No Lovers Allowed: Alabama State University President Can’t Let Romantic...
A clause in the contract of new Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd forbids her from having any love interests spend the night at her presidential residence, the Birmingham News reports....
View ArticleFrat Suspended for Inappropriate MLK Day Party
A fraternity at Arizona State University was suspended Tuesday after university authorities began investigating an MLK Day party in which students allegedly mocked black culture. The party, reportedly...
View ArticleThe New College Exam: A Test to Graduate
On weekend mornings all this winter, anxious high school juniors and seniors will file into school cafeterias to sweat through the SAT, ACT, and similar college entrance examinations, stern-looking...
View ArticleTeacher Tenure on Trial in California
A trial is scheduled to begin Monday in Los Angeles that could make it easier to fire teachers from tenured positions in California public schools. A nonprofit advocacy group called Students Matter has...
View ArticleLunchlady on Leave After Trashing Hungry Kids’ Food
A Utah cafeteria manager was placed on administrative leave and a school district apologized Thursday after lunches were seized from the hands of hungry elementary school students who had run out of...
View ArticleHedge Fund Exec Gives Harvard Biggest Gift Ever
Harvard has received a $150 million donation from one of its alumni, the school said Wednesday, the biggest financial gift in the history of the university, the school announced in a press release...
View ArticleKid Suspended For Pointing Finger Like a Gun
An Ohio principal suspended a fifth-grader for three days last week after he pointed his finger like a gun and pretended to shoot one of his classmates in the head. The Columbus 10-year old’s pointed...
View ArticleNJ Teen Suing Parents For Child Support Loses First Round
A judge has rejected the first round of a New Jersey 18-year-old’s lawsuit against her parents whom she says abandoned her and refused to pay her school costs, a decision that could set an important...
View ArticleThe SAT Gets a Makeover
The prominent SAT college entrance exam will return to its previous 1,600-point scoring system and the essay portion will be optional starting in 2016, the group that creates the test said Wednesday,...
View Article9 Things Changing on the New SAT
The College Board announced some radical changes to the SAT on Wednesday. Starting in 2016, the college entrance exam will take on a whole new format that is aimed at making the test more practical and...
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