NYC to randomly scan students for weapons

NEW YORK (AP) -- Public schools will begin introducing portable metal detectors at random and searching students for weapons, city officials said Thursday.

Teacher quality numbers in, states await their fate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Under federal pressure, most states are close to getting teachers who are rated highly qualified in front of every math, history, language and other core class by the end of the school year. Or so they say.

Russian students win programming contest

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- A team of three students from Russia proved their brainy prowess Wednesday, winning an academic competition in which they had just five hours to solve perplexing computing puzzles such as how to connect gears of a clock when given a specific shaft speed.

Student election marked by campaign violations

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) -- Yale University, where presidential hopefuls have been groomed for generations, held an election for student body president Tuesday in which all five candidates were cited for campaign violations.

Defunct trade school faces $57 million in claims

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- A defunct trade school involved in a federal investigation faces $57 million in claims from more than 600 creditors, a bankruptcy trustee said Tuesday.

American students favor Iraq troop reduction

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Three out of five American college students support a U.S. troops reduction in Iraq and nearly three quarters think the United Nations and other countries should take the lead in solving future global crises, according to a poll released Tuesday.

College Board president apologizes for SAT errors

(AP) -- The president of the College Board sent an e-mail to the group's members Tuesday apologizing for scoring problems on the SAT exam. He pledged the organization would learn from the experience.

Big Oil makes big push in on-campus recruiting

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- University of Texas senior Thuan Phan switched majors from computer science to geological sciences, figuring the field trips would make it more fun. Now his degree turns out to be lucrative, too.

Schools struggle with requiring PE classes

FRANKLIN, Tennessee (AP) -- At Moore Elementary School, fourth-grader Michael Turri looks forward to 30 minutes of jump-rope at the start of the day.

College grads chase jobs, culture to big cities

WASHINGTON (AP) -- College graduates are flocking to America's big cities, chasing jobs and culture and driving up home prices.

Evacuee students still trying to fit in

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- The badge dangling from Sabrina Hernandez's neck identifies her as a Hastings High senior. The oversized button with the smiling picture of Sabrina in her black-and-gold uniform tells you she's a member of the Bears cheerleading squad.

What's wrong with America's high schools?

(Time.com) -- It's lunchtime at Shelbyville High School, 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Indiana, and more than 100 teenagers are buzzing over trays in the cafeteria.

Company that graded SATs is sued

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) -- A high school senior whose SAT was incorrectly scored low is suing the board that oversees the exam and the testing company that was hired.

Lawmakers try to expel junk food from schools

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trying to shrink the growing waistlines of children, lawmakers want to expel soda, candy bars, chips and other junk food from the nation's schools.

Schools must inform students of NCLB rights

NEW YORK (AP) -- The nation's top education official warned Wednesday that states may lose federal money if they fail to inform parents about their children's rights to free tutoring or to transfer out of struggling schools.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Doctor attacks bugs that attack kids

AKRON, Ohio (MedPage Today) -- Dr. Blaise L. Congeni has always been in a hurry.

Fire drills give way to lockdown exercises

BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota (AP) -- Melissa Galarneault's fourth-grade class at Indian Mounds Elementary had just started a math quiz when the alert came over the loudspeaker: "Attention staff, this is a lockdown."

Design software weakens classic drawing skills

BERKELEY, California (Reuters) -- It's not a pretty picture.

Schools that canceled prom offer compromise

NEW YORK (AP) -- Two Long Island high schools that canceled their senior proms after years of burgeoning excess that included limos and weekend house rentals in the Hamptons announced a cut-rate compromise Tuesday that will involve bus rides and other more modest arrangements.