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Students' jobs pay off tuition at 7 work colleges Posted: 30 Mar 2014 03:08 PM PDT CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (AP) — Many students spend years after college working off tens of thousands of dollars in school debt. But at seven "Work Colleges" around the country, students are required to work on campus as part of their studies — doing everything from landscaping, growing and cooking food to public relations and feeding farm animals — to pay off at least some of their tuition before they graduate.

This week in teachers who bullied students over cookies, threatened punches ‘right in the face’ Posted: 30 Mar 2014 07:18 AM PDT In Pawtucket, R.I., Slater Junior High School teacher Richard C. Koster faces misdemeanor charges over allegations that he physically assaulted a student who tried to scarf down a cookie in his classroom on March 18. According to The Boston Globe, Koster told the unidentified male student not to eat in his class. Koster, 49, now faces a simple assault charge. The teacher, Mary Lou Addona, allegedly announced her desire to go "one-on-one" with student Jesus Velez, reports NBC Connecticut.

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