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Only with information that connects resource use to outcome can states understand the levels and types of investment they will need to reach school improvement goals, write Karen Hawley Miles and Karen Baroody.

A community task force created in response to a series of teenage suicides on the Caltrain tracks in Palo Alto issued a report this week recommending that the city and school district each assign a senior-level employee to steer youth mental health and suicide prevention efforts.

Supporters say the state would be the first to require study of environmental literacy in order to get a high school diploma.

After a teacher was fired and administrators were disciplined at Columbia Secondary School, some staff members are unhappy.

The Vatican issued long-anticipated rules Thursday dealing with clergy sex abuse, putting Catholic priests who molest the mentally ill or use child pornography in the same category as pedophile priests, and formally lengthening the number of years that canonical charges can be brought against...


Sexual abuse - Violence and Abuse - Support Groups - Crime - Family Violence

An extraordinary number of public school teachers in the Chicago region earned $100,000 or more in 2009, straining school budgets and taxpayer wallets and fueling the debate over what teachers are worth and how they get raises.

An investigation found the trip was poorly planned and said a chaperon should have noticed there were no lifeguards on the beach.

Widespread increases in Wake County's student test scores have become the latest issue in the school district's contentious school diversity fight.

Even with the influx of federal dollars, districts' budgets were smaller last year than they were the school year before.

Seattle has Microsoft. Boston has Harvard. San Jose is higher-tech, New York more cosmopolitan.


Washington - United States - Sports - Organizations - Business and Economy

An impromptu soccer game in the spring between two Arlington County students in their high school's hallway led to a tripped sprinkler system, a flooded gym and more than $150,000 in damage that they might have to pay for.


Education - United States - Virginia - Abraham Lincoln High School - School Libraries

At a national summit, advocates press for more flexibility for programs and schools that immerse students in Native American tongues.

School districts would be wise to have clearly defined policies on how employees should handle new, technology-based infractions, whether these occur on or off campus, writes Michael D. Kelly.