en-us http://www.newsique.com/education/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/education/former_student_kills_6_at_northe/ A gunman dressed in black stepped from behind a curtain at the front of a large lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday and shot 21 people, six of them fatally, then shot and killed himself, said university President John Peters. "A lot o news education 2008-02-15 08:11:25 http://www.newsique.com/education/former_student_kills_6_at_northe/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/former_student_kills_6_at_northe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/no_charges_over_online_columbine/ A Wisconsin teacher who posted an anonymous comment online sarcastically praising the Columbine High School gunmen won't face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Washington County District Attorney Todd Martens said the comme news education 2007-12-06 23:53:03 http://www.newsique.com/education/no_charges_over_online_columbine/ Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-blog-arrest,0,2911562.story http://www.newsique.com/sources/chicago_tribune/ 91 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/no_charges_over_online_columbine/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/teacher_in_teen_sex_case_arreste/ A former teacher serving house arrest for having sex with a 14-year-old student was arrested on charges of violating her probation, state records show. According to a Department of Corrections report, Debra Lafave discussed her personal life and other news education 2007-12-05 09:44:40 http://www.newsique.com/education/teacher_in_teen_sex_case_arreste/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/195273849/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/teacher_in_teen_sex_case_arreste/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/first_grader_hit_by_stray_bullet/ A six-year-old girl was grazed by a stray bullet as she stood on the playground at Dover Elementary School in San Pablo Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The victim, a first grader at the school, suffered only a superficial wound to her abdomen, p news education 2007-11-30 08:15:33 http://www.newsique.com/education/first_grader_hit_by_stray_bullet/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/192840561/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Shocking [6] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/first_grader_hit_by_stray_bullet/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/parents_activists_rip_school_boa/ Anti-war and free-speech advocates joined angry parents and students in their battle with Berwyn school district officials who may expel a group of students who took part in an Iraq war protest at a school last week. The lunchtime protest Nov. 1 in the news education 2007-11-09 14:24:31 http://www.newsique.com/education/parents_activists_rip_school_boa/ Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mortonprotest_09nov09,0,6565432.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout http://www.newsique.com/sources/chicago_tribune/ 91 Interesting [18] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/parents_activists_rip_school_boa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/oprah_matron_charged_with_abuse/ A matron at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa was formally charged Monday with 13 counts of abusing and assaulting students at the school. Dressed in a black and white football shirt, the woman, Tiny Virginia Mokobo, 27, pleaded not guilty news education 2007-11-05 08:13:05 http://www.newsique.com/education/oprah_matron_charged_with_abuse/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/05/oprah.school/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/oprah_matron_charged_with_abuse/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/uk_government_schools_shouldnt_s/ Concerns over Microsoft's Office 2007 and Vista licensing terms have prompted a UK government agency to warn schools against signing licensing agreements. Becta, the UK's education technology branch, has also filed a complaint with the UK's Office of Fair news education 2007-10-27 14:16:26 http://www.newsique.com/education/uk_government_schools_shouldnt_s/ Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071026-uk-government-schools-shouldnt-sign-licensing-agreements-with-microsoft.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/ars_technica/ 97 Interesting [4] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/uk_government_schools_shouldnt_s/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/4_shot_at_michigan_middle_school/ Gunfire erupted during halftime at a middle school football game on Wednesday afternoon, wounding two teenagers and two adults, police said. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the neck, Detective Sgt. Brent Vanderhaar said. The three others were treated and news education 2007-10-25 08:15:17 http://www.newsique.com/education/4_shot_at_michigan_middle_school/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/174616846/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/4_shot_at_michigan_middle_school/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/boy_suspended_for_stick-figure_d/ A New Jersey second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun has earned him a one-day school suspension. Seven-year-old Kyle Walker's mom told an The Press newspaper of Atlantic City that her son was suspended for violating the district's zero news education 2007-10-21 14:40:32 http://www.newsique.com/education/boy_suspended_for_stick-figure_d/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21397455/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Shocking [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/boy_suspended_for_stick-figure_d/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/maine_middle_school_to_offer_the/ Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening. The plan, offered by city health officials, makes King Middle School news education 2007-10-18 08:13:00 http://www.newsique.com/education/maine_middle_school_to_offer_the/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/171392803/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/maine_middle_school_to_offer_the/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/21_schools_shut_after_teen_dies_/ A high school student who was hospitalized for more than a week with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection has died, and officials shut down 21 schools for cleaning to keep the illness from spreading. Ashton Bonds, 17, a senior at Staunton River High news education 2007-10-17 08:22:02 http://www.newsique.com/education/21_schools_shut_after_teen_dies_/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21324612/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/21_schools_shut_after_teen_dies_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/student_gunman_had_mental_proble/ Suspect had threatened other students Coon, who was white, stood out in the predominantly black school for dressing in a goth style, wearing a black trench coat, black boots, a dog collar and chains, she said. Henderson, who is black, she said she d news education 2007-10-11 08:22:37 http://www.newsique.com/education/student_gunman_had_mental_proble/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21243671/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/student_gunman_had_mental_proble/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/muslim_medical_students_get_pick/ Some Muslim medical students are refusing to attend lectures or answer exam questions on alcohol-related or sexually transmitted diseases because they claim it offends their religious beliefs. Some trainee doctors say learning to treat the diseases con news education 2007-10-07 21:36:26 http://www.newsique.com/education/muslim_medical_students_get_pick/ Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2603966.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/times_online/ 93 Shocking [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/education/muslim_medical_students_get_pick/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/schools_must_warn_of_gore_climat/ Schools will have to issue a warning before they show pupils Al Gore's controversial film about global warming, a judge indicated yesterday. The move follows a High Court action by a father who accused the Government of 'brainwashing' children with pro news education 2007-10-04 09:49:19 http://www.newsique.com/education/schools_must_warn_of_gore_climat/ Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=485336&in_page_id=1811 http://www.newsique.com/sources/daily_mail/ 91 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/schools_must_warn_of_gore_climat/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/creationists_rewrite_natural_his/ Scientists complain about "sins of omission," reports Roger Highfield The world's best known wildlife broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough, has called on the BBC to stop Christian fundamentalists from deleting references to evolution from his documentar news education 2007-10-03 23:22:24 http://www.newsique.com/education/creationists_rewrite_natural_his/ Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/10/02/scihist102.xml http://www.newsique.com/sources/telegraph/ 91 Shocking [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/creationists_rewrite_natural_his/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/professors_students_protest_rums/ Students and professors at Stanford University are protesting Donald Rumsfeld's appointment to a campus think tank, saying the former defense secretary does not uphold the "ethical values" of the school. Shortly after Rumsfeld's appointment was announ news education 2007-10-03 09:24:00 http://www.newsique.com/education/professors_students_protest_rums/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/cnnu.rumsfeld/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/professors_students_protest_rums/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/fight_back_against_giving_kids_n/ The No Child Left Behind Act is up for reauthorization this month. There has been much necessary criticism and commentary about its unfunded mandates, forced standardized testing, and takeover threats to struggling public school systems. But another cr opinion education 2007-10-01 11:13:22 http://www.newsique.com/education/fight_back_against_giving_kids_n/ www.madison.com http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/248340 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/fight_back_against_giving_kids_n/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/cy-fair_campus_locked_down_after/ A middle school in the Cypress-Fairbanks district was placed under lockdown Friday when a student brought a loaded handgun to school and pointed the weapon at two coaches, authorities said. No one was injured. When the 12-year-old girl first arrived Fr news education 2007-09-30 15:05:34 http://www.newsique.com/education/cy-fair_campus_locked_down_after/ Houston Chronicle http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5173060.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/chron/ 95 Interesting [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/cy-fair_campus_locked_down_after/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/oak_park_school_bans_hugging/ Schools just say no to bullying and fighting, but hugging? CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports that a local middle school wants the embracing to stop. "Last year we would see maybe as many as 10 students on one side (of the hallway news education 2007-09-29 10:37:43 http://www.newsique.com/education/oak_park_school_bans_hugging/ CBS News http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_271193938.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Shocking [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/oak_park_school_bans_hugging/#comments http://www.newsique.com/education/boulder_high_students_walk_out_d/ About 50 Boulder High School students walked out of class Thursday to protest the daily reading of the Pledge of Allegiance and recited their own version, omitting "one nation, under God." The students say the phrase violates the constitutional separat news education 2007-09-28 09:58:36 http://www.newsique.com/education/boulder_high_students_walk_out_d/ Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7016257 http://www.newsique.com/sources/denverpost/ 88 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/education/boulder_high_students_walk_out_d/#comments