May 23, 2012


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Suspicious test scores indicated in many school districts 

Newspaper probe shows patterns that were indications of cheating in Atlanta schools...

2 Philadelphia Catholic schools appeal to Vatican to stay open 

Schools are among several the Philadelphia Archdiocese plans to close in June...

Portland (Ore.) district cuts back central office staff 

23 administrators will be laid off, and 15 positions will be eliminated...

Restructuring in Lansing (Mich.) district will keep all 3 high schools open 

District's high schools will have grades 7-12, and five campuses will have grades 4-6...

Judge declines to remove Highland Park (Mich.) district emergency manager 

Jack Martin will be permitted to finish the school year, but appointment may be revisited...

University of Illinois president quits 

More than 100 faculty members had called for Michael Hogan to step down...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) district appeals $1 million jury verdict 

Teacher who was accused of inappropriate touching convinced jury that his resignation was coerced...

Settlement will provide $22.5 million to 5 Wisconsin districts 

Districts had sued financial firm that they said had misled them into risky investments...

Illinois State University says no foul play in 2 student deaths 

Two were found dead a couple hours apart in separate residence halls...

U.S. Department of Education will investigate alleged civil rights violations in Jefferson Parish (La.) schools 

Southern Poverty Law Center says district more likely to have black students arrested for minor infractions...

Court order blocks New York City's plan to close charter school 

City says Peninsula Preparatory Charter School has subpar performance...

Principal in Montgomery County (Md.) district sued by 6 current and former employees 

Complaint says Kemp Mill principal subjected workers to unwanted touching, harassment...

Regents approve construction plan for University of Iowa fine arts campus 

Buildings will replace facilities ruined by 2008 flood on campus ...

Jury awards $4 million to 2 Sacramento, Calif., students allegedly molested by teacher 

Girls testified that they were victimized by a physical education instructor...

Student-loan debt reaches $1 trillion 

Borrowing keeps rising to cover climbing college tuition...

Army ROTC will return to Harvard 

University has become more welcoming after ban on gays and lesbians serving in military was dropped ...

New housing planned for University of West Georgia 

Project includes 2 residence halls that will have a total of 460 beds...

Ball State University dedicates geothermal system 

Officials say system will be the nation's largest geothermal heating and cooling system...

Baltimore County district will build elementary to serve Mays Chapel area 

Neighbors oppose the project, but were unable to dissuade board...

Kansas City (Mo.) district will take control of contract school 

Existing arrangement for Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus is “unfeasible,” district says...

Pasco County (Fla.) board says shift to 4-day week is unlikely 

District task force looked at possible change as a way to cut costs...

Task force calls for greater focus on improving U.S. education system 

Report says inadequate education puts nation's security and economic prosperity in jeopardy ...

St. Louis-area elementary school receives LEED certification 

University City, Mo., project is first public elementary in area to receive certification ...

11-year-old dies in Las Vegas after school bus hits her 

Witnesses say girl ran into the street after getting off bus...

West Virginia construction funding requests total $170 million 

State's School Building Authority will disburse $40 million next month...

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