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Congress fights over student loans
Another fight in Washington has college students stuck in the cross fire. If Congress does nothing, interest rates for new subsidized stafford student loans will double on July first. (Cox Washington Bureau)
Texas Students Coach Teachers on Fitness
The eighth graders at Staley Middle School in Frisco, Texas are undergoing a different sort of physical education. As the AP's John Mone reports, students are helping teachers get in shape. (May 23)
School Storm Protection Spotty in Tornado Zones
Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma did not have a safe room in which students and teachers could seek shelter from a tornado. The twister which struck on Monday leveled the school killing seven students. (May 22)
Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
President Barack Obama left behind scandal-focused Washington on Friday to focus on the country's slowly improving jobs picture. Obama stopped at an elementary school that provides early childhood education. (May 17)
Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Biofuel researchers at UC Berkeley may keep the tobacco industry from going up in smoke. Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce oils that can serve as biofuels to power airplanes, cars, trucks and other machines. (May 17)
Rowan-Salisbury Schools plans to cut 70 jobs
An uncertain budget future has at least one school system in our area cutting teacher positions. "That's foolishness, that's plain foolishness. My child is set up for failure," Demequa Torrence said when we told her. Torrence has a 13-year-old son in the Rowan-Salisbury school system. When we told her as ...
A Unique Orchestra at Your Fingertips
Using laptops, tablets, and six sided speakers, Princeton University's Laptop Orchestra teaches students the art of creating and coding music. It's neither Mozart nor Star Wars. (May 15)
Teacher's Cancer Fight Imparts Valuable Lessons
A Texas science teacher with pancreatic cancer is using her fight against a seemingly impossible foe to help inspire her students and colleagues. (May 13)
Public school advocates attack NC state education bills
Public school advocates in North Carolina are attacking the state's education bills. Teachers and parents are trying to raise awareness about legislation they said will hurt instruction, student preparedness and financial health of schools. Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge said people need to pay more attention to proposals that limit ...
Petition calls for TAs to stay in the classroom
A petition with close to 400 signatures is now headed to Gov. Pat McCrory and state lawmakers. A group of parents in Mecklenburg County are calling for teaching assistants to stay in the classroom. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said the governor's proposed budget would cut about 400 assistants in the district. The ...
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