3 hrs ago | Boston Herald
Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. - 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." In a pause-filled recollection that left ... (more)
4 hrs ago | News9 Oklahoma City
Briarwood Elementary Teachers Return To Tornado-Ravaged School
Teachers at Briarwood rode out the storm in the hallways, bathrooms, and closets, and had not seen the destruction since pulling children out of the rubble.
8 hrs ago | The York Daily Record
C. Pa. official: Students safe after school threat
A central Pennsylvania school official says students are safe but classes are dismissing early as a precaution following a threat to an elementary school.
12 hrs ago | Northern Michigan News
Michigan panel OKs 3 pct. raise for K-12 schools
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 nearing final approval in the Legislature.
17 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com
Wheelchair lift out of Wis. promises more access
An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make more places wheelchair accessible.
Ohio school board considers creationism curriculum
SPRINGBORO, OHIO: A civil rights group is asking a southwest Ohio school district to abandon proposed policies that teach creationism in the classroom.
Students in Va. build disorientation chair for NASA
High school students in Virginia have finished building NASA a spinning chair that astronauts in Texas will use to practice being disoriented.
Senate budget would end intern program
Dozens of college state government interns would be sent home this summer and a long-running teen mock legislative program would be shuttered in the Senate budget approved this week.
Texas Senate OKs expanding virtual course network
The Senate has approved a proposal to expand the state's network of virtual school courses online and allow it to include more private courses.
Union City third-grade teacher placed on unpaid leave after molestation charges
A third-grade teacher who faces dozens of child molestation charges for allegedly kissing and fondling female students has been placed on unpaid leave.
50 Middle And High School Children Injured In Multi-Bus Crash In Indiana
Northern Indiana authorities say about 50 middle and high school students were injured and a bus driver was seriously hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving four school buses.
US: District Didn't Properly Probe Sex Assault Claims
A school district failed to properly investigate allegations by two students that they were sexually assaulted at their Grand Rapids-area high school, the U.S. Department of Education said.
EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.
Halifax parent irate over claims students at school had mouths taped shut
The father of a seven-year-old boy whose mouth was allegedly taped closed by an after-school monitor says school officials in Halifax reacted slowly and incompletely to the incident.
NH-M District 88 receives $30,000 check
New Holland-Middletown Elementary District 88 received a check for $30,000 from the newly formed community group NH-M Community Supports Education at the regularly scheduled school board meeting on May 15.
Outcry from Chicago teachers as city votes to close 50 schools
The Chicago board of education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define - for better or worse - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago.
Children bitten by fox at Georgia elementary school
Animal control officials said Wednesday that two elementary students in Georgia were bitten by a fox while they were on a school playground.
One killed, 3 students hurt in school bus accident in East Texas
One driver has been killed and three students injured when a car drifted into oncoming traffic and struck a school bus in East Texas.
Beaverton schools score local-option victory
In unofficial election results posted Tuesday night, Beaverton School District voters supported a five-year, $15 million local-option levy with 27,510 votes, or nearly 57 percent, to 21,053 votes, or 43 percent, opposing funding Measure 34-204. Approval of the levy means local schools will be able to move forward with the first year of adding ... (more)