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.
January 8, 2015 Arizona math teacher allegedly came to school drunk, drank in classroom An Arizona school teacher showed up to class drunk and continued drinking throughout the day, authorities said Thursday.
January 8, 2015 Fremont school board votes to send back to publisher sex-ed textbook after parent complaints The Fremont school board is sending back to the publisher a sex-education textbook after complaints from parents that it is too graphic for ninth-graders.
January 8, 2015 2 Virginia schools faulted for restraining, secluding students with emotional disabilities The U.S. Department of Education has concluded that two Virginia schools denied students with emotional disabilities the right to an appropriate public education by frequently using seclusion and physical restraint.
January 8, 2015 ACT to broaden score reporting on popular college admissions exam The popular ACT college admissions exam is broadening how it reports students' scores.
January 8, 2015 Oklahoma repeals Common Core education standards Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill on Thursday to repeal the Common Core education standards, getting rid of the new guidelines for math and English scheduled to go into effect in Oklahoma schools in the upcoming school year.
January 8, 2015 Mustang school board members met privately with Hobby Lobby's president to discuss Bible class Emails to school board members and school administrators in a district that approved a Bible-based curriculum show that they broke into small groups for meetings with the program's chief backer to circumvent a law requiring government bodies to meet in public.
