May 12, 2008

Congressman's brother charged with bribing school board president 

Mose Jefferson allegedly paid Ellenese Brooks-Simms when she sat on the Orleans Parish school board....

George Mason University plans hotel in Fairfax County, Va. 

$30 million project would provide meeting space and 150 hotel rooms...

Religious, secular families unite to keep home-schooling 

California court ruling has raised questions about the legality of some home-schooling in the state...

Site chosen for University of Michigan graduation ceremony 

Football stadium renovation forced school to move event to outdoor plaza on Ann Arbor campus...

Wake County business leaders try to settle dispute between county and school officials 

Civic groups want to resolve disagreements about how school sites are purchased...

Third-graders at Georgia school allegedly plotted to attack teacher 

Prosecutors plan to charge 3; experts say it's unlikely the children would have gone through with the attack...

Volusia County (Fla.) district will close 7 schools 

Lack of state funding forces board to shut down facilities over the next 3 years...

D.C. per-pupil costs among the highest 

School system spent more than $13,000 per student...

Maryland district to extend school day by 10 minutes 

Anne Arundel principals say they need more than 6 1/2 hours a day...

More colleges allowing men and women to room together 

More than 30 U.S. campuses permit "gender-neutral" rooming...

Teachers ask for transfers from school that may be closed 

Austin (Texas) district considers shutting down Johnston High...

Michigan administrator accused of bungling budget 

Revenue in Warren district overstated by as much as $6 million ...

Detroit to overhaul 5 failing schools 

Teachers, administrators and staff will be removed...

Voters OK school bonds in Las Cruces, N.M. 

$35 million will help pay for 3 new schools...

Anchorage schools win approval of bonds 

$43.7 million project will renovate 2 elementaries and upgrade other facilities...

Voters agree to replace high school destroyed by fire 

Jones (Okla.) High School burned down in December...

Illinois district will replace building housing transportation and maintenance 

Building new facility is more cost-effective than renovation ...

Maine town plans major school renovations 

Plan would result in a school for grades 7-12, and one for grades pre-K to 6...

Historic building restoration planned at South Carolina college 

Limestone College wants to re-open Winnie Davis Hall after more than 30 years...

Fairfax County parents sue over boundary changes 

Group is unhappy with changes to high school attendance areas...

Dropout problem is worst in large cities 

17 of the 50 largest U.S. cities have high school graduation rates of less than 50 percent...

University of Massachusetts to offer online classes in China 

Agreement enables school to become first foreign university to offer classes in the country...

Construction continues for Quincy high school project 

City is building a 330,000-square-foot campus...

Two charged with killing student outside Chicago high school 

Victim was attending Saturday classes when he was gunned down...

International students find home at University of Illinois 

More than 5,000 students from outside the United States are enrolled at Urbana-Champaign campus...

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