October 26, 2017 Mississippi 8th-graders need their parents' permission to read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ A Mississippi school district is backtracking after it pulled “To Kill a Mockingbird” from its curriculum earlier this month, saying eighth grade students will be allowed to read it as long as they have permission from their parents.
October 25, 2017 High school named for Confederate general to be renamed A school board member wants a northern Virginia high school named for a Confederate general to be renamed Justice High.
October 24, 2017 Audit questions Iowa State's purchase of plane for ex-leader Iowa State University had no clear need to spend $498,000 in donations to buy an airplane that former President Steven Leath used largely to improve his piloting skills, state auditors reported Tuesday.
October 20, 2017 School board revives legal battle over athletic field lights A Connecticut school board is gearing up to revive a legal battle to expand lighting at athletic fields.
October 18, 2017 At Mississippi school: Goodbye, Confederacy. Hello, Obama A Mississippi school is shedding the name of the Confederacy's only president and will instead be named for the first African-American president of the United States.
October 17, 2017 Morehouse College names new president after upheaval Morehouse College has named a Harvard University professor and former dean of Georgetown University's business school as its new president after a tumultuous year.
October 11, 2017 Ten arrested in LSU frat pledge's drinking death Ten people were arrested Wednesday on hazing charges in the death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge whose blood-alcohol content level was more than six times the legal limit for driving, officials said.
October 11, 2017 Official: Black doll hung by neck in locker room was prank A superintendent says a black baby doll hanging from a suburban Philadelphia high school locker room with a tie around its neck was a prank between white and black athletes, not a hate crime.
October 10, 2017 No blue hair on picture day for pupil, school principal says A third-grade student in Florida was sent home from school on picture day because he broke the dress code by sporting blue hair.
October 8, 2017 Student expelled for Pledge of Allegiance sitdown, lawsuit claims A lawsuit says a Houston student's Constitutional rights were violated when she was expelled for not standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
