December 1, 2015 High school football coach on leave for praying attends game, prays with spectators A Washington state high school football coach placed on paid administrative leave for saying postgame prayers with his players attended his former team's game Thursday night and prayed with spectators.
November 30, 2015 California high school team's 'I Can't Breathe' shirts lead to tournament dust-up A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing protests over police killings of unarmed black men after a school was disinvited because of concerns its players would wear T-shirts printed with the words "I Can't Breathe" during warmups.
November 30, 2015 Ohio State University trustees reject fired band director's bid for reinstatement Ohio State University's trustees have rebuffed a bid by the fired band director to get his job back.
November 29, 2015 Los Angeles school superintendent steps down after classroom gains, but boardroom clashes Los Angeles Unified School District officials say Superintendent John Deasy has resigned from the nation's second-largest school system.
November 29, 2015 Transgender student's battle over restroom divides rural Virginia town Amid the cornfields and marinas dotting this conservative tidewater Virginia enclave between the York River and Mobjack Bay, people are divided over what one local pastor calls "the civil rights issue of this generation" -- how to deal with a transgender student's demand to use the boys' restrooms at the local high school.
November 29, 2015 9 public college presidents' pay tops $1 million, according to survey A new survey says the number of public college presidents earning over $1 million more than doubled from the year before.
November 27, 2015 Opponents offer 2 options for saving independent Corcoran Gallery in court hearings on merger Opponents of a plan to break up Washington's nearly 150-year-old Corcoran Gallery of Art presented two alternatives in court this week to preserve an independent museum and art school as a judge considers its proposed merger with two larger institutions.
November 23, 2015 U of Illinois: Outgoing chancellor, administrators broke e-mail rules to hide communications The University of Illinois says several administrators violated school policy by using private emails to hide correspondence from public view, including about a professor whose job offer was rescinded after he sent anti-Israel Twitter messages.
November 21, 2015 Chicago Public Schools chief requests temporary leave of absence amid federal investigation The head of Chicago Public Schools has requested a leave of absence amid a federal investigation over a $20.5 million no-bid contract the district awarded to a training academy where she once consulted.
November 21, 2015 Student newspaper under fire for ban on mascot's 'Redskins' name Classic court cases involving students and free speech usually involve teens trying to push the limits of provocative, political or even profane language.