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Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools

Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools.

Schools shift from textbooks to tablets

"We must use technology to empower teachers and improve the way students learn," said Joel Klein, a former New York City schools' chief who now leads News Corp.'s education tablet program.

Boatbuilding school at the heart of 'education vacation'

Across the street from the school's waterfront office is the Ajax Cafe, a longtime fixture in the 1890s-era home of the town's founder, Samuel Hadlock.

Attendance 'scrubbing' tempts low-ranked schools

School administrators around the country are getting into trouble for improperly pulling or adding students to their rosters.

Agreement restricts police role in Denver schools

School safety announcements since the December shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut typically have been about schools adding officers or adopting zero-tolerance policies.

Rich-poor spending gap on schools hurts kids, report says

America is failing too many of its children in public schools because it doesn't spread the opportunity for a good education fairly to all, according to a report for the government released Tuesday.

In Newtown shooting's wake, schools are scrambling to step up security

For example, Paxton's DiBlasi's mother, Barbara DiBlasi, knows exactly how she would react if a gunman was reported at Plaza Middle School in Kansas City, where she is a media center specialist.

Schools should teach teens to shoot, Texas legislator says

"White's proposal says that school districts may choose to offer elective courses to students in grades nine through 12 that teach the safe use of firearms, hunter safety and the Second Amendment.

NRA chief renews call for armed guards at schools

National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre renewed his call Thursday for armed guards in schools and urged gun owners to "stand and fight" for the Second Amendment.

Drug companies forge partnerships with top schools

Drug companies forge partnerships with top schools

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Search for survivors begins in OKC suburb

Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit...

For India's poor, a school under a railway bridge

Others who attend overcrowded and dismal government schools come here as well - to actually learn.

Miami-Dade expands hurricane evacuation zones

That includes inland locations once considered safe havens for residents seeking shelter from...

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Marketing plan unveiled for Catholic schools here

Marketing plan unveiled for Catholic schools here

Cynthia Nixon & Charles: School Run In The City

Cynthia Nixon & Charles: School Run In The City

Larry King & Cannon: School Day Stroll

Larry King & Cannon: School Day Stroll

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Chicago board approves largest school closing

U.S. urban school districts have been grappling with declining enrollment, and 70 cities have...

Cleared of Charges, Honor Student Goes to Space Camp

State police came to his high school and led him and his friends away in handcuffs, but his...

At tornado-hit school, colored stickers and pencils litter ruins

"That tornado was a mile wide," said Anna Trowbridge, a spokeswoman for the Moore public schools.