to have any shot at a slice of more than $4 billion set aside by the Obama administration for states that shake up their public school systems, the state's schools chief said Thursday. Full Story »

SEATTLE - Variation in the way Washington teachers and other school staff are paid does not pose a constitutional problem, the Washington Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. Full Story »

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The faculty union at Northern Iowa University has agreed to reopen its contract with the school. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun. Full Story »

DETROIT - An audit shows Detroit Public Schools has cut its budget deficit by nearly $87 million. Full Story »

TOPEKA, Kan. - Members of the State Board of Education expressed frustration that further cuts in Kansas public schools would hurt the quality of education. Full Story »