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 >>About a third of 13-year-olds and almost half of 17-year-olds reported in one study that they read for pleasure less than twice a year. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although American children still spend part of their days reading, they are spending les
Continue reading >>FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Students at a suburban New York high school dressed in green on Monday — the school's color — in memory of five teenagers who died over the weekend in a head-on collision with a sport utility vehicle on a busy street in this L
Continue reading >>STORRS Conn. (Reuters) - University of Connecticut alumnus Rick Mastracchio took a break from orbiting the globe on the International Space Station to deliver an address to students graduating from the university's School of Engineering on Saturday.
Continue reading >>BERNARDS TOWNSHIP — Students could face criminal charges and other penalties if they're found with nude photos of classmates on their phones Bernards Township Superintendent Nick Markarian said in a letter to parents Friday. School officials in Ber
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