Education
AP PHOTOS: College commencements across nation
In a commencement address at Atlanta's historically black Morehouse College, President Obama said graduates should "find time to defend the powerless." The president said his own success was due to "the special obligation I felt, as a black man like you, to help those who need it most, people who ...
Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger. That's the moment authorities say a Nassau County police ...
Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives. The president said his success was due to ...
SD school sharing plan moving slower than hoped
A plan for several rural South Dakota school districts to share staff and hold more classes online will proceed more slowly than some had hoped. Platte-Geddes Superintendent Dennis Goodwin had proposed that his district and those nearby should join forces by sharing teachers and having a single superintendent to save ...
1 St. Louis charter school closing, 2nd is at risk
One St. Louis charter school is closing and another is at risk. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/17QrP36 ) reported that Shearwater High School announced Friday that it would close voluntarily in late June. The school sought to help at-risk students receive diplomas before they turned 22. But officials said many ...
Maine budget committee holds meeting
Some members of the Maine Legislature's budget-writing committee said Sunday they were surprised by the projected funding shortfall at the Department of Health and Human Services, but the DHHS commissioner said lawmakers had plenty of warning. The Appropriations Committee held a State House meeting Sunday to ask Mary Mayhew about ...
SE Idaho school district eyes budget cuts
Officials with School District 25 in southeastern Idaho are looking at ways to trim $1.4 million for the upcoming school year. The Idaho State Journal reports (http://bit.ly/18VMGBb) in a story on Sunday that the district that includes Pocatello and Chubbuck is considering cutting physical education in elementary schools. Board Vice ...
Des Moines schools hope fresh eyes aid learning
Raygun owner Mike Draper was wandering through the halls and classrooms of Roosevelt High School a few weeks ago, gathering information about the current state of local education. "I have no huge sinister goal," he said. "Yet." Now that's a promo. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/182fXJb ) Draper, 30, ...
Beatrice students turning lots into native prairie
There isn't a lot to see at the lot located near the Homestead Corridor Trail just south of Hoyt Street. The field is largely dirt with patches of grass, but the Beatrice Daily Sun reports (http://bit.ly/13m2Vl3 ) a group of Beatrice Middle School students is aiming to change that. Sixth-grade ...
Zachary to farm out expelled students
The Zachary Community School Board will hire a private academy to provide programs for middle- and high-school students who are expelled from their regular schools. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/107RdtC) that the district's alternative school has been at the Port Hudson Career Academy. Board members have plans to expand Port Hudson's ...
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