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 >>On Wednesday, a llama spent several hours roaming around the campus of Trinidad State Junior College, a two year-college in Trinidad, Colo., just north of the New Mexico border. The llama on the loose wasn’t aggressive toward any human beings, repo
Continue reading >>LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska school principal has apologized for sending students home with a flier that advises those who are bullied to not tattle on their tormentors. The Lincoln Journal Star says some parents of fifth-graders at Zeman Elem
Continue reading >>WASHINGTON – A women's legal organization claims that nine universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education have repeatedly failed to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students. The Title IX discrimination complaints
Continue reading >>The former principal of a prestigious performing arts high school that turned out Grammy Award winners Boyz II Men hit a sour note in October — when he was accused of passing out fake grades for a concocted history class. John Dunphy Jr., who was n
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