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 >>A recent survey suggests that getting into an elite school may not produce happier people. A word to high-school seniors rejected by their first choice: A degree from that shiny, elite college on the hill may not matter nearly as much as you think.
Continue reading >>TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A contractor has struck oil on Indiana State University's campus, although it might be a while before school officials know what sort of money to expect. Oil drilling began in December on university-owned property near down
Continue reading >>ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to
Continue reading >>RIALTO, Calif. (AP) — After heavy opposition to an eighth grade essay assignment, a spokeswoman for a California school district says students will not be asked to argue that the Holocaust didn't happen. Syeda Jafri (zy-EE'-dah JAF'-ree) tells the
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