Yahoo! News: Education News

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• Teachers, school leaders come together in Denver (AP)
• Boy takes explosive materials to school in dry marker (Reuters)
• Obama's ed budget a tough sell on Capitol Hill (AP)
• How Much is Your College President Costing You? (U.S. News & World Report)
• Police: student charged after Tenn campus shooting (AP)

Teachers, school leaders come together in Denver (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 04:56 PM PST AP - The nation's education chief chastised teachers and their bosses in equal measure Tuesday as he launched what the Obama administration is touting as the first-ever national summit between union leaders and administrators.

Boy takes explosive materials to school in dry marker (Reuters) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 02:33 PM PST Reuters - An 11-year-old boy is in custody after officials found a modified dry erase marker containing explosive materials in his backpack at his East Tennessee school, police said on Tuesday.

Obama's ed budget a tough sell on Capitol Hill (AP) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 01:55 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's budget request for increased spending in education is likely to face a tough fight against Republicans — and even if ends up being approved, the extra money wouldn't stave off another round of layoffs and classroom cuts expected this year as federal aid dries up and states struggle to recover from the recession.

How Much is Your College President Costing You? (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 07:52 AM PST U.S. News & World Report - The sitting president of a private nonprofit college received an average of $475,403, in pay, bonuses, and additional benefits according to a U.S. News analysis of 2008 compensation data amassed by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Twenty of the 362 sitting college presidents received more than $1 million in compensation and two cracked the $2 million threshold.

Police: student charged after Tenn campus shooting (AP) Posted: 14 Feb 2011 05:19 PM PST AP - A 20-year-old student pulled out a revolver and shot another man in the thumb during an argument on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, authorities said Monday. The campus of 24,660 about 30 miles southeast of Nashville was on alert for about 45 minutes.

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