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Yahoo! News: Education News
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Education News
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Survey: States predict more dollars for education
(AP)
AP - The Center on Education Policy says after last school year's rough budget cuts for schools, states are predicting a brighter outlook on spending for K-12 this school year.
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Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
(AP)
 AP - The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.
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As colleges obsess over rankings, students shrug
(AP)
 AP - When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families. But arguably, they've had a much bigger effect on colleges themselves.
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Year-over-year jobs data by race and education
(AP)
AP - Year-over-year jobs data by race and education
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Former Ala. professor's lawyers want trial delayed
(AP)
AP - Lawyers for a former Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting want a state appeals court to delay her March trial because officials haven't paid for expert witnesses or testing by a neurologist.
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Some colleges cut tuition, hasten graduation
(Reuters)
Reuters - Even before President Barack Obama announced plans last month to push colleges to improve affordability, a number of schools beat him to the punch by lowering tuition and helping students graduate in fewer semesters.
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AP source: Facebook IPO won't affect Newark pledge
(AP)
 AP - Facebook's public stock offering apparently will not affect its company co-founder's pledge of shares worth $100 million to the Newark, N.J., school system.
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Sallie Mae will credit $50 fee to suspend payments
(AP)
AP - Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee it charges struggling borrowers who seek to temporarily suspend payments.
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Summary Box: Sallie Mae changes policy on loan fee
(AP)
AP - THE NEWS: Private student lender Sallie Mae is changing how it handles a fee that struggling borrowers must pay to temporarily suspend payments.
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Lawmakers delay hearing on school trans fat ban
(AP)
 AP - The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.
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Stomach illness strikes 300 San Francisco students
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Jesuit high school in San Francisco was closed for the rest of the week on Wednesday after about 300 students and 30 faculty were stricken by a stomach ailment marked by nausea and vomiting, officials there said.
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When Charter Schools Fail: Crackdown Can Disrupt Students
(Time.com)
Time.com - States are closing subpar charter schools, but shuttling students back to mediocre public schools may be doing kids more harm than good
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Suspect in Utah school bomb plot charged
(AP)
AP - Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school.
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Authorities probe use of seclusion rooms for disabled
(Reuters)
Reuters - Federal and state investigators are probing reports that disabled children at a public elementary school in Connecticut were locked in a room to control their behavior or as a punishment, officials said on Tuesday.
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$173,000 in fees sought in RI prayer banner case
(AP)
AP - Lawyers for the 16-year-old Rhode Island atheist who sued over a prayer banner displayed at a public high school are asking a court to order the city of Cranston to pay $173,000 in attorneys' fees.
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