On nationwide math tests, fourth-grader progress stalls but eighth-graders improveOctober 14th, 2009 Math tests: Fourth-grader progress stallsWASHINGTON — New math scores show fourth-graders made no gains since 2007, the first time in two decades they have failed to improve. Eighth-graders advanced for yet another year.
On nationwide math tests, fourth-grade progress stalls but eighth-graders improveOctober 14th, 2009 Math tests: Fourth-grade progress stallsWASHINGTON — New test scores show fourth-graders made no gains in math since 2007, although eighth-graders' scores improved. Math results were released Wednesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Mrs. Obama's challenge to GWU: For 100,000 hours of service, she'll speak at 2010 graduationSeptember 11th, 2009 Mrs. Obama challenges GWU to community serviceWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama has a deal for George Washington University students: Perform 100,000 hours of community service during the this school year and she'll speak at their graduation ceremony next May. Mrs. Obama's challenge coincides with the end of President Barack Obama's summer service initiative, United We Serve.
Maine teacher apologizes for being groom in make-believe playground wedding with 4th graderJuly 7th, 2009 Maine teacher sorry for mock wedding to 4th graderPORTLAND, Maine — A fourth-grade teacher in Falmouth, Maine, has apologized for playing the groom in a mock wedding to a student. The Portland Press Herald reports that Paul Rosenblum agreed to participate after the girl proposed and his class at the Plummer-Motz School cajoled him.
NYPD rookie wants to protect and serve right away, makes 1st arrest after graduation ceremonyJuly 3rd, 2009 NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduationNEW YORK — A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden.
Showboating Maine student who bowed, blew kiss to mom at high school graduation denied diplomaJune 17th, 2009 Maine student who blew kiss to mom denied diplomaPORTLAND, Maine — A Maine high school senior says he was denied his diploma because he bowed during graduation and blew a kiss to his mother. Justin Denney was about to receive his Bonny Eagle High School diploma Friday when he pointed at friends and relatives.
Ohio school district uncovers senior class cheating scandal, cancels graduationJune 5th, 2009 OH high school's graduation canceled over cheatingCENTERBURG, Ohio — An Ohio school district that canceled its graduation ceremony after a senior cheating scandal says it's investigating whether underclassmen also cheated. John Morgan, principal of Centerburg High School northeast of Columbus, says he learned Friday that students in other grades may also have received copies of tests in advance.
Ohio school district uncovers senior class cheating scheme, cancels graduationJune 5th, 2009 Ohio district catches cheaters, cancels graduationCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio school district says it uncovered a cheating scheme so pervasive that it had to cancel graduation ceremonies for its 60 seniors — but will still mail their diplomas. A senior at Centerburg High School accessed teachers' computers, found tests, printed them and distributed them to classmates, administrators said.
Reading, Pa., school withholds diplomas for all seniors after hackers change 29 grads' gradesJune 4th, 2009 Grade-change scam delays diplomas for Pa. studentsREADING, Pa.
Federal judge rules Wisconsin school district can hold graduation ceremonies in churchJune 2nd, 2009 Judge allows public school commencement at churchMILWAUKEE — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Wisconsin school district may continue to hold its graduation ceremonies in a church because the location doesn't necessarily make it a religious event. U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert ruled in a lawsuit brought by Americans United for Separation of Church and State against a district in a Milwaukee suburb.
ASU graduation with President Obama and Alice Cooper is shaping up as one to rememberMay 13th, 2009 ASU graduation shaping up to be a day to rememberPHOENIX — Arizona State University students are getting a graduation ceremony to remember forever. Wednesday evening's ceremonies were to include the president of the United States, rock icon Alice Cooper, hundreds of security officials and a crowd likely to fill Sun Devil Stadium.
French education minister says protesting university students won't get diplomasMay 11th, 2009 France: No diplomas for student protestersPARIS — France's education minister says protesting students who have blocked universities for months will not get diplomas. Xavier Darcos says just a handful of students protesting against a proposed university reform have succeeded in disrupting operations at several French universities.
Graduation 2 years later at Bluffton, OhioMay 4th, 2009 Graduation 2 years later at Bluffton, OhioGRADUATION DAY: Tim Berta was two months away from graduating at Bluffton University in Ohio when he was suffered serious head injuries in a 2007 bus accident that killed five baseball players. On Sunday, he got his diploma.
Breakdown of graduation rates in select citiesApril 22nd, 2009 Graduation rate breakdown by cityA breakdown of the 2005 graduation rates in the 50 largest cities, along with the percentage point changes in this rate between 1995 and 2005.
Source: Editorial Projects in Education Research Center based on Education Department data
Eighth-graders in Alaska punished for taunting moose that panicked, suffered fatal injuryApril 22nd, 2009 Alaska school punishes students for taunting moosePALMER, Alaska — Eighth-graders at an Alaska school have been disciplined for taunting and frightening a moose so severely it suffered a fatal injury. School district spokeswoman Catherine Esary says the physical education class at Colony Middle School in Palmer was let outside Monday before teachers realized a moose was on the grounds.
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