Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Obama proposes new way of uniformly raising academic standards (The Christian Science Monitor)
• American Public Education issues 2010 outlook (AP)
• Births by teen girls hit record low in California (Reuters)
• American Public Education 4Q net income up 66 pct (AP)
• Students return to Ala. university after shooting (AP)
• Obama prods states to raise academic standards (AP)
• Ex-DA: Failure to examine Bishop in '86 is tragedy (AP)
• School Spycam Case Raises FBI Eyebrows (PC World)
• School Webcam Spying Holds Lessons for Businesses (PC World)

Obama proposes new way of uniformly raising academic standards (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:58 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama made clear Monday his commitment to raising academic standards in all states.

American Public Education issues 2010 outlook (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST AP - Online university company American Public Education Inc. issued financial guidance for 2010 on Monday.

Births by teen girls hit record low in California (Reuters) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST Reuters - Births by teenage mothers have hit a record low in California, health officials said on Monday, crediting a "comprehensive" public education campaign that does not stress only abstinence.

American Public Education 4Q net income up 66 pct (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:11 PM PST AP - Online university company American Public Education Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings rose 66 percent, as more students enrolled and signed up for classes.

Students return to Ala. university after shooting (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST AP - There was no easing back into classes at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Monday: Many students and teachers had to return to the building where three professors were gunned down more than a week ago.

Obama prods states to raise academic standards (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:02 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama wants to rewrite federal education law by sending aid for poor students only to states that adopt new standards to prepare high school graduates for college or a career.

Ex-DA: Failure to examine Bishop in '86 is tragedy (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:41 PM PST AP - A former prosecutor who's now a congressman says it's a "profound tragedy" that an Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues didn't get a psychiatric evaluation when she shot her brother in 1986.

School Spycam Case Raises FBI Eyebrows (PC World) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:30 AM PST PC World - Somebody's fibbing in the case of a Pennsylvania school that allegedly spied on students using Webcams in loaned laptops, and now the FBI may have to sort out the truth.

School Webcam Spying Holds Lessons for Businesses (PC World) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:35 AM PST PC World - The Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania is getting a crash course--trial-by-fire style--on the limits of what is acceptable when monitoring computer activity. The facts are still being worked out, and investigations and lawsuits are still pending, but there are some lessons to be learned here for conducting an effective--and legal--monitoring program.

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