Mourning Utah high school band wins competition days after their teacher’s death in bus crashPROVO, Utah — Many in tears, members of the high school marching band that lost a teacher in a bus crash honored her by playing on and playing well, sweeping the awards at a regional competition. Former Los Angeles assistant principal pleads no contest to molesting 4 female studentsLOS ANGELES — A former assistant principal has pleaded no contest to molesting four girls at two Los Angeles schools. President Obama announces ‘Race to the Top’ competition for schools, seeks to spur improvementWASHINGTON — Dangling the promise of $5 billion in grants, President Barack Obama pressured states to embrace his ideas for overhauling the nation’s schools, ideas that include performance pay for teachers and charter schools. Senior spelling title goes to Virginia man who competed in Scripps bee as a youngsterCHEYENNE, Wyo. — It took Michael Petrina Jr. 51 years to finally win a national spelling bee. Vice president’s wife sends message of c-o-n-f-i-d-e-n-c-e as Bee finals get under wayWASHINGTON — Words of encouragement from Vice President Joe Biden’s wife have kicked off the championship rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. That was t-o-u-g-h: After difficult round, 16 advance in National Spelling Bee semifinalsWASHINGTON — That was tough. As in t-o-u-g-h. Agony over a 5-letter word: Canadian’s struggle with ‘clary’ highlights spelling bee semisWASHINGTON — Once again, Veronica Penny buried her head deep in her hands, a spelling bee ritual that helps her concentrate while filling the room with suspense. This time, however, she looked totally stumped. That was t-o-u-g-h: 11 advance to Thursday night’s National Spelling Bee finalsWASHINGTON — The chairs on the ballroom stage emptied one by one, left vacant by those who had guessed and walked away disappointed. Rarely has a spelling bee round been this brutal. Kavya Shivashankar, 13-year-old Kansas girl, aces ‘Laodicean’ to win National Spelling BeeWASHINGTON — Cool and collected, Kavya Shivashankar wrote out every word on her palm and always ended with a smile. The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to “Laodicean” to become the nation’s spelling champion. 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. |
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