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NY school evacuated after boy's bathroom suicide (AP) Posted: 05 May 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - A high school student with ammunition and homemade explosives in his locker used a sawed-off shotgun to kill himself in a campus bathroom while classes were in session, forcing police to evacuate the school while they checked to see if the shooting was part of a more sinister plot.

White House seeks comments on education law (AP) Posted: 05 May 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - Special education teacher Lynn Reichard has a problem with the federal No Child Left Behind law: Some of her kids cannot read, never mind pass its required state test.

Officials say schools can reopen despite swine flu (AP) Posted: 05 May 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - Joan Tishkevich's joy was unequivocal. "YES!" the mother of two shouted into the phone Tuesday after hearing that federal health officials were no longer advising schools to close for swine flu.

U.S. says flu-hit schools should reopen (Reuters) Posted: 05 May 2009 12:04 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. government on Tuesday said it was no longer necessary to close schools due to outbreaks of the H1N1 flu virus, although students who fall ill should remain at home for at least a week.

No Child: Obama prepares for overhaul (AP) Posted: 05 May 2009 12:07 AM PDT AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush.

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