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Police In India Arrest Hundreds In 10th-Grade Cheating Scandal

1:10pm March 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The crackdown follows the airing of video taken in the country's northeast that showed parents, relatives and friends of students scaling school walls to pass cheat sheets through windows.

Education

Poll: Schools Headed In Wrong Direction

4:41pm February 18, 2015

North Carolinians are pessimistic about the direction of public schools in the state. That's according to just-released poll results from High Point University.

California is one of 20 states that allow parents to opt out of vaccination requirements for reasons of "personal belief." About 10 percent of students in the Santa Monica-Malibu school district are not immunized.

Measles + Low Vaccination Rates = Big Headaches For Schools

8:25pm February 04, 2015

by Kirk Siegler

California allows parents to opt out of vaccination requirements. Amid Southern California's measles outbreak, many schools are struggling with how best to deal with students who aren't vaccinated.

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Even when the weather turns nasty, some students are expected to log on to their classes from home.

For Some Schools, Learning Doesn't Stop On Snow Days

11:39am February 04, 2015

by Stan Jastrzebski

Even when the weather turns nasty, students in Delphi, Ind., have been expected to log on to classes from home. Results are mixed so far; participation rates seem to drop the longer school is out.

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The sixth-grade students at Shabazz Public School Academy in Lansing, Mich., spent the semester studying the events surrounding the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Classroom Reflections On America's Race Relations

7:41pm January 26, 2015

by Jennifer Guerra

A middle-school classroom in Michigan takes on the complicated issue of race and justice in society. The students, all of whom are black, worry what happened to Trayvon Martin could happen to them.

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Communities Struggle To Reach Homeless Students Living In The Shadows

8:24pm December 02, 2014

by Gloria Hillard

More than 1 million public school students in the U.S. don't have permanent homes. Most live doubled up with family or friends, but many live in motels, emergency shelters, campgrounds — even cars.

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Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, seen in a photo taken last year, says his resignation Thursday was

LA Schools Superintendent Steps Down, Defends Tenure

10:12am October 17, 2014

by Scott Neuman

John Deasy's resignation, announced by the Los Angeles school board Thursday, comes after high-profile tussles with the teachers union and a troubled initiative to put an iPad in every student's hand.

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The San Diego School District is sending back a military vehicle it had planned to use in rescue operations. The district had released renderings of what the MRAP might look like after its tan military color is repainted. This version shows it as a police

Calif. School District Will Get Rid Of Controversial Armored Vehicle

2:17pm September 20, 2014

by Bill Chappell

San Diego officials had said the 18-ton MRAP would be used only as a rescue vehicle, in extreme circumstances — but that didn't satisfy the plan's critics.

Governor Pat McCrory Creates New Resource Tool for Schools

11:35am March 20, 2013