Where did some of America’s most notorious murderers and murder suspects go to college?
High-schooler suspended for disarming student holding loaded gun - TheDC
School officials called punishment an ‘emergency suspension’
Arkansas will let guns on school campuses, despite student, faculty disapproval
If schools decide to keep guns banned, the law will require them to revisit the issue each year
Amsterdam to ban smoking pot in school - AP
National ‘tolerance policy’ to be trumped by ‘nuisance ordinance’ for students
Fla. school board considers trash cameras to monitor what food students ditch - TheDC
‘They have to take (the vegetable), and then it ends up in the trash can, and that’s a waste of taxpayer money’
White House bullying project vehicle for progressive agenda, say critics - TheDC
“It is all being done under the guise of ‘bullying’”
Schools to employ 3-D technology in the classrom - WSJ
Roughly 185,000 3-D-ready projectors will be sold to U.S. schools for grades kindergarten through 12 this year
No Child Left Behind wavering sparks waivers debate - TheDC
Schools are seeking waivers to redirect after school funding to other needs
Holder seeks heightened federal role in youth violence problem - TheDC
Critics question Justice Department’s involvement in tackling local youth violence issues
Bill to explicitly prohibit sex offenders from working in schools - TheDC
Reps. George Miller and Carolyn McCarthy to introduce legislation to prevent sex offenders from working in schools after GAO report indicating failures
Registered sex offenders often hired by schools - TheDC
Schools often hire or retain those convicted of sexual abuse of minors, GAO study finds
Police: Florida school lockdown lifted - AP
The lockdown began after a woman called a radio station and said her husband might go to a school and start shooting
TheDC Analysis: Teachers aren't heroes - TheDC
Pretending they are muddles the important debate about education reform we must have in this country
How will Newark spend its $100 million Facebook gift? - AP
Now that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has pledged $100 million to help boost Newark’s low-performing public school system, it’s time for officials to start figuring out how to use the funds
Mark Zuckerberg giving $100 million to Newark schools - NYT
Founder of Facebook, has agreed to donate $100 million to improve the long-troubled public schools in Newark
LA unveils $578M school, costliest in the nation - AP
The opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community School will mark the inauguration of the nation’s most expensive public school ever
Fallacious D - Daily Record
After questioning if earning a D is actually worthy of passing a subject, one New Jersey school district is eliminating the grade altogether
Georgia softens sex offender laws - AP
Four years after applying some of the nation’s strictest rules to convicted sex offenders, Atlanta has been forced to pull back in the face of multiple lawsuits
California education activists sue Governator - LAT
The lawsuit alleges that similar school districts receive ‘vastly different amounts of funding for no apparent reason’
As schools cut back, parents open wallets - Boston Globe
Parents step in to combat increasing budget cuts in MA schools
