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Heads in talks over school tests

Primary school principals from across Northern Ireland are to meet later to discuss their concerns about the proposed grammar school entrance tests.

Littleton schools consider limiting holiday breaks

Littleton's public schools would buck local tradition and stay open on Good Friday and Yom Kippur next year, according to a proposal under review by the School Committee.

School-tuition program OK'd Arizona's tuition tax-credit after long debate

A testy and lengthy debate ushered in the newest expansion of Arizona's tuition tax-credit program, with this one benefiting disabled students and children in foster care.

Student routinely restrained to fence

Five TUSD employees are put on notice for treatment of special-needs youth

Teachers start hunger strike to protest layoffs

At least nine teachers and two activists take part in the strike, demanding that the district put forth a new budget that doesn't include layoffs or class-size increases

Test Numbers Improve

With less than a month left in the school year, fewer than 1,500 high school seniors in Maryland still lack passing scores on state exams.

Va. Considers Cutting Third-Grade Exam

Board of Education to take up eliminating third-grade history test, a move state officials say would open up time for core subjects such as math and reading. But critics say they worry that ditching the test would hurt history education in the primary grades.

Popular children earn more

Popular children end up earning higher salaries, according to research. Professor Stephen Pudney, one of the researchers from the university's Institute for Social and Economic Research, used data from America in which groups of schoolboys were asked to name their three closest friends in their final year of High School.