Carnegie Elementary School closed due to heating troubles By MATT BARNARD World Staff Writer Reader comments (8) Classes at Tulsa's Carnegie Elementary School are canceled Tuesday because of heating troubles, ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010		BA board selects Union exec By SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writer Reader comments (56) The school board voted 5-0 Monday to offer the job of superintendent to Jarod Mendenhall, an ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010
School, city issues on area ballots today By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) Tulsa-area voters will decide several school board races, a school bond issue and a city bond ... Tuesday, February 09, 2010		Broken Arrow superintendent's position offered to Union administrator By SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) The Broken Arrow School Board voted Monday night to offer Jarod Mendenhall the position of ... Monday, February 08, 2010
Report: Reducing dropouts would pay By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (21) Reducing the high school dropout rate by half would boost spending and tax revenues in the ... Monday, February 08, 2010		Tulsa area closings list By Staff Reports Reader comments (18) Also, Platt College's and Oklahoma Health Academy's Tulsa campuses will not have evening classes ... Monday, February 08, 2010
TPS to hold budget forum tonight By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (8) Tulsa Public Schools' $354 million bond package will be the focus of a public forum tonight ... Monday, February 08, 2010		Robot rules By MANNY GAMALLO World Staff Writer Reader comments (1) How well can a robot kick a soccer ball? Monday, February 08, 2010
Oklahoma House panel passes teacher performance pay measure By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (0) A House panel on Monday passed a measure that would create a pilot teacher performance pay ... Monday, February 08, 2010		Additional term limit measure passes Oklahoma Senate panel By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (2) A measure that would place a 12-year limit on those serving on most boards and commissions ... Monday, February 08, 2010
Rounding up black history By CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writer Reader comments (6) February is Black History Month, and local organizations and schools have a litany of events ... Monday, February 08, 2010		Board races, bond issue on ballot Tuesday By ANDREA EGER & CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writers Reader comments (2) Tulsa-area voters will decide several school board races and at least one school bond issue ... Sunday, February 07, 2010
A day in the life By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Reader comments (2) Now that he's walked in their shoes, Phillip Thompson has a whole new appreciation for his ... Saturday, February 06, 2010		NJ teacher admits guilt in cash-for-grades scheme By Associated Press Reader comments (7) A former social studies teacher in New Jersey has admitted pocketing 'charitable donations' ... Saturday, February 06, 2010
Living history By CLIFTON ADCOCK World Staff Writer Reader comments (10) Revolution was in the air and tensions were high as a fiery debate was set to begin between ... Friday, February 05, 2010		Fire reported at Moore school By Associated Press Reader comments (1) Authorities say firefighters responded to a blaze at a school in Moore. Friday, February 05, 2010
Ex-Oklahoma teacher arrested in Texas on sex charges By Associated Press Reader comments (13) A former Oklahoma teacher wanted on sex crime charges has been arrested in north Texas. Friday, February 05, 2010		TCC, Glenpool plan joint school, degree program By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer Reader comments (11) They have the vision; now they need roughly $75 million to make the first phase of it happ ... Friday, February 05, 2010
Education Briefs By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) Sperry Public Schools will be in session on Presidents Day, Feb. 15, to make up for days missed ... Friday, February 05, 2010		'Glenpool Project' renderings released for K-14 school By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer Reader comments (0) They have the vision, now they need roughly $75 million to make the first phase of it happ ... Thursday, February 04, 2010

SWAT team responds to cap gun at Wash. school
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- The initial 911 report from the Vancouver, Wash., elementary school was alarming: shots fired at a school playground. That had police and SWAT officers scrambling Tuesday morning - only to find the weapon was a bright orange cap gun....

Attorney: Ala. school shooting likely gang-related
Monday, February 08, 2010
MADISON, Ala. (AP) -- A lawyer for a ninth-grader charged with shooting a fellow student to death at their Alabama school says the violence was likely related to gang activity....

Plea for Colo. man accused of Haiti school abuse
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18....

Wash. judge rules state failing education
Thursday, February 04, 2010
KENT, Wash. (AP) -- The state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic public education, a King County judge ruled Thursday....

On tapes, Mass. teen denies high school stabbing
Monday, February 08, 2010
WOBURN, Mass. (AP) -- In a recorded jailhouse conversation, a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student at a suburban high school told a friend he was being 'persecuted' because he stayed behind to help the victim....