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Kansas Democrats Offer School Funding Alternative Kansas Democrats are offering an alternative to Gov. Sam Brownback's plan for rewriting the state's school funding formula. 7 Comments (Full Story)

LA School In Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens 0 Comments Children are returning to a Los Angeles-area elementary school where the entire staff has been replaced following the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class. (Full Story)

President Obama Gives Ten States Education Waivers 0 Comments Kansas is not one of the states to receive a "No Child Left Behind" waiver. (Full Story)

Male Belle Plaine High School Faculty Shave Heads 10 Comments The move is a show of solidarity for community members battling breast cancer. (Full Story)

Grade Hacker Ordered To Probation 0 Comments One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort. It got him probation. (Full Story)

More Photos Found In Teacher Sex Abuse Case 2 Comments Authorities are investigating allegations that a teacher's aide sent love letters to an 11-year-old boy attending the Los Angeles-area school where two teachers have been charged with molesting students. (Full Story)

Kansas Teachers To Deliver Pension Petition 10 Comments Brownback and the Republican-controlled Legislature are proposing to change the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System from a defined benefit program to a defined contribution program. (Full Story)

FDA Looking At 'Morning-After' Pill Machine 4 Comments The vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. (Full Story)

Staff Removed At LA School During Abuse Probe 0 Comments The removal of the entire staff of a Los Angeles elementary school scandalized by sex abuse allegations against two teachers could be temporary. (Full Story)

President Plans To Help Math, Science Teacher Prep 0 Comments President Obama wants to prepare more teachers and to train a million additional math, technology, engineering and science graduates over the next decade. (Full Story)

Legislators Begin School Finance Hearings 0 Comments The governor wants to change the funding formula to allow local districts more flexibility in how they raise and spend money. (Full Story)

Junk Foods Widely Available At Elementary Schools 1 Comment Between 2006 and 2010, nearly half of public and private schools that were surveyed sold sweet or salty snack foods outside of lunch and breakfast. (Full Story)

Student Hurt After Razor Blade Attack 52 Comments It happened at Word of Life Traditional School, 37th and Meridian, just after 10 a.m. Monday. (Full Story)

California School Closing For Two Days Over Teacher Arrests 0 Comments The Los Angeles superintendent of schools plans to meet with worried parents from a school where two teachers are facing allegations for lewd acts with young students. (Full Story)

Legislators Tackling Kansas School Finance Proposal 1 Comment Kansas legislators will be cracking the books a bit harder starting next week as they begin a deeper review of Governor Sam Brownback's sweeping education proposal. (Full Story)

Official: Second Teacher Arrested From California School 0 Comments A second teacher has been removed from a classroom at a Los Angeles elementary school where a teacher this week was charged with photographing children for sexual thrills. (Full Story)

Colorado Lawmakers Consider Trans-Fat Ban In Schools 1 Comment A Colorado House committee is expected to hear a bill Thursday to forbid any trans-fat in school food -- not just the food served through regular cafeteria lunches. (Full Story)

Challenge To Schools: Embracing Digital Textbooks 0 Comments Hardbound textbooks may be going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools. (Full Story)

Kansas Seniors Win WSU Jabara Scholarship 0 Comments Joseph McNorton, Seaman High School in Topeka, and Brittan Smith, Salina Central High School, will receive $20,000 each to further their education. (Full Story)

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