Appeals court upholds ban on instrumental version of ‘Ave Maria’ at Wash. school’s graduationSEATTLE — Barring an instrumental performance of a Christian hymn at a high school graduation did not violate students’ First Amendment rights and was within the school superintendent’s discretion, a divided federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday. Ed Sec’y Duncan defends Obama speech, says focus must be on kids, not ‘all the adult talk’WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan says President Barack Obama feels that it’s critically important to speak directly to America’s school students because academic performance must be improved. Long-abandoned mines can be a threat to homes, schools, businesses and roads in coal countryBENLD, Ill. — The way a few teachers tell it, the elementary school in the central Illinois farming town suddenly started giving off freakish cracking and popping sounds on a Saturday not too long ago. Walls sprouted lightning bolt-shaped cracks and floors buckled, dooming the building on a day no students thankfully were inside. Police : Texas grandmother charged with making bomb threat to grandchildren’s schoolSAN ANTONIO — Officials accuse a 51-year-old San Antonio grandmother of phoning a bomb threat to an elementary school that wouldn’t let her visit her grandchildren. Idaho charter school says state illegally barred use of Bible as an instructional textBOISE, Idaho — A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text. Consumer safety agency tells schools, facilities to examine stadium light poles that can crackWASHINGTON — School officials and facility managers should immediately inspect outdoor stadium light poles made by Whitco Co. LP because the poles can crack and fall, putting bystanders at risk, the government’s safety agency said Monday. Lawyer for 2 Pakistani students expelled after detention in Britain says they were mistreatedISLAMABAD — The lawyer for two Pakistani students who returned home Saturday after being detained in Britain during a series of terrorism raids said they were frequently strip-searched and served tainted food — a claim the British embassy rejected. Teacher finds cigarette on student, forces him to smoke for 2 hours as punishment in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian teacher forced a student to smoke 42 cigarettes for four hours as punishment after a cigarette and lighter were found in his locker, a news report said Thursday. As schools reopen in Pakistan’s battle-scarred Swat Valley, some pray for protectionMINGORA, Pakistan — The Taliban invaded their school, an explosion damaged it and a Pakistani army offensive forced them to leave it behind. Virginia newspaper expresses regret for role in state’s fight to maintain school segregationRICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state’s white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s. UK health booklet says educators should tell teens about sexual pleasure _ parents not happyLONDON — Britain’s National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. As bullying incidents become more brutal, courts and police take up a once-silent battleTAMPA, Fla. — In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle. High school breaks with tradition and becomes a Camden, NJ, rarity: it has no dropoutsCAMDEN, N.J. — Angelo Drummond wears a pressed white shirt and a red power tie for his two-hour presentation to his harshest critics — a panel of fellow students at Camden’s MetEast High School. ‘Rubber rooms’: NYC teachers accused of misconduct are paid to sit around and do nothingNEW YORK — Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that’s what they want to do. 268 employees fired or suspended for abusing mentally disabled at Texas-run schoolsDALLAS — Nearly 270 employees were fired or suspended for abusing or neglecting residents of large, state-run institutions for the mentally disabled in Texas during the last fiscal year, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Suicide bombers hit Pakistan mosque, religious school after Friday prayers; at least 2 deadLAHORE, Pakistan — Friday prayers had just ended when the suicide bomber walked into the seminary office of a popular anti-Taliban cleric and detonated his explosives. Back in Pakistan, student says detention in Britain on terror claim was ‘mental torture’ISLAMABAD — One of several Pakistani students rounded up by British authorities on allegations of terrorism — later dropped — described his detention as “mental torture” after returning to his native country Thursday. NY school superintendent wrestles gun from ex-policeman in campus office, lauded for ‘bravery’BLAUVELT, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer walked into a suburban middle school with a handgun Tuesday but was wrestled to the floor by the district superintendent, who wrenched the weapon away and pinned him until police knocked down a door and arrested him. Police: NY school superintendent wrestles gun away from armed ex-officer in office on campusBLAUVELT, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer who was disarmed by a school superintendent at a suburban middle school is being held without bail. Pittsburgh-area school board upholds expulsion for 15-year-old girl who had eyebrow shaverPENN HILLS, Pa. — A Pittsburgh-area school board has upheld the expulsion of a 15-year-old middle school student who was found to have an eyebrow shaver in her handbag during a random search. The Penn Hills School Board on Tuesday voted 8-1 to uphold the expulsion recommended last month by officials at Linton Middle School. Court weighs off-campus speech in case of Pa. girl who posted lewd MySpace parody of principalPHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide whether a Pennsylvania middle school can suspend a student who, at home on her own time, created a lewd MySpace page aimed at her principal. Authorities search for missing Ohio boy who they say threatened staff, students at his schoolNORWALK, Ohio — Authorities were searching for a missing 13-year-old boy Wednesday who allegedly made threats against teachers and classmates and may have taken a rifle as he fled to Kentucky and possibly headed for Florida with $450 in his pocket. Obama seeks education budget cuts, but won’t harpoon oft-attacked whaling education programWASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama afraid of facing down Moby Dick? NJ student suspended for organizing contest in which boys voted on school’s hottest girlsMONTVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey high school student has been suspended for organizing a contest in which boys voted on the school’s best-looking girls in a bracket modeled on the NCAA basketball tournament. Obama seeks education budget cuts, but won’t harpoon oft-attacked whaling education programWASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama afraid of facing down Moby Dick? AP source: Obama seeks to extend DC voucher program until current participants graduateWASHINGTON — An administration official says President Barack Obama wants to extend the school voucher program in the District of Columbia until students now in the program graduate from high school. Prep events in Florida, New Mexico join the list of those affected by spread of swine fluThe spread of the swine flu has affected high school sports in two more states, with New Mexico postponing athletic events and Florida granting athletes pulled from a state track championship the chance to compete in a separate meet later. Number of flu closings triples to nearly 300, still a small share of schools nationwideWASHINGTON — Education officials say nearly 300 schools around the country have closed because of concerns about spreading swine flu — and more are expected to. Mexico suspends schools nationwide as suspected swine flu death toll climbs to 149MEXICO CITY — Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova said 20 of the deaths have been confirmed to be from swine flu and the government was awaiting results on the others. Mexico suspends schools nationwide as suspected swine flu death toll climbs to 149MEXICO CITY — Mexico canceled school nationwide Monday and warned the death toll from a swine flu epidemic believed to have killed 149 people would keep rising before it can be contained. |
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