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Christian school criticized over dinosaur test

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:35 -0400

GREENVILLE, South Carolina - It was labeled "4th grade science quiz. Dinosaurs: Genesis and the Gospel."

Refusing sex survey costing Georgia federal funds

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:24:41 -0400

ATLANTA - Georgia stands to lose $1.8 million in funding because state officials refuse to participate in a federal survey that asks high school and middle school students about their sexual history.

Cabell County program tutors girls

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:22:28 -0400

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia - Toi Wilson said some of the kids she hung out with at Huntington High School are in jail or have died.

Program for young people with disabilities expands

Sat, 25 May 2013 05:28:04 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - A South Dakota program that provides employment training for young people with disabilities is expanding to Brookings.

Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:40:05 -0400

NEW YORK - The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday.

Students safe after armed man reported at school

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:22:12 -0400

THORNTON, Colorado - A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said.

Union officials: Troubled district teachers unpaid

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:59:04 -0400

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Union officials say teachers at a struggling school district are not being paid, even though the state released money to the district to ensure it could make payroll.

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:52:24 -0400

MOORE, Oklahoma - Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here."

Wis. gov expects compromise on voucher school plan

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:08:16 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week.

Quinn signs moratorium on online charter schools

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:41:02 -0400

CHICAGO - Virtual charter schools in Illinois are being placed on temporary hold.

La. senators urged to fund education, health care

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:10 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - People who rely on the state for health care and education pleaded Friday with senators to keep those programs off the chopping block in next year's $25 billion budget, in what has become an annual struggle to stave off cuts to services amid the state's financial problems.

Nebraska student writing scores show improvement

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:43:34 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - Nebraska students showed improvement in this year's statewide writing test, even though one in three who took the new exam fell below proficiency standards, according to a report released Friday.

OH district ponders creationism for hot topic list

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:03:15 -0400

CINCINNATI - An Ohio school district proposal to add creationism to a hot-topics list deemed appropriate for classroom discussion is drawing opposition from some parents and a civil rights group.

Third-grade FCAT math and reading scores static

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:53:08 -0400

MIAMI - Third-grade math and reading scores on Florida's standardized test remained static this school year, with fewer than two-thirds of students demonstrating grade-level proficiency, according to results released Friday by the state Department of Education.

Jackson school principal suspended

Fri, 24 May 2013 13:21:48 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - The Mississippi Department of Education has suspended the license of a Jackson school principal for one year for interfering in mandated state testing in 2011.

Southern Indiana garden honors Thomas Jefferson

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:58:47 -0400

JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana - Jeffersonville CityPride, a local steel production company, and students from Spring Hill and Maple elementary schools have created a new garden at Warder Park that pays tribute to the city's namesake.

Federal cuts affect poorest Kansas schools

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:22:37 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - Kansas school districts face the loss of about $7.2 million this coming school year in federal funding for its high-poverty schools, according to the state Department of Education.

Caddo school board looking for budget solution

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:07:34 -0400

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana - The Caddo Parish School Board will have to find another way to start correcting its $21 million budget shortfall.

C. Pa. official: Students safe after school threat

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:23:26 -0400

WILLIAMSBURG, Pennsylvania - A central Pennsylvania school official says students are safe but classes are dismissing early as a precaution following a threat to an elementary school.

Lansing mentor program transforms boys to men

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:43:30 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - David DeMyers grew up without a father in his life, a male role model to guide him as he was growing up.

Michigan panel OKs 3 pct. raise for K-12 schools

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:13 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan's public schools would get about 3 percent more and it's community colleges and universities about 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year under measures approved by Republican-led budget panels Thursday.

Bills seeks $2M for Teach for America

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:31 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposal to allocate $2 million to Teach for America has new life in the Nevada Senate.

It's now House's turn to create NC state budget

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:46 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Senate Republicans handed off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their counterparts Thursday in the House, who are likely to take issue with several proposals and listen to what GOP Gov. Pat McCrory wants in a final plan.

Va. students build disorientation chair for NASA

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:20 -0400

HAMPTON, Virginia - Brandon Hogan smiled broadly on Thursday as he sat in a chair at NASA's Langley Research Center that spun around and around, intentionally making himself dizzy.

Taveras: graduation test a "questionable" gauge

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:35:05 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The mayor of Providence says he is concerned about using a standardized test to determine whether high school students are ready to graduate.