The D.C. Council gave final approval Tuesday to a new taxpayer-funded college scholarship program known as D.C. Promise, which will offer high school graduates up to $7,500 per year to help pay for higher education. David A. Catania (I-At Large), who i
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do away with some vocabulary words such as "prevar
Continue reading >>Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman who they say phoned in bomb threats to Quinnipiac University on Sunday in an attempt to get commencement ceremonies canceled so her family wouldn't know she wasn't graduating. Danielle Shea of Quincy, Mass.,
Continue reading >>Access to free drinking water at school has improved, but California schools are not doing all they can, despite state and federal laws on the issue and evidence of the health benefits of drinking water, researchers said Thursday. One in four schools
Continue reading >>A 90-year-old World War II veteran is living proof that you are never too old to earn a college degree. Walter Bunker, of Kenwood, Ohio, graduated from Xavier University Saturday afternoon, describing his achievement as a lifelong dream come true. At
Continue reading >>In what seems to be a trend, another college is being urged to rescind its invitation to a graduation speaker. This time the school is the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which is scheduled to hold its commencement May 28. The target is De
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