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Attorney: Ala. school shooting likely gang-related
A lawyer for a ninth-grader charged with shooting a fellow student to death at their Alabama school says the violence was likely related to gang activity.
updated: Feb 8th - 8:09pm

On tapes, Mass. teen denies high school stabbing
In a recorded jailhouse conversation, a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student at a suburban high school told a friend he was being "persecuted" because he stayed behind to help the victim.
updated: Feb 8th - 3:10pm

Rulings cloud issue of school MySpace suspensions
Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases.
updated: Feb 4th - 5:51pm

Wash. judge rules state failing education
The state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic public education, a King County judge ruled Thursday.
updated: Feb 4th - 2:16pm

Schools say snow safety takes priority over make-up days
Local kids may be excited over the amount of school they are missing due to this winter's snowstorms, but will they have to make up the time when the weather gets nice?
updated: Feb 4th - 2:04am

SWAT team responds to cap gun at Wash. school
The initial 911 report from the Vancouver, Wash., elementary school was alarming: shots fired at a school playground. That had police and SWAT officers scrambling Tuesday morning _ only to find the weapon was a bright orange cap gun.
updated: Feb 2nd - 11:00pm

Plea for Colo. man accused of Haiti school abuse
A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18.
updated: Feb 2nd - 11:37am

Ex-NY school official involved in theft is freed
A former New York school superintendent who admitted taking part in the theft of $11.2 million from a Long Island school district has been released from prison.
updated: Feb 2nd - 11:14am

Furloughs hurt military's view of Hawaii schools
The third-to-fifth graders ran up to their instructor clutching a list of words using the letters B, D, and E.
updated: Jan 31st - 3:53pm

Investigator in Calif. official's slaying killed
The lead investigator in the slaying in Mexico of a Southern California school board member has been killed in an ambush, authorities said Saturday.
updated: Jan 30th - 7:30pm

Grades changed at Churchill High
The Montgomery County school system is investigating whether students hacked into the grading system.
updated: Jan 29th - 12:09pm

Report: College endowments suffer huge declines
College and university endowments suffered huge losses in the fiscal year that ended last June, a new report finds, but stronger investment returns in recent months point to a rebound.
updated: Jan 28th - 10:59am

2 area students become Intel talent finalists
Yifan Li and Temple Anne Douglas don't know each other, but the area seniors both have a love of science and are competing for one of the nation's top prizes.
updated: Jan 28th - 3:26am

State universities want more students to graduate
For years, American colleges and universities have focused on getting more students to seek higher education. Now they want to make sure more of their students leave campus with a diploma.
updated: Jan 28th - 5:15am

Obama urges reforms in schools, colleges
As he prepares to ask Congress for billions of dollars in new spending for education, President Barack Obama is urging the spread of school reforms across the country. He says a student's success can't depend on where he or she is growing up.
updated: Jan 27th - 9:48pm

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