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Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
When high school student Zach Sobiech learned he didn't have much longer to live, his mother suggested he write letters to tell his loved ones goodbye. Instead, the Minnesota teenager turned to writing music — and his farewell song, "Clouds," became a YouTube sensation that has attracted more than 4 ...
Illinois Senate approves sex education bill
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which senators approved 37-21, was headed to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk. ...
Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment ...
Test results up overall; voucher schools flat
A state Education Department analysis of the latest standardized test results for public school students in grades three through eight shows the state continues to make incremental overall improvement with a long way to go. The number of students performing at grade level in math, science, English and social studies ...
Del. budget panel adds $2M for charter schools
Members of the legislature's budget writing committee have approved $2 million in new spending for Delaware charter schools. Wednesday's vote by the Joint Finance Committee is aimed at helping high-performing charter schools with startup costs or funds to expand of programs. While committee members authorized the funding, the proposed charter ...
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. The White House issued the warning a day before the full House was scheduled to ...
Dickinson teachers turn down $38K
The Dickinson Public School Board and an association representing teachers are at an impasse in contract negotiations for the next two school years. The Dickinson Press reports (http://bit.ly/10U6VbS) that the board offered $38,400 per year for new teachers, but the Dickinson Education Association declined the offer. The salary would have ...
Fort Wayne schools want 3rd party to review ISTEP
Indiana's largest school district says it won't accept results of this year's standardized testing until an independent third party validates the scores. Fort Wayne Community Schools announced its position Wednesday in response to computer crashes and delays that frustrated many students during the testing period that began in late April, ...
2 children bitten by fox at Ga. elementary school
Two elementary school students in Newton County were bitten by a fox while they were on a playground Wednesday morning, animal control officials said. The fox came onto the playground at Rocky Plains Elementary School in Covington and bit two 6-year-old boys, Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Key-Hoosen said. ...
Most NY school district budgets OK'd by voters
New Yorkers voting on school budgets for next year have approved nearly all of the proposals containing tax increases within state-imposed taxing limits. Budgets that proposed bigger tax increases mostly failed. More than 630 school budgets, about 96 percent, were approved around the state, a preliminary analysis by the New ...
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