Posts in category Education

ATLANTA (AP) _ The driver of a day care van is facing charges after Atlanta police say a toddler was left in the vehicle for …

By JAY REEVES TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) _ “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee missed her induction as an inaugural member of the Alabama Writers …

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) _ Authorities say Virginia Tech has repaid more than $64,000 in federal grant money to the National Science Foundation following an audit …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Ohio State University is reevaluating the financial position of its neurology department amid a rash of doctor departures. The Columbus Dispatch …

BEIJING (AP) _ The latest weapon in the fight against cheating for China’s all-important college entrance exam is a six-propeller drone. It flew over two …

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) _ Administrators in Port Angeles are trying a new strategy to keep teenagers in school, and students say it’s working. KING-TV …

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ High school prom goers in Portsmouth are standing up to Internet bullies who criticized some of their dresses on Facebook. About …

LOWELL, Vt. (AP) _ The utility that owns a large-scale wind power facility in the northern Vermont town of Lowell is highlighting its donation of …

By CHRISTINA VEIGA Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) _ Aleida Martinez-Molina learned how to read and write Spanish in the Miami-Dade County public school system decades …

By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The legislative fight over Louisiana’s use of the Common Core education standards is ending quietly. Centerpiece legislation …