Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college…
School administration
Al Sharpton to meet Citadel president over KKK-like photos
Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton plans to meet with the president of The Citadel after online photos surfaced showing cadets with pillowcases over their heads similar to Ku…
Online Common Core testing lays bare tech divide in schools
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and SALLY HO Nestled between mountains 60 miles from the nearest city, students at Cuyama Valley High School use Internet connections about one-tenth the minimum speed recommended…
Univ. of Oklahoma severs ties with frat after racist chant
By SEAN MURPHY NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school’s ties with a national fraternity on Monday and ordered that its on-campus house be…
PEOPLE MARCH AGAINST GREEK SEGREGATION AT ALABAMA
By JAY REEVES In this Aug. 17, 2013 photo, female students at the University of Alabama prepare to run from Bryant-Denny Stadium to their new sorority houses after receiving their…
OKLA. SCHOOL CHANGES POLICY ON DREADLOCKS
This Sept. 8, 2013 photo shows Tiana Parker, 7, who was removed from the Deborah Brown Community School due to the school’s policy against her natural hairstyle, poses for a…
APNEWSBREAK: $250M GIFT TO KY. COLLEGE WITHDRAWN
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, Centre College President John A. Roush announces that the tiny liberal arts school in rural Kentucky has…
MIDWEST HEAT WAVE PROMPTS EARLY SCHOOL DISMISSALS
By GRANT SCHULTE Five year-old Grace Kennedy cools off from the heat in a water fountain in Stinson Park in Omaha, Neb., Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. An unusual, late-summer heat…