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Student with cancer from Woodland can graduate - Saturday, June 07, 2008
WOODLAND, Calif.—A Woodland High School student who is battling cancer will be allowed to graduate with her class despite falling behind in her studies.
School officials say Leanna...
Middle school critical to students' success in high school - Thursday, June 26, 2008
More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...
Teacher who taped student to chair to keep job - Monday, June 09, 2008
OAKRIDGE, Ore. — The third-grade teacher who taped a disobedient child to a chair last month will be disciplined but not fired, the Oakridge School District said.
What type of action...
Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis - Sunday, September 21, 2008
Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis, including a second case at a Greenlawn high school, the school districts said.
A Division Avenue High School student has viral meningitis,...
Deerfield High School student found alive - Sunday, February 22, 2009
A 17-year-old track star from Highland Park, who was reported missing Friday, was found alive late Saturday, police said.
About 2,000 volunteers combed north suburban Deerfield and...
Indian American student dies in train mishap - Monday, September 15, 2008
An Indian American student has been identified as one of 25 people who died when a Metrolink commuter train had a head-on collision with a freight train near Los Angeles on Friday.
Atul...
Student tried to hire girl's murder, police say - Friday, June 06, 2008
PASADENA, Texas — A 17-year-old student offered money and drugs to a high school classmate for the murder of a girl he suspected of harming his relationship with another girl, police...
New California dropout data will track individual students - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The public today could start getting a better picture of how many California students are dropping out of school. For the first time in California, dropout rates will be measured based...
Colleges spend billions to prep freshmen - Monday, September 15, 2008
It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.
In fact, a new study calculates,...
1 in 4 students in state drop out - Friday, July 18, 2008
Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
The report, based on...
