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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wants Boston College to pay the city the $424,000 it will lose in taxes if the college converts a high-rise apartment complex to student housing. School officials say they will discuss the mayor’s request with him, but they point out that the university provides more than $5 million worth […]

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission is removing outside managers of six public schools and putting the campuses back under the control of the city sc hool district, The Philadelphia Inquirer says. The six that are returning to district control are Gillespie, Harrity, Potter-Thomas, Stetson, Dunbar and Fitzsimons. The schools have repeatedly failed to meet state […]

In the Orange County (Fla.) district, like many across the country, the daily schedule for schools has been along these lines: High schools start first, elementary schools a little later in the morning, and middle schools later still. Large districts stagger the start times mainly so that buses can be used more efficiently–the same driver […]

The Wildcats, as millions of tweens and teens know, are the singing and dancing kids from Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2. Now they’re making High School Musical 3, which means the house they’re in is East High School in Salt Lake City, where filming takes place.
Some students are excited that Troy […]

A call to use locally produced food is gaining momentum in Colorado high schools, The Denver Post says. Some students say they find homegrown beef can be more palatable–if pricier–than what cafeterias used to serve. However, some school systems say the higher costs of locally produced beef and the bureaucracy associated with food-service operations (for […]

From The Detroit News: Gregory E. Bradbury must have some money– in 2004, the Michigan State University alumnus and member of the university’s Foundation board has bequeathed $1 million to the university’s business school and library. So it’s curious (and some might say classless) that he owes his ex-wife $45,000 in delinquent support payments […]

Paul Vallas, now running the Recovery School District in New Orleans, says he “would be open” to exploring a run for governor of Illinois, according to The Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Tribune’s Clout Street blog.
Vallas was in charge of the Chicago school system from 1995 to 2001 and was credited with getting the district […]

Colleges continue to construct new student housing filled with amenities to attract students who are accustomed to comfortable accommodations. In the Boston area, The Boston Globe reports, Tufts University is studying how to upgrade their residence halls, and Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all have built or are […]

Fairfax High School is one of about 40 schools in the Los Angeles Unified District that will be expected to share space with the district’s privately run charter schools, The Los Angeles Times reports. The folks at Fairfax aren’t happy about it. They say the charter school will impede Fairfax’s efforts to improve by taking […]