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Man faces sentencing for NJ schoolyard killings (AP)

Published on November 4, 2010 By

NEWARK, N.J.

FCC taking on cyberbullying in schools (Reuters)

Published on October 29, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Schools receiving subsidies for Internet service will have to teach students about the perils of cyberbullying and the responsible use of social networking sites, the U.S.

Study: school buses safe enough without seat belts (AP)

Published on October 26, 2010 By rohit

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – School buses are safe enough without seat belts and students in many cases ignore a requirement to wear them, according to a study in Alabama released Monday that found the straps would save the life of about one child every eight years. The study was ordered by Alabama Gov.

For gay youths, middle school can be toughest time (AP)

Published on October 12, 2010 By

NEW YORK – By the time she was in eighth grade, Rory Mann was so aware of the differences between her and other students that she couldn’t bear to enter the cafeteria.

Three decades on, Calif. family awaits execution (AP)

Published on September 29, 2010 By rohit

LOS ANGELES – It was after dark and 15-year-old Susan Jordan was still not home on that school night 30 years ago when her worried family got a chilling call they’ll never forget. “Susie isn’t home from school yet is she?” a man’s voice said. “You will never see your daughter again.” Her father and two brothers leaped into a truck and drove frantically around their neighborhood screaming her name.

Obama to students: Work hard, focus on education (AP)

Published on September 14, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – In a pep talk to the nation’s students as they settle back into school, President Barack Obama will tell them that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they’re willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on learning. Obama will deliver that message Tuesday during his second back-to-school address, this time from a Philadelphia school. “Nobody gets to write your destiny but you,” Obama says in the speech, which the White House released a day early so people could read the president’s remarks beforehand and judge the contents for themselves.

Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio (AP)

Published on September 6, 2010 By rohit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation’s first major battle over school segregation, has died

1st defendant in NJ schoolyard slayings gets life (AP)

Published on July 8, 2010 By rohit

NEWARK, N.J. – With the anguished words of the victims’ relatives providing a preamble , a Newark man convicted in the execution-style murders of three college-bound friends in a schoolyard was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison Thursday by a judge who said the killings were produced by “a mind diseased .” Rodolfo Godinez, convicted in May on 17 counts including murder, felony murder, robbery and weapons offenses, was given three consecutive life sentences plus 20 years by state Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin, who followed the state’s sentencing request

Senior-Student Mentoring Can Be Great Win-Win (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on July 6, 2010 By rohit

Effectively pairing senior volunteers with students is one of the big win-win opportunities in virtually every community in the country. There is great need in the schools, and it’s gotten more acute during the recession.

Riding a Wave Out of M&A (BusinessWeek)

Published on June 25, 2010 By rohit

The trail that leads from the Ivy League through law school to white-shoe firm Sullivan & Cromwell rarely ends at a remote Brazilian beach . Yet it did for Hans Keeling after just three years of working on mergers and acquisitions for the New York City law firm .