Watch: Town rallies around girl pranked for homecoming
A small town in Michigan is rallying behind a teenage girl who had thoughts of killing herself after students at her high school elected her to the homecoming…
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Study: Junk food doesn’t cause obesity in middle schools
A new study of nearly 20,000 middle schoolers has found that kids who attend schools that sell junk food such as soda and doughnuts do not gain more…
Watch: Actor Matt Damon defends teacher tenure in testy exchange
Actor Matt Damon got into a tense exchange with a journalist from the libertarian Reason TV site after she asked him whether teachers with tenure would lack incentive…
High school graduation rates up, but some states lag behind
More high school students are hitting the books and getting their degrees within four years, data from the National Center for Education Statistics show. But not every state…
Cash-strapped public schools nickel-and-dime parents
Whatever problems may now dog our public education system, at least every child can get a free education, right? Well, not exactly, reports the Lookout.