Education News

  • List of top party schools by Princeton Review AP - Mon Jul 28, 2:22 PM ET

    Following is a list of the top party schools in the nation, according to Princeton Review's survey of 120,000 students.

  • Police: 54 hurt when school buses collide in N.Y. AP - Sat Jul 26, 12:11 AM ET

    PORT CHESTER, N.Y. - Police say 54 people suffered minor injuries when two school buses collided on Interstate 95 in New York's Westchester County.

  • A gasoline pump nozzle is seen at a gas station in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)
    Schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs Reuters - Thu Jul 24, 2:31 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week.

  • Only 2 Texas high schoolers positive for steroids AP - Wed Jul 23, 9:32 PM ET

    DALLAS - The nation's largest steroids testing program caught only two Texas high school athletes taking unauthorized substances out of more than 10,000 students who were tested, according to results issued Wednesday.

  • Sallie Mae quarterly earnings fall 72 percent Reuters - Wed Jul 23, 7:48 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sallie Mae , the largest U.S. student loan company, said on Wednesday second-quarter net income fell 72 percent, hurt by restructuring expenses, but results were better than analysts had expected.

  • Sallie Mae's 2Q profit falls 72 percent AP - Wed Jul 23, 6:29 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Student lender SLM Corp., more commonly known as Sallie Mae, said Wednesday its second-quarter profit plunged 72 percent as funding costs remained high amid further weakening in the credit markets and the company took charges related to its restructuring.

  • This May 15, 1991 file photo shows Broadway producer James M. Nederlander in New York. Dozens of the best high school musical actors and actresses from around the country will compete on Broadway next year for a new national award named after theater owner and producer Nederlander. (AP Photo/Richard Drew/FILE)
    National award created for H.S. musical actors AP - Tue Jul 22, 1:43 PM ET

    PITTSBURGH - Dozens of the best high school musical actors and actresses from around the country will compete on Broadway next year for a new national award named after theater owner and producer James M. Nederlander.

  • San Antonio district debuts special propane buses AP - Tue Jul 22, 5:20 AM ET

    HELOTES, Texas - A San Antonio-area school district has debuted new classic-yellow school buses that officials say are the first in the nation manufactured to run on propane.

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