Cops Want to Store Rifles in Plainfield, Ill. High Schools In Case Violence Breaks Out
Police want to install gun safes at four high schools in case of school shootings
Education
Virginia Amendment Aims To Create More Charter Schools
State senator wants to boost competition in education.
West Virginia U Named Top Party School for 2013
University of Iowa in 2nd, last year's champions Ohio University fall to 3rd
Government Schools Overfunded, Says Aussie Opposition Leader
State holding pens get cash out of proportion to their share of students
Binge-Drinking Students Are Happier, Study Says
If you think that this information will lead to less panic about college drinking, you are probably drunk yourself right now.
Mother Challenges Gender-Based Classes in West Virginia
Public middle school implemented system in 2010
College Newspaper Board Apologizes to Students
Staff walked out over leadership of newspaper being handed over to non-students.
California Teachers: We'll Decide for Ourselves How Awesome We Are, Thank You Very Much
A bill would require school districts to negotiate teacher evaluation rules with the unions.
Collective Bargaining for Teacher Evaluations?
Yes, this is a proposal. Of course it's in California.
School Challenged Over Single-Sex Teaching
Boys get bright light and girls get dim rooms because ... somebody forgot to recycle the Dick and Jane books?
University of Georgia's Student Newspaper Staff All Walk
Editor blogs that college had been pressuring students to print more "good" news and hired staff to overrule students' decisions.
School Choice Expands for Indiana Families
More than 8,000 families use vouchers and new charter schools are opening their doors
882 Arrests in New York City Public Schools Last Year
95 percent of arrests were of blacks and Hispanics
Georgia Schools Chief Opposes State-Chartered Independent Schools
Says charter schools should remain a local issue
Abuse Scandal Could Cost Penn State's Accreditation
University must submit report by September.
Legislation Would Require Parental OK for Lousy Teachers
Sign-off from parents would be required to assign students to teachers rated "ineffective"
New Jersey Can't Deny Financial Aid to the Kids of Immigrants
State had pulled funding from students based on their parents' immigration status
Unions Turn Schoolkids Into Slugs, Say Tories
Work-to-rule orders keep British teachers from supervising students outside
Violent Student Protests in Chile
Police arrest 75 protesters destroying property because they want free education
Spanish Students Charged for Bringing Bagged Lunches
Parents aren't pleased about hard-to-justify tab
Rights Group Warns UC President Not to Restrict Free Speech
Fact-finding team encouraging prohibitions against "hate speech" on campuses.
Antisocial Science: Some Liberal Academics Don't Want Conservatives in Their Herds
A third would choose hiring a liberal candidate over a conservative, given equal qualifications.
Feds Docking Social Security Checks For Unpaid Student Loans
Most of the loans were taken for children and grandchildren. Where are they now?
300 D.C. Kids Get School Vouchers
Federal program is a ticket out of the city's floundering government schools
Louisiana Vouchers Attacked by Religious Group
Progressive-oriented Interfaith Alliance says Louisiana program threatens religious freedom and church-state separation
ACLU May Sue School Over Mandatory Pregnancy Tests
A Louisiana charter school currently requires pregnancy tests be conducted and kicks out pregnant students.
Most Americans Favor More Education Spending…Until They Are Told the Price Tag
13 percent believe government spending on education is at the right amount.
DC Public School Still Fail Special Ed. Kids
Six years running, public schools in the nation's capital have fallen short of federal special education goals
Louisiana Private Schools Get Help in Voucher Battle
Two school choice groups promise assistance to schools sued by the teachers union for accepting vouchers
Subsidies Feed College Bureaucrats
Virginia's colleges have seen soaring administrative costs, and education experts say government subsidies fueled the boom
Too Many Privately Educated Athletes?
The head of Britain's Olympic team says dominance by athletes educated at private schools is "wholly unacceptable"
Papers Please, Kid
Public school students in Scottsdale, Arizona, will be required to wear ID badges
UC Davis Chief Defied Panel to Fire Pepper Spray Cop
Investigators had suggested demotion or suspension instead.
No School Transfers for White Kids
A 1960s court ruling limits transfers from failing Rayville Elementary School to minority students only
The New and Improved Siri To Teach Code
Kids will get the chance to learn code through puzzles and games.
