H.S. shooting plot foiled in N. Calif.
Police in Northern Calif. foiled a plot by students to go on a shooting spree at their high school. No one was harmed, but 4 students were arrested.
Lesson-sharing sites & copyright law
It's a tricky business to post lesson plans online. Who owns those lessons? Can you charge people money for access to those lessons?
Heroes avert crisis in S.D. school shooting
A high school student shot the principal of a high school in S.D. last week. The suspect will be tried as an adult for 1st-degree attempted murder.
Worcester Co. tackles suicide starting in schools
A health program in Worcester Co., Md., takes aim at suicide among young people in the county, a tall order for a resort town.
Concrete awning collapses, injuring band students
Students at a marching band competition in North Carolina were injured this afternoon when a concrete awning collapsed on top of them.
Teachers go on strike in E. St. Louis SD 189
A teachers' strike started Thursday in East St Louis, IL, and people should get ready for a long, drawn-out fight over teacher salary.
Chicago grad rate adjusted down due to error
CPS adjusted its graduation rates to account for dropouts who were incorrectly classified as students who transferred to another school.
To make a Bands of America champion
When O'Fallon Township's marching band won grand champion at a BOA regional, they did what no IL band had done in 14 years.
Can we or should we ‘help’ the poor?
We find an abandonment of the American dream as companies send jobs overseas and as charter schools become corrupt.
Duncan will resign as education secretary
Arne Duncan will resign in December as US secretary of education. The president could replace him with John King, formerly of N.Y.