January 8, 2015 Programs to recruit, retain Native American college students grow nationwide A growing number of universities are offering programs to recruit and prepare Native American students for a transition to college life that can bring on a wrenching emotional conflict.
January 8, 2015 School districts rethinking whether teachers deserve extra pay for advanced degrees Efforts to eliminate extra pay for teachers who earn advanced degrees are gaining momentum in a small but growing number of U.S. schools.
January 8, 2015 University of Texas President Bill Powers to resign in June 2015 amid pressure to leave After years of clashes with Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the group that oversees the University of Texas System, University of Texas President Bill Powers will stay on the job until June 2015 in a negotiated exit agreed to Wednesday.
January 8, 2015 11 school administrators in Toppenish to carry guns for added level of security When school resumes in the fall in the Toppenish School District, some administrators will be armed for an added level of security.
January 8, 2015 Class president can't speak at graduation after Facebook post that says 'wusses need chasers' The class president at a Maine high school won't be speaking at graduation because of a Facebook post in which he urges classmates to bring nonalcoholic drinks to a senior skip day outing "because some wusses need chasers." On the Class of 2014's private group page, 18-year-old Portland High School student Charlie Gauvin also urged that "anyone who was going to drink should make sure they had a sober driver." Gauvin tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1hmkIWP) he wasn't advocating for underage drinking but instead was advocating for students' well-being.
January 8, 2015 Mustang school board members met privately with Hobby Lobby's president to discuss Bible class Emails to school board members and school administrators in a district that approved a Bible-based curriculum show that they broke into small groups for meetings with the program's chief backer to circumvent a law requiring government bodies to meet in public.
January 8, 2015 Arizona high school dedicates yearbook pages to pregnant students An Arizona high school’s decision to dedicate two pages in its yearbook to pictures of students expecting babies has some parents criticizing the administration's wisdom to include them in the publication.
January 8, 2015 Law or no law, schools across US work to help transgender students fit in without a fuss Public schools across the U.S. are working to accommodate transgender students even if their school districts do not have anti-discrimination policies or laws that cover gender identity.
January 8, 2015 School board president resigns, apologizes for calling parent 'chubby wubby' during meeting A New York school board president who described a PTA parent as "chubby wubby" during a public meeting has resigned.
January 8, 2015 As college students prepare to walk for graduation, protests lead speakers to walk away Forget about their students not making it to graduation.