Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Comic Bill Cosby lends support to Detroit schools (AP)
• Psychiatric defense planned in NY school gun case (AP)
• Idaho school sues state over Bible plan (AP)
• NTSB: Missouri bus driver hit gas, not brake (AP)
• Schools look to teacher furloughs to trim budgets (AP)
• Grade for charter schools? 'Needs improvement' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Comic Bill Cosby lends support to Detroit schools (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 05:38 PM PDT AP - Bill Cosby had heard about the tough-as-nails, uncompromising man tackling fraud and improving education throughout the Detroit's public schools, and wanted to help.

Psychiatric defense planned in NY school gun case (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - A former New York City police officer accused of holding a suburban schools superintendent at gunpoint is blaming post traumatic stress for his alleged actions.

Idaho school sues state over Bible plan (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text.

NTSB: Missouri bus driver hit gas, not brake (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - A 2005 school bus accident that killed two people and injured 23 elementary students in Missouri occurred because the driver likely stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, according to a National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

Schools look to teacher furloughs to trim budgets (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2009 10:51 AM PDT AP - High school librarian Melissa Payne is starting her new school year with $1,000 less in her paycheck and three days that she'll be forced to stay home from her job.

Grade for charter schools? 'Needs improvement' (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - With the start of the fall semester upon us, President Obama has made charter schools the mainstay of his education reform movement. Although such schools are heavily promoted, concerns need to be addressed before their potential to shape a new course in US education can be fairly evaluated.

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