May 6, 2015 Federal citizenship test: What should a good citizen really know about America? Quick: how many amendments to the US Constitution have been ratified?
January 13, 2015 LA officials seek fix to $1B program after students crack iPad security, access video games Education officials in the nation's second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing glitch emerged when the first round of tablets went out.
January 8, 2015 Denver teacher fired after students hurt in botched lab experiment is charged with misdemeanor A Denver school chemistry teacher who was fired after four students were burned in a science experiment gone wrong now faces a criminal charge.
January 8, 2015 Despite protest, Colorado school board rejects calls to back off proposal for history review Students and parents say they'll renew protests Friday after a suburban Denver school board rejected their calls to back off a proposed review of the Advanced Placement U.S. history course.
January 8, 2015 University of Oregon ends free sessions for community artists to sketch nude models The University of Oregon has ended free art sessions for community artists to sketch nude models, saying it could not afford the increasing cost of keeping the popular classes secure.
January 8, 2015 Suburban Denver student protest over history education proposal grows, 700 gather at rally In the largest of a series of ongoing student protests, about 700 young people gathered in suburban Denver to rally in opposition to a new set of high school history standards proposed by a conservative-led school board.
January 8, 2015 After methanol 2 fires in 12 days, experts say science class can be safer but still dazzle Educators say a surprising number of school science teachers don't have the required training to handle hazardous chemicals and don't know about standard safety measures.
January 8, 2015 New history textbooks up for Texas approval decried by right, left _ but for different reasons As Texas mulls new history textbooks for its 5-plus million public school students, some academics are decrying lessons they say exaggerate the influence of Christian values on America's Founding Fathers.
January 8, 2015 Synth-pop pioneer who wrote 'She Blinded Me With Science' now a professor at Johns Hopkins Musician Thomas Dolby played a deranged scientist in the video for his 1980s hit, "She Blinded Me With Science." Now he is a university professor at a school known best for its medical science and research.
January 8, 2015 School district apologizes for making special education students sort trash as an activity Parents of special education students in a Southern California city say they were outraged to learn their children had been sorting trash as a school activity.
