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 >>April 25, 2014: Friends and family including many students from Jonathan Law High School attend a memorial service at the First United Church of Christ in Milford, Conn., for Maren Sanchez who was killed at the school. A 16-year-old girl stabbed at
Continue reading >>The city of Chicago has announced plans to build a new selective enrollment high school which will be named in honor of President Barack Obama. Barack Obama College Preparatory High School will be located just west of the ritzy Gold Coast neighbor
Continue reading >>A Connecticut high school wants one senior to break her prom date with a man who will be 22 when the big dance occurs because he's of drinking age. Officials at Torrington High School rejected Mikayla Perlotto’s request earlier this month to come to th
Continue reading >>SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Most Californians support dramatic changes set to take hold in public education, including funneling more money to schools with disadvantaged students and implementing rigorous national standards known as the common core
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