Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Teen charged with trying to kill teacher, aide (AP)
• A Kindle for Every Student (U.S. News & World Report)
• Obama wants states to overhaul failing schools (AP)
• Lambert Wants You to Help Schools (The Advocate)
• Charter Schools Gain Support From 64% of U.S. Adults in Survey (Bloomberg)
• LA school board approves school choice plan (AP)

Teen charged with trying to kill teacher, aide (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - A 17-year-old boy accused of detonating two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives appeared in court Wednesday on charges of trying to murder two faculty members.

A Kindle for Every Student (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:29 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - Forget better standards, merit pay for teachers, or rebuilding the crumbling infrastructure of America's aging schools. No, if we really want to fix the U.S. education system, we must start with Kindles. At least that's what the Democratic Leadership Council, a think tank with ties to the Obama administration and influence within the Democratic Party, would have you believe.

Obama wants states to overhaul failing schools (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:45 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is making good on a promise to use federal dollars to prod local officials to turn around failing schools.

Lambert Wants You to Help Schools (The Advocate) Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:16 AM PDT The Advocate - American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has taken on a cause close to his heart: classrooms in need of equipment to perform everyday tasks.

Charter Schools Gain Support From 64% of U.S. Adults in Survey (Bloomberg) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:01 PM PDT Bloomberg - Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Public support for charter schools, a component of President Barack Obama’s $100 billion education overhaul, rose to almost two-thirds of Americans this year even as most remained confused about what they are.

LA school board approves school choice plan (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:52 PM PDT AP - The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a controversial resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators.

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