February 9, 2017 Pennsylvania school district sued over lead levels in water A western Pennsylvania school district where high levels of lead in an elementary school's water went unresolved for months faces a federal lawsuit.
February 3, 2017 Texas votes to keep science lessons challenging evolution The Texas Board of Education has moved closer to tweaking — but still preserving — high school science curriculum requirements that teachers and academics say cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
February 1, 2017 Texas votes to change science lessons challenging evolution The Texas Board of Education has preliminarily voted to ease — but not completely eliminate — state high school science curriculum requirements that experts argued cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
January 31, 2017 Texas mulls changing science standards questioning evolution The Texas Board of Education is hearing arguments over changing state science curriculums that critics say are designed to challenge the theory of evolution and leave students wondering whether a higher power created the universe.
January 25, 2017 School board member defends 'clean head shot' Trump posts A Pennsylvania school board member is defending social media posts critical of President Donald Trump with hashtags saying people could "Make America Great Again" with a "clean head shot." A resident complained at a Crawford Central School Board meeting Monday about Glenn Tuttle's posts, but Tuttle tells The Meadville Tribune (http://bit.ly/2ksmwV5 ) he stands by them.
January 23, 2017 OSU president apologizes for student blackface incident The president of Oklahoma State University issued an apology Monday after a white student posted an image of herself on social media in blackface — the second such incident by students at the campus in a week.
January 13, 2017 Christmas trees for free after Ohio donor buys the lot An anonymous donor has given people who couldn't afford a Christmas tree a chance to take one home after paying for all the remaining trees on a lot at a Catholic elementary school in Columbus.
January 12, 2017 Spying on students? Education publisher Pearson monitoring social media activity One of the world’s largest education publishing companies, which crafted the standardized tests for the new Common Core curriculum, has been monitoring social media accounts to see if students refer to their exams.
January 12, 2017 Afghanistan vet does battle with Michigan teachers union Michigan teacher and Afghanistan veteran Adam Neuman thought he had escaped the clutches of the local union after he withdrew his membership before the new school year, but he was shocked to find that they still had their hands in his pockets.
January 12, 2017 Regent: Response to ISU plane scandal was 'slap in the face' The Board of Regents' decision to take no action against Iowa State University President Steven Leath for misusing university airplanes was "a slap in the face" to taxpayers, a regent later complained to his colleagues.
