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A new generation of high-school graduation competency tests would be phased in starting next year under a plan unveiled Thursday by the chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Education - the state's latest attempt to navigate a political minefield of opposition to new testing requirements.

Lee County is among 108 school districts nationwide that will split $26 million in federal grant money.

The Grossmont Union High School District board was expected to consider Thursday night taking the first step toward revoking Helix High School's 11-year-old charter because of how the school handled a recent series of teacher sex crimes, it was reported Thursday.

Aid to school districts will drop $163 million during the current fiscal year. Districts are losing $215 in base state aid per student, a decline of 4.8 percent.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - President Barack Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus package will help put 14,200 teens and young adults to work this summer in Ohio, and most of the stimulus-funded highway projects in the state are reaching economically distressed areas, according to a federal report released Wednesday.

13 middle school students from 3 Hampton schools are taking part in the two-week course at Hampton University.

A group of lifeguards from Destin have been named the best in the state. A group of six lifeguards won the 16th Annual Jacksonville Beach Lifeguard Challenge almost two weeks ago.

Astronaut Robert Thirsk spins in zero gravity as high school students look on after he was granted an honorary degree by the University of Calgary via video link from the International Space Station.

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The Justice Department wants to join a lawsuit filed on behalf of three eastern Pennsylvania boys who say they were raped as first graders.

Originally published July 8, 2009 at 3:23 a.m., updated July 8, 2009 at 4:25 a.m. NEW ORLEANS a ' A student who claims he was threatened with suspension for wearing a T-shirt supporting John Edwards' presidential campaign is asking a federal appeals court to bar a Texas school district from enforcing its dress code.

Health class will no longer be a state requirement for high school students this fall, making Texas one of the few states in the country with no required health education, officials said.

Originally published July 7, 2009 at 7:48 p.m., updated July 7, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. Health is no longer a state-required course for incoming high school freshmen.

The Diocese of Green Bay announced late Monday that an Appleton woman has been hired as the Catholic schools director.

A former Tucson area school superintendent who is facing federal charges of attempting to travel to Mexico to have sex with a teenage boy once told an undercover officer he was involved in the sex tourism business in Thailand, court records showed.

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Georgia more than doubled the rate of high school students passing their second attempt at the state's science and social studies graduation tests this year.

Tony Evers took the oath of office as state school superintendent on Monday before an audience of students, teachers and other school personnel at Hi-Mount Community School in Milwaukee.

An Arkansas state senator has been accused of violating the state's code of ethics for teachers and may be issued a written warning.

Controversy surrounds the finding by the Maine Human Rights Commission that a transgendered child should have been allowed to use the girls' bathroom because she identifies as female.