Posts in category Education

By JIM VERTUNO and EVA RUTH MORAVEC AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas surged toward allowing concealed handguns in public college classrooms, dorms and buildings with …

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Friday to cut the University of Wisconsin’s budget by $250 million …

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ The school board hasn’t voted but Tucson Unified School District substitute teachers already know they can’t get rehired next year unless …

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ Texas lawmakers voted Friday to dismantle the state’s high school steroids testing program after eight …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) _ The University of Notre Dame plans to add more apartments for graduate students. The South Bend Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1FcW7J7 ) …

By BEN NUCKOLS OXON HILL, Md. (AP) _ They couldn’t be rattled. They couldn’t be denied. Gokul Venkatachalam and Vanya Shivashankar had worked too hard …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Only 24 percent of Oregon community college students reviewed in a state audit received an associate’s degree or certificate within seven …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Actress Natalie Portman has advised graduating Harvard seniors to use their inexperience to their advantage. The Academy Award-winning actress, speaking at …

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) _ Tacoma teachers are protesting the state legislature’s lack of progress on pay and class sizes by putting their after-school work on …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ The University of North Carolina system has decided to discontinue 46 academic degree programs and consolidate 10 others. The News …