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Report: School cooking blast injures 10 students (AP)

Published on October 22, 2010 By

TORRANCE, Calif. – Officials say portable cooking equipment has exploded in a Southern California classroom, sending 10 high school students to the hospital.

Ga. school district wins $1 million Broad prize (AP)

Published on October 19, 2010 By

ATLANTA – Georgia’s largest school system has won the nation’s top prize in public education, which will provide $1 million in college scholarships for needy students in the district. Gwinnett County Public Schools snagged the Broad Prize for Urban Education, an award the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gives annually to urban districts that show the most gains in student performance and closing minority achievement gaps. It’s the second year in a row the 150,000-student district was nominated for the prize announced Tuesday.

Hate Crime Suspected at East Carolina University (The Advocate)

Published on October 16, 2010 By rohit

Los Angeles – Two women assaulted early Friday outside a dormitory at East Carolina University may have been targeted because of their perceived sexual orientation. One victim remains hospitalized with a broken jaw

San Diego-area school to reopen after shooting (AP)

Published on October 11, 2010 By

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Police say a San Diego-area elementary school where a man fired at children on a crowded playground and injured two girls will reopen on Monday.

Calif school shooting suspect called uncooperative (AP)

Published on October 10, 2010 By rohit

CARLSBAD, Calif. – The suspect in a San Diego-area grade school shooting that left two young girls injured was not cooperating with investigators, police said, and the man’s neighbors described strange behavior in the months before the shooting.

Police: SD teen wanted to be ‘infamous sociopath’ (AP)

Published on September 1, 2010 By rohit

SISSETON, S.D. – An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and “become the world’s most infamous sociopath,” authorities said

Jilted states cry foul on Race to the Top funds (The Upshot)

Published on August 25, 2010 By rohit

Nine states and Washington, D.C., will split a pot of $3.4 billion in federal education money after winning the second round of the Race to the Top competition Tuesday. In order to help qualify for the funds, dozens of states adopted  standards in line with the Obama administration’s priorities: lifting caps on charter schools, pushing for teacher evaluations linked to test scores, and/or adopting common curriculum standards

APNewsBreak: 10 named school grant winners (AP)

Published on August 24, 2010 By rohit

ATLANTA – The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday that nine states and the District of Columbia will get money to reform schools in the second round of the $4.35 billion “Race to the Top” grant competition

Schools, tech copmanies tailor social sites for students (Reuters)

Published on August 17, 2010 By

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) – Heading to a new university for Fall 2010 and want advice from other students?

18 states, DC are education reform grant finalists (AP)

Published on July 27, 2010 By

ATLANTA – Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named finalists Tuesday in the second round of the federal “Race to the Top” school reform grant competition, giving them a chance to receive a share of $3.4 billion. The states are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina