Education
Latest Stories
Apple iPad_Live.jpg
**FILE** Grant Beacon Middle School student Jeriah Garcia, 13, works out an algebra problem on his school-supplied iPad in class at Grant, Colo. (Associated Press/The Denver Post)
Georgia Presidential _Live.jpg
Voters cast their ballots at the Sarah Smith Elementary School in Atlanta's North Buckhead area on March 6, 2012. (Associated Press)
APTOPIX School Shooti_Star(1).jpg
People hug after the burial of Daniel Parmertor at All Soul's Cemetery, Saturday, March 3, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. Parmertor and two others were fatally shot Monday at Chardon High School. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
SANTORUM.jpg
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Ohio, Friday, March 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
alabama2.jpg
The remains of the Henryville High school are examined by firefighters and residents of Henryville following severe storms that went through the area, Friday, March 2, 2012, in Henryville, Ind. Tornadoes ripped across several small southern Indiana towns on Friday, killing at least three people and leaving behind miles of flattened devastation along the border with Kentucky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
20120301-210808-pic-254964535.jpg
Supporters cheer as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks to a crowd in a gymnasium at a rally at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on Thursday. (Associated Press)
20120301-190840-pic-131304757.jpg
"Undefeated" is a documentary about an underdog high school football team in Memphis, Tenn., whose fortunes changed because of the dedication of a volunteer coach. (Photo courtesy The Weinstein Co.)
20120301-190335-pic-503703985.jpg
A scene from the documentary "Undefeated" about an underdog high school football team, the Manassas Tigers, whose fortunes were reversed due to coach Bill Courtney. (The Weinstein Company)
20120301-185928-pic-317210517.jpg
THE WALK-ON: Jon Dillard was on a club team before making the Terps. (University of Maryland Athletics)
20120301-185928-pic-609114523.jpg
THE INTERNATIONAL: Center Berend Weijs of the Netherlands says he came to the U.S. for school because "My dad made me." He will leave with a college degree. (Associated Press)
APTOPIX School Shooti_Lea.jpg
** FILE ** Seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane is led from juvenile court by sheriff's deputies in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, after his arraignment in the shooting a day earlier of five high school students, three of whom died. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Guantanamo War Crimes_Live.jpg
**FILE** In this 1999 file family photo provided by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Majid Khan gestures during his senior year of high school in Baltimore. The former Maryland resident is accused of joining al Qaeda and plotting to blow up fuel tanks in the U.S. (Associated Press/The Khan Family, Center for Constitutional Rights)
CHARDON.jpg
Bouquets of flowers sit on the sign in front of the high school in Chardon, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
20120228-193045-pic-594818262.jpg
T.J. Lane, a suspect in Monday's shooting of five students at Chardon High School, is taken into juvenile court by Geauga County deputies in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday. Three of the five students wounded in the attacks have since died. (Associated Press)
20120228-193045-pic-612938430.jpg
Students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio, on Tuesday. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day on Monday. The community offered grief counseling to students, staff and others at area schools. (Associated Press)
20120228-160100-pic-76078149.jpg
ASSOCIATED PRESS Yoga teacher Kyoko Katsura demonstrates the handstand scorpion pose. Some want to see competitive yoga posing in the Olympics.
20120227-215119-pic-611045392.jpg
associated press PHOTOGRAPHS An Ohio State Highway patrol helicopter leaves Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday after a gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day. One student was killed, and four were wounded by the shooter. A suspect was captured and is in custody.
20120227-215119-pic-437966919.jpg
Flags fly at half-staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday for the victims of a school shooting. At the school, teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear.
20120227-213107-pic-395654910.jpg
President Obama told his audience at a gathering of the National Governors Association at the White House Monday that higher education includes a community college degree for a skilled manufacturing job and not just a four-year degree. (Associated Press)
20120227-194916-pic-643923338.jpg
An Ohio State Highway patrol helicopter leaves Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, on Monday after a gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day. One student was killed, and four were wounded by the shooter. A suspect was captured and is in custody. (Associated Press)
