May 12, 2016 Suspect in Sandy Hook massacre charity scam pleads guilty A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding the charity he created to benefit the people of Newtown following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
May 12, 2016 Teacher accused of pinning 7-year-old to floor ordered to stand trial A Pittsburgh teacher has been ordered to stand trial on charges she pinned a 7-year-old kindergartner to the floor with a chair after intervening in a student squabble.
May 10, 2016 Guard shoots himself in the leg while waiting for job interview Authorities are investigating after a part-time jail guard accidentally shot himself in the leg as he waited to interview for a janitorial job at a Florida Panhandle elementary school.
May 6, 2016 Louisiana school includes headshot of service dog next to student in yearbook Among all the headshots of smiling students in a Louisiana middle school’s new yearbook, one photo clearly sticks out.
May 6, 2016 School's father-daughter dance canceled after some complaints it wasn’t inclusive The annual father-daughter dance at a South Carolina public elementary school was canceled this year after a few parents complained it wasn’t inclusive.
May 5, 2016 Tenn. girl, 9, disappears after uncle signs her out of school The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued an Amber Alert for a 9-year-old girl who was picked up from school by an uncle and hasn't been seen since.
May 5, 2016 Misspellings and all, Texas 2nd grader's note gets her home early A 7-year-old girl in Texas managed to get out of an after-school program Monday after she tricked her school’s staff to believe a fake excuse note some say is clearly written by a child.
May 5, 2016 NY teacher accused of tossing 2nd-grade boy over counter A central New York teacher has been accused of dragging a disruptive second-grader to the principal's office and throwing the boy over a counter.
May 4, 2016 Utah school official says teacher violated policy by using racially-charged word in class A Utah school official said Wednesday that a white teacher violated district policy by using a racially-charged word in his junior high class.
May 3, 2016 Los Angeles school board agrees to relocate students plagued by methane gas leak The Los Angeles Unified School District decided Thursday it will relocate about 1,900 students from schools near a gas leak that has sparked hundreds of illness complaints and evacuations.