Education
WIAA Class 1A, 2B, 1B track championship results
Results from the Class 1A, 2B and 1B track and field championships: CLASS 1B Boys team Scores: 1, Trout Lake/Glenwood 23.50. 2, Taholah 20. 3, Shoreline Christian 14. 4, Pomeroy 12.50. 5 (tie), Crescent, Bickleton 12. 7 (tie), Mansfield, Entiat, Valley Christian 10. 10 (tie), Mount Rainier Lutheran, Wellpinit 9. ...
Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday. "We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by ...
No lesson plans means no state review for CSCOPE
The State Board of Education is scrapping its special panel to review a controversial curriculum system, after its creators agreed to stop offering lesson plans. CSCOPE had helped teachers adhere to state educational requirements by offering Web-based lesson plans and exams. But some conservatives claimed CSCOPE promoted anti-American values. That ...
Students safe after armed man reported at school
A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said. Their report ...
Senate confirms 3 Texas regents
The Texas Senate on Friday confirmed Gov. Rick Perry's three appointments to the University of Texas System board of regents with a warning that "all hell would break loose" if they move to fire Bill Powers, the popular president of the flagship Austin campus. Powers and his clashes over the ...
EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES
c.2013 New York Times News Service DECEPTION ON GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS A strange thing happened after 45 senators killed a bill to expand background checks for gun buyers five weeks ago: Many of those same senators suddenly discovered a profound affection for background checks. They had been for them all ...
University of Missouri plans $23M hall upgrades
The University of Missouri is considering a proposal to renovate its main administration building and two other halls that currently house museums. The university announced the $23 million plan to renovate Pickard, Swallow and Jesse halls in a news release Thursday, although it still must be approved by the Board ...
News from around Wisconsin at 5:28 a.m. CDT
Police: 'Thong Cape Scooter Man' not breaking law MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter — dressed in thong underwear and a cape — may be disturbing to schoolchildren. But police say the rider they call "Thong Cape Scooter Man" isn't breaking any ...
Union officials: Troubled district teachers unpaid
Union officials say teachers at a struggling school district are not being paid, even though the state released money to the district to ensure it could make payroll. The Michigan Education Association said Buena Vista School District didn't pay its teachers Friday, a payday. The district, meanwhile, counters it hasn't ...
Police arrest Oregon teen, seize explosives
Authorities say they arrested a 17-year-old West Albany High School student at his father's home on Thursday after receiving information he planned to detonate a bomb at a school. Albany police Capt. Eric Carter says police found at least two explosive devices at the home of the teenager's mother about ...
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