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 >>WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. New studies from the Center for American Progre
Continue reading >>(Reuters) - A two-month-old bear cub that bit and scratched at least 18 students at a Missouri college poses no rabies threat and won't be killed, school officials said on Friday. The college earlier said that the cub, named Boo Boo, would have to be
Continue reading >>(Reuters) - A former Los Angeles elementary school teacher sent to prison for 25 years for taking bondage-style photos of his pupils may have abused over 100 children in all, groping and exposing himself to a number of them, a judge has found. The
Continue reading >>Condoleezza Rice announced Saturday that she will not be delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University’s graduation ceremony this month, saying the invitation has become a "distraction." Commencement should be a time of joyous celebrat
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