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Lamar County students will not get laptops
Lamar County School District high school students will not be getting personal laptops in the coming school year as Superintendent Ben Burnett had hoped. Officials say the district does not have the $500,000 necessary to equip each student with one. Burnett also is facing an uphill battle with the Lamar ...
32 new charter schools plan to open in Michigan
Officials say 32 new charter schools plan to open this fall in Michigan. The Detroit News and The Flint Journal report many of the schools will be in urban areas where charter schools are already prominent, such as Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The Detroit suburbs of Novi and Beverly ...
Youngest Okla. tornado victims remembered by kin
Nine-year-old Sydney Angle was "everywhere at once" when she was out on the softball field. Kyle Davis, 8, was nicknamed "The Wall" because of his size and presence on the soccer field. JaNae Hornsby, also 9, was the life of the party. The three were among seven small children pulled ...
Bullying forum planned at Conn. Capitol
Students, researchers, educators and government leaders are gathering at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to discuss ways of addressing cyberbullying and bullying in schools. The Connecticut Commission on Children scheduled a forum for Thursday. Commission Director Elaine Zimmerman said she hopes the participants can obtain information about the steps ...
News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT
Federal judge dismisses charter school suit NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the Metro Nashville Board of Education by a charter school that was ordered to close because of poor student performance. The Metro School Board voted in November to shut down Smithson ...
Texas Senate OKs expanding virtual course network
The Senate has approved a proposal to expand the state's network of virtual school courses online and allow it to include more private courses. The measure cleared the House earlier this month. It passed the Senate 26-5 late Wednesday night, but with modifications that will send it back to the ...
Senate to have say on Common Core standards
A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate. The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday advanced a resolution that calls on state education officials to stop implementation of the Common Core standards, which ...
Iowa education director quits for Colorado job
As the state Legislature was nearing approval of significant changes to Iowa's public school system, the Iowa Department of Education director accepted a job Wednesday as superintendent of a Colorado school district. Eagle County School District in Colorado announced that Iowa Education Department Director Jason Glass accepted the job. He ...
Education board to consider waivers for Moore
The Oklahoma State Board of Education is expected to consider waivers for public schools in the tornado-ravaged community of Moore. The State Board of Education meets Thursday in Oklahoma City. It's slated to consider waivers for Moore Public Schools relating to instructional days and filing deadlines for certain reports. The ...
LAUSD to pay $1.4M for sex abuse between students
Los Angeles Unified School District officials were ordered Wednesday to pay a special needs fourth-grader $1.4 million after she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a male classmate in Chatsworth. Santa Monica jurors decided on the sum following an eight-day trial that found poor program supervision at Superior Street Elementary was ...
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