Education
Latest Stories
fccd3e0ef98d9502490f6a706700b221.jpg
Supporters, alumni and players listen to new Belhaven University football coach Hal Mumme speak about his expectations as the new head man at the NAIA school near downtown Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Mumme, a former head coach at a number of programs including Division 1 schools, Kentucky and New Mexico State University, most recently was passing game coordinator at SMU. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
9553c61cf9879402490f6a7067000518.jpg
New Belhaven University football coach Hal Mumme laughs as he listens to university president Roger Parrott speaks before Mumme is introduced during an NAIA college football news conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Mumme, a former head coach at a number of programs including Division 1 schools, Kentucky and New Mexico State University, most recently was passing game coordinator at SMU. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
433e85c21a0b9c03490f6a706700f53f.jpg
Purdue University students, faculty, family and friends gather at the steps of Hovde Hall for a vigil for a teaching assistant who was fatally shot on campus at Purdue University, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in West Lafayette, Ind. The victim was identified as Andrew Boldt, 21, a senior in electrical engineering from Wisconsin who lived on campus, according to Purdue. Another student, Cody Cousins, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder, athourities said. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, Michael Heinz) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES
8436c436199a9a03490f6a7067009e8b.jpg
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
7ea56745199a9a03490f6a706700a5ef.jpg
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
7b8988d1199a9a03490f6a7067007657.jpg
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the annual State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon proposed a nearly half-billion-dollar spending surge for public education Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to harness the revenues generated by an improving economy to make up for years of funding shortfalls for schools. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
74d4cba519359803490f6a706700b6a4.jpg
Dyloan Witzig, right, and his brother Zach, catch their breath after wrestling on the hill behind York Suburban High School on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in York, Pa. The National Weather Service predicts the storm could drop 8 to 12 inches of snow followed by bitterly cold temperatures. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin) YORK DISPATCH OUT
8b875fae193b9803490f6a7067005120.jpg
The Rev. Jarrett Maupin, center, an Arizona civil rights activist, speaks during a news conference in Phoenix, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, after an Arizona State University fraternity hosted a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, replete with racist stereotypes and offensive costumes. Maupin is calling on the school to expel all students involved and permanently ban the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity from campus. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)
797c825419529903490f6a7067001427.jpg
Charter school plaintiffs attorney Leonard Schwartz makes his opening remarks during the Texas school finance trial, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. The trial re-opened after a year hiatus so that the judge could collect evidence in light of last year's legislative changes. Opening statements from the school district plaintiff groups and the state kicked off proceedings that could last three to four weeks in Judge John K. Dietz' courtroom. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM.
b9239253f9f59602490f6a706700fade.jpg
Maureen Loiacano, 8, sleds down Reservoir Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in Bowling Green, Ky. Schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky stayed closed for an extra day after the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, or planned to send students home early. Some parents kept their kids home even if their schools were open, unwilling to put them on slippery roads. (AP Photo/Daily News, Miranda Pederson)
