May 23, 2012


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Energy management helps schools go green, save green 

Texas districts strive to conserve energy...

Critics of superintendent search in Boston embrace the city's choice 

Despite dissatisfaction with the process, they vow to work with Carol Johnson....

Less soda drinking means less revenue for Wake County (N.C.) district 

New soft drink contract will generate less money...

Michigan legislator wants to ban cigarette smoking in college residence halls 

Proposal also would prohibit chewing tobacco....

Illinois district dismisses custodian based on video surveillance 

Education association argues that use of hidden camera was improper....

Parents question police response to student fight at Maryland high school 

11 students were injured in brawl at Meade High School....

Investigators believe Virginia Tech shooter fits 'collector of injustice' profile 

They think Seung Hui Cho had developed a vendetta against society....

Committee urges record bond proposal for Texas district 

$807 million plan would address five years of facility needs in Cypress-Fairbanks district....

New University of Illinois campus to open in Naperville 

Site will offer graduate programs in engineering and science....

Springfield (Mo.) will renovate middle school 

$15 million project part of districtwide renovation program....

Relocation of canal precedes Texas school construction 

San Felipe Del Rio (Texas) Consolidated Independent School District plans for new elementary....

Funding woes may shutter after-school programs in New York 

207 programs across the state may have to close....

Plan to open charter high school riles some New Orleans residents 

Recovery district plans to use old elementary site as home for technology high school....

Hands off, Virginia middle school says 

Prohibition against touching means no handshakes, high-fives or hand holding....

A cheesy solution for lunch account deadbeats 

In one California district, when parents fall behind on lunch payments, students' lunch choice is limited to a cheese sandwich....

Amid district's struggles, success stories emerge in Detroit 

Schools can boast of internationally recognized chess and robotics teams, and national math and science winners....

Voters reject bonds in Richland (Calif.) district 

Voters reject bonds in Richland (Calif.) district; Most of the funds would have gone toward modernizing Richland Junior High and Redwood Elementary schools....

Kansas district seeks funds for elementary construction 

Basehor-Linwood district plans new K-5 facility....

L.A. leader wants longer school days, more building-level decision making 

Superintendent David Brewer delivers his first "state of the schools" address....

10 schools in Massachusetts experiment with longer days 

Schools extend daily schedule by 25 to 30 percent....

Shooter's family agrees to give mental health records to Virginia Tech panel 

Panel is trying to learn whether Seung-Hui Cho received help for his psychological problems....

Shuttered Detroit facility will reopen as a Cristo Rey Catholic school 

Concept calls for students to work one day a week to help pay tuition....

Gifts to colleges from student loan companies more pervasive than had been disclosed 

Senate report provides more details of questionable industry practices....

Enrollment undercount is costly for California college 

Southwestern College in Chula Vista has lost more than $3 million over seven years....

Former Camden, N.J., principal files whistleblower lawsuit 

Joseph Carruth says he was dismissed for reporting that he was pressured to rig tests....

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