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school stories: 81 news summaries

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 NY Gunman 
 Surrenders in 
 School Standoff 

SWAT and local police negotiating with hostage-taker in Pine Plains

Nov 10, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN . More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles... More »

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parents • school • student • gunman • New York state • hostage • principal • police action • SWAT team • parent

Madonna Starts Malawian Girls School

Star breaks ground
on $15M project in children's homeland

Oct 26, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Construction on a Malawian school for girls founded by Madonna began today. The singer has put up $15 million for the creation of the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, which is expected to be finished in 2 years, the BBC reports. "Growing up in a privileged life, I took... More »

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education • Africa • women • school • Malawi • girls • Madonna • David Banda • Mercy James

 Pakistan Closes All Schools 
 After Bombings 

Taliban promises more violence unless army halts offensive

Oct 21, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan closed all of its schools today, following the twin suicide attacks on the International Islamic University in Islamabad yesterday. Four were killed and another 18 wounded, and the Taliban has promised more bombings if Pakistan doesn’t halt its military offensive in South Waziristan’s tribal areas. Pakistan’s... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • school • university • South Waziristan

 School Day Includes 
 Obamas-Teacher Conference 

President makes surprise visit to Malia's, Sasha's classrooms

Oct 19, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Third- and sixth-grade teachers at the private Sidwell Friends School knew Michelle Obama planned to attend today's scheduled parent-teacher conferences, but they weren't warned to expect her companion: President Obama. The first couple's trip to Sasha's Bethesda, Md., school and Malia's Washington classroom was low-key, for a presidential motorcade—... More »

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Michelle Obama • school • Bethesda, MD • first lady • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

 First-Grader 
 With Camp Knife 
 Back in School 

Board shortens punishment from 45 days to 3

Oct 14, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing a camping knife to school is welcome to return after the school board amended its zero-tolerance policy. Zachary Christie was to spend 45 days at an alternative school; now, kindergarten and 1st-grade students with a “dangerous instrument”—a blade less than 3... More »

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school • suspension • Delaware • elementary school • school board • school violence • knife • zero-tolerance • Zachary Christie

 Popular Kids Become Healthier Adults

Classroom outcasts much likelier to suffer chronic health problems as adults

Sep 29, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children with few friends at school are much more likely to suffer poor health as adults, according to a new study. Swedish researchers asked 6th graders in 1966 which children they preferred to work with at school, then matched that data with hospital admissions between 1973 and 2003. They found... More »

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heart disease • children • alcohol abuse • school • schoolchildren

OPINION

 Back-to-School 
 Speech Anger 
 Rooted 
 in Race 

Right-wingers show 'irrational,' gut antipathy to Obama

Sep 4, 09 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - If there’s one thing we should all be cool with, it’s the leader of the free world inspiring kids about education. But somehow the idea of President Obama giving a back-to-school speech has spawned an “outbreak of right-wing crazy,” writes Joan Walsh for Salon—“and... More »

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children • school • racism • back to school • speech • right wingers • Election 2008 • Obama administration • students • President Obama • schoolchildren • birther • kids

Obama School Address Infuriates Critics

Republicans denounce speech as 'socialist' indoctrination

Sep 3, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative critics are blasting President Obama’s plan to give a speech on education in Virginia next week as a ploy to brainwash the nation’s children, the Washington Post reports. The address, which the White House is encouraging educators and students to watch, is part of a push to... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Republican • conservative • children • school • Virginia • Republican Party • Obama administration • President Obama • Tommy Vietor • Thaddeus McCotter • House Education and Labor Committee • Jim Greer

Don't Close for Swine Flu: Feds to Schools

Shutting down is 'last resort' if 'high numbers' of students fall ill

Aug 7, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials issued new guidelines today to help schools handle swine flu cases, advising them to close only if "high numbers" of students fall ill, USA Today reports. Closing down should be “a last resort, not a first resort,” US Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. The... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • school • vaccine • school closing • swine flu • H1N1 virus

In US, Gym-Class Injuries
Up 150% in Past Decade

Large class sizes, fewer school nurses may be to blame

Aug 3, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - American kids are suffering 150% more injuries in gym class than a decade ago, the AP reports. Over that period, a study found, there has been a renewed emphasis on physical-education class as a way to inculcate students with healthy habits and prevent obesity. But the increase in injuries may... More »

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sports • childhood obesity • school • injury • elementary school • school budget • budget deficit • gym • physical education

New GI Bill Gives Veterans Better Shot
at College

Vastly expanded aid begins tomorrow

Jul 31, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new GI Bill, called the biggest veterans’ educational benefit program since 1944, takes effect tomorrow—and it’s poised to make a big difference, the Houston Chronicle reports. Some 90% of vets will receive two to three times more help paying for college, says one advocate. “This type... More »

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education • military • veterans' benefits • school • GI Bill

 Flu Battles at Camp 
 Spark Fears for 
 School Year 

Purell abounds; symptomatic kids sent home

Jul 27, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a swine flu resurgence expected in the fall—before an H1N1 vaccine is available—schools are getting a head start on fighting the disease, the Los Angeles Times reports. The scene at summer camps may provide a preview: Hundreds of youngsters in Southern California alone have been sent home... More »

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health • disease • children • school • college • university • University of California • epidemiology • summer camp • swine flu • H1N1 virus • sleepaway camp


 Obama Jots  
 Excuse for 
 Hooky-Playing 
 4th-Grader 

Girl skips last day to see president's Green Bay talk

Jun 12, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 10-year-old in Wisconsin missed her last day of school to watch President Obama speak—so he wrote her an excuse note. Kennedy Corpus’ father noted that she was missing school before asking a question, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. “Do you need me to write a note?” the... More »

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Wisconsin • school • elementary school • President Obama • excuses • Green Bay

 Record 20M US Kids 
 Get Free Lunch 

Many are first-timers to state program

Jun 11, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s good there is such a thing as a free lunch, since more US students than ever need one. Nearly 20 million kids got a free or reduced-price school lunch in February, overwhelming districts that also face rising food costs. Nationwide enrollment in the government-subsidized program was up 6.... More »

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school • recession • school lunch • public schools • federal school lunch program

glossies

 DJ Schools 
 Rockin' in 
 Recession 


Jun 7, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The jobless and work-weary alike are flooding deejay schools across the US, embarking on dreams as the economy comes apart, Time reports. Some enroll at schools like New York's Dubspot—not exactly cheap at $1,695—to deejay professionally. Others are yearning for more creativity, less rat race. "They're... More »

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music industry • school • recession • deejay

Taliban Kidnapped 500 From Boys' School: Pakistan

Police said to be negotiating with militants

Jun 1, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(AP) - Police are negotiating with the Taliban to release hundreds of people abducted in a northwest tribal region, a Pakistani official says. Around 500 students and staff from a boys’ school and their relatives were being held captive today in the militant stronghold of Bakka Khel in North Waziristan, he said.... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • kidnapping • abduction • school • negotiation

Afghan Girls' Illness May Be Poisoning—or Hysteria

200 schoolgirls fall ill, but cause remains uncertain

May 19, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some Afghan girls have described the odor as sweet and floral, others as smoky or rotten—but in the last three weeks, about 200 schoolgirls have suffered headaches, vomiting, and even collapse after smelling something. Parents fear that the Taliban is using poison to keep the girls from school.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • women • school • poison • girls • hysterical

 NYC Shuts 3 Schools 
 in New Swine Flu Fear 

Assistant principal critically ill with city's worst case of virus so far

May 15, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York City has closed three public schools where large numbers of student have become ill with flu-like symptoms, the New York Times reports. The assistant principal at one of the schools is in critical condition with the most serious case of swine flu the city has seen, though he... More »

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New York City • Michael Bloomberg • school • Queens • outbreak • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Tough New Schools 
 Shake Up Bartending 

Restaurants, liquor firms aim to gussy up drinks

May 14, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a tough economy, restaurants are hoping to cash in on cocktails—and bartenders are going back to school to improve their mixology prowess, the Wall Street Journal reports. Restaurants hope expert barkeeps will bring in upscale drinkers, and the courses help trainees score top jobs. But the advanced-level programs... More »

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alcohol • restaurant • school • cocktails • Jay-ZTV • bartending

(Newser) - The accused killer of an 8-year-old California girl has been linked to an earlier abduction of a child in the same community, reports the Tracy Press. A 7-year-old girl was led from her neighborhood in January by a woman driving the same kind of car belonging to Sunday school teacher... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • murder • abduction • school • child rape • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby • Tracy • trailer park

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