Yahoo! News: Education News

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• 1 dead, 4 wounded in Ohio high school shooting (AP)
• Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step? (AP)
• Duncan says shootings an 'unspeakable tragedy' (AP)
• Ky. school aggressively fights Twitter criticism (AP)
• Obama urges governors to boost education funding (AP)
• Rick Santorum is Charging Ahead -- And Might Be Winning (ContributorNetwork)
• Another flooded Minot school getting federal help (AP)
• New fighter jet training stalls, grounding pilots (AP)

1 dead, 4 wounded in Ohio high school shooting (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:53 PM PST AP - A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at his suburban Cleveland high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, authorities said.

Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step? (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:17 PM PST AP - When Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum calls President Barack Obama "a snob" for wanting all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the public's overall view of higher education.

Duncan says shootings an 'unspeakable tragedy' (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:47 PM PST AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan is calling the shootings at a suburban Cleveland high school an "unspeakable tragedy."

Ky. school aggressively fights Twitter criticism (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 12:40 PM PST AP - A Kentucky university is aggressively fighting parody and criticism of school officials and policies on Twitter and other social media sites, which advocates and students say is an attempt to silence any negative comments.

Obama urges governors to boost education funding (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 11:35 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama Monday urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the U.S. to remain competitive with other countries.

Rick Santorum is Charging Ahead -- And Might Be Winning (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:21 AM PST ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Rick Santorum's views on President Barack Obama's apology for the Quran burning in Afghanistan, the separation of church and state and the president's goal of universal higher education attendance are headlining the news cycle. The controversial candidate has been unapologetic for many of his strongly worded views, even claiming fellow Catholic John F. Kennedy's 1960 assurance that he would keep his religion strictly separated from affairs of state made him "want to throw up," according to the Associated Press.

Another flooded Minot school getting federal help (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:41 AM PST AP - An elementary school in Minot severely damaged by Souris River flooding last year is getting federal help.

New fighter jet training stalls, grounding pilots (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:24 AM PST AP - The best fighter pilots from the Air Force, Marines and Navy arrived in the Florida Panhandle last year to learn to fly the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the most expensive, most advanced weapons program in U.S. history. They are still waiting.

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