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The Recovery District in New Orleans plans to demolish 47 schools in parts of city heavily damaged after Hurricane Katrina

Gunman kills 6 and wounds 15 in Northern Illinois University lecture hall before taking his own life

Prankster breaks into high school and lets 85 chickens loose

Writing in The Washington Post, a teacher at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., says the school has been victimized by “technolust.” The teacher, Patrick Welsh, says the malady “manifests itself in an insatiable need to acquire the latest, fastest, most exotic computer gadgets, whether teachers and students need them or want them.” The […]

Deadly violence has again struck a U.S. college campus. This morning, a young woman killed two female students in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College, then killed herself. Baton Rouge police have not determined if the killer was also a student. The first two women killed apparently were in their seats in a second-floor […]

In Wisconsin, open enrollment lets districts accept students from other districts. More than 23,000 students attend schools outside the district where they live. The infusion of additional students has helped some districts boost their budget and stave off declining enrollment. But, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says, some districts are wondering at what point open […]

Here’s a good story with a school connection. From the San Antonio Express-News: Desireé Muñiz, 16, hadn’t seen her half-brother, Robert Wechsler since she was 2. Their mother moved away from San Antonio; Robert lived with his father, and Desiree (and her two brothers) lived with her grandparents. With the help of one of her […]