Education
Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs
U.S. Navy Lt. Mike McGrath was just 27 years old, with a wife and two toddler sons in the U.S., when he was shot down and taken prisoner on his 179th bombing mission during the Vietnam War. McGrath spent almost six years in North Vietnamese prisons, enduring torture and beatings ...
Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical
Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE? The prestigious Institute of Medicine is recommending that schools provide opportunities for at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day for students and treat physical education as a core subject. The report says only about half of the nation's youngsters are getting at ...
SW Idaho election might have to be repeated
Election officials in southwest Idaho's Canyon County say it appears a do-over vote will be needed to determine the winner in a school board election. The Idaho-Press Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/10Ojjcr) that 23 Middleton voters were assigned to the wrong school zone in Tuesday's election that ended in a tie for ...
Ex-teacher due in federal court in child porn case
A former elementary school teacher who was on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives is due in federal court on a child pornography charge. Eric Justin Toth is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday afternoon in Washington. He was arrested in Nicaragua last month after five years on the ...
Counseling for Minn. school after park tragedy
A St. Louis Park elementary school is making counselors available to students, parents and staff after a field trip to a St. Paul park turned tragic. Fourth-graders from Peter Hobart Elementary School were visiting Lilydale Regional Park on the bluffs of the Mississippi River on Wednesday when rain-soaked gravel gave ...
Kan. teacher arrested after threats toward school
A teacher at a suburban Wichita high school was arrested after the district reported he had made criminal threats against the school. The 39-year-old teacher at Maize High School reportedly made the comments during a soccer game Tuesday night. The school's principal, Chris Botts, said in an email sent to ...
3 students struck by lightning at Mass. school
Three students are recovering after getting struck by lightning at a western Massachusetts private school. Steve Griffin, head of the MacDuffie School in Granby, says the students were struck while sitting outside at a picnic table on Tuesday afternoon. He tells The Daily Hampshire Gazette (http://bit.ly/14UTagx ) that two students ...
Pawtucket school closed after ceiling collapse
A Pawtucket elementary school is closed for the rest of the week after a portion of the ceiling collapsed in a basement classroom. School officials say a 6-feet-by-10-feet section of the ceiling collapsed on Wednesday at the Potter Burns Elementary School. No one was in the area, and no one ...
Substitute teacher admits making threatening call
A substitute teacher accused of making a threatening telephone call to a school board member during a teachers' strike has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Christopher Culp of Round Lake will receive 18 months of court supervision and must perform 25 hours of public service as ...
Ga. high school to graduate 5 sets of twins
A high school in Clayton County is set to graduate five sets of twins during its graduation ceremony on Friday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/10N8Myb ) the five sets of twins will be among the 234 graduates of Riverdale High School receiving diplomas at Friday's ceremony at the Georgia Dome ...
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