Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Report: States are not boosting aid for schools (AP)
• Police: Yale retiree brought weapons to campus (AP)
• Obama officials to discuss Chicago student beating (AP)
• Online education expanding, awaits innovation (Reuters)
• Recession doesn't douse dreams at stuntman school (AP)
• Achievement gaps narrowing in US schools since No Child Left Behind (The Christian Science Monitor)

Report: States are not boosting aid for schools (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - An internal watchdog at the Education Department says states are using money from the economic stimulus to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools.

Police: Yale retiree brought weapons to campus (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - A retired Yale University employee who had complained about his benefits showed up at the Ivy League school with a rifle, ammunition and a knife, but his attorney said he had no ill intent.

Obama officials to discuss Chicago student beating (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:15 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago next week to discuss the recent beating death of a 16-year-old honors student.

Online education expanding, awaits innovation (Reuters) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.

Recession doesn't douse dreams at stuntman school (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 04:55 AM PDT AP - In this job market, people will do some crazy things.

Achievement gaps narrowing in US schools since No Child Left Behind (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The news from a major new education study is encouraging: Student achievement is going up, and the gaps in test scores between subgroups – such as between African-Americans and whites – are closing across all grade levels and subjects.

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