Kansas school board changes won't end evolution fight

TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) -- Upcoming changes to the state school board mean Kansas is likely to return to evolution-friendly education standards -- yet remain mired in a fight over how the theory is taught in classrooms.

College students warned about Internet postings

(AP) -- Incoming college students are hearing the usual warnings this summer about the dangers of everything from alcohol to credit card debt. But many are also getting lectured on a new topic -- the risks of Internet postings, particularly on popular social networking sites such as Facebook.

Evolution opponents suffer setback

TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) -- Conservative Republicans who pushed anti-evolution standards back into Kansas schools last year have lost control of the state Board of Education once again.

Kansans choose between evolution supporters, critics

TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) -- Kansas Board of Education members who approved new classroom standards that call evolution into question faced a counterattack at the polls Tuesday from Darwin's defenders.

School vaccine season grows more complex

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The growing list of childhood vaccinations reads like an alphabet soup: Hib, HepA, HepB, IPV, PCV, MCV4, DTaP, Tdap, varicella and influenza.

School district creates refuge for needy students

MAPLEWOOD, Missouri (AP) -- When a friend of Randi Miller's daughter started coming around to do laundry and sit down for family meals, it soon became clear the teenager hid a secret.

U.S. babies finding early voice through sign language

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Nine-month-old Alexandra lets her mother know when she is hungry. Andrew, 11 months, makes it clear he wants some milk. They may be too young to speak, but Alexandra and Andrew have joined the growing numbers of hearing babies who are learning sign language to tell their parents what they are thinking.

Education Department expands tutoring options

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -- The Bush administration says it again will bend the rules of the No Child Left Behind law, intending to get thousands more poor children into tutoring.

Music therapy helps develop communication skills

BEVERLY, Massachusetts (AP) -- Seventeen-year-old Tony Bacon sat at the parlor window seat, his eyes glued to the driveway. He settles into the same spot every Wednesday afternoon.

Mergers proposed for schools for blind and deaf

SALEM, Oregon (AP) -- The day before they were to graduate, the six members of the Class of 2006 at the Oregon School for the Blind lined up on an auditorium stage to practice for their moment in the sun.

Schools find holidays tough to juggle

ALBANY, New York (AP) -- Sikh, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Christian -- each faith has its holy days. Schools across the country are asking how to respect them all.

Blacks who fought in Revolutionary War recognized

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Thousands of black men fought for American independence during the Revolutionary War, yet their contributions rarely appear in modern history books.

Sex education may get adolescents to delay sex

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- After participating in a two-week sexual education program designed and implemented by an academic medical center, more middle-school students said they would hold off on having sex for the first time, Texas researchers report.

Saudi Arabia promises to revise textbooks

Washington (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia has promised a comprehensive review of all of its educational textbooks and to remove all language promoting intolerance, the State Department's ambassador for religious freedom said Wednesday.

Republicans unveil $100 million school voucher plan

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Republicans on Tuesday proposed a $100 million plan to let poor children leave struggling schools and attend private schools at public expense.

Study tracks student use of credit cards

(AP) -- More than half of college students have at least one credit card that is billed to them, a new study says, and about a quarter of those students have used their cards to pay tuition.

Class gets special-needs students moving

MISSION, Kansas (AP) -- Lee Jones' Down syndrome doesn't keep him from exercising -- or from getting others to join in.

Disabled youth prepare for college

BLACKSBURG, Virginia (AP) -- The college classroom scene is a familiar one: young adults in flip-flops and baseball caps, some scribbling notes, others napping.

Schools go on health kick as federal law takes hold

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) -- They're promising to keep closer tabs on student lunch trays, pull sugary treats from vending machines and classroom celebrations and encourage more pulse-raising activities during the school day.

Donors delay multimillion-dollar gifts to Harvard

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Prominent donors have delayed multimillion-dollar gifts to Harvard University since Lawrence Summers resigned as the school's president and a search began for his replacement, people familiar with the matter said Thursday.