VIA: WRAL.COM Capitol Broadcasting, which owns WRAL, is pushing the value of diversity in Wake schools with a campaign of editorial messages airing on the television station.
(CNN) — A school board in Rhode Island has voted to fire all teachers at a struggling high school, a dramatic and controversial plan aimed at shoring up education in a poverty-ridden school district.
VIA: WTVD.COM LITTLETON, Colo. — Math teacher David Benke says he had no time to fear for his life when he tackled a man he said was preparing to reload a rifle to shoot students at a Colorado middle school who were heading home for the day.
VIA: WRAL.COM A discussion of the controversial policy that assigns students to schools in order to maintain socio-economic balance is on the agenda Wednesday for the Wake County Board of Education.
Via: CNN.COM IDA, Mich. — If you take a close look at Ida Elementary, you might think you’re seeing double. Possibly triple. Of the 580 students who attend Ida Elementary, 7 percent have a sibling born on the exact same day.
VIA: WNCN.COM Starting today, consumers will notice some big changes from their credit card companies. That’s because the CARD Act officially takes effect.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – David Paterson has launched a campaign for a full four-year term as New York’s governor.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China.
Via: BoingBoing.Com According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue […]
VIA: FOXNEWS.COM The boyfriend of one of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughters was charged Thursday with punching her in the face and shoving her out of a car, but a defense lawyer said the boyfriend hurled nothing more than words at her.