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 >>Teachers in West Virginia's largest school district don't want to be told they can't show up for work in jeans and flip-flops. In fact, they don't want to be told how to dress, period. The Kanawha County school district's board of ed last week i
Continue reading >>BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Authorities say two students at a New York state college were charged with animal abuse after a dog was held upside down over a keg and forced to drink beer. Police say one of the College at Brockport students held the black Labr
Continue reading >>Politicians have always loved to see their names in the newspapers, but at California Polytechnic State University, candidates for student government face fines of $100 just for talking to reporters. J.J. Jenkins, editor-in-chief of the Mustang New
Continue reading >>The Smithsonian Board of Regents has named the president of Cornell University to lead the world's largest museum and research complex in the nation's capital. The governing board announced Monday that it selected Dr. David Skorton after a closely guar
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