Read more public schools stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19259/public-schools.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:58:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72155/public-college-tuition-rises-despite-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoping for a tuition break in the recession? Fat chance. The price of a college education continues to rise, with costs at public schools rising faster than those at private institutions. Tuition and fees at a public 4-year college now average $7,020, versus $26,273 at a private college....http://www.newser.com/story/72155/public-college-tuition-rises-despite-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 17:32:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he sits...http://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:39:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69663/3-of-4-oklahoma-students-cant-name-first-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAre you smarter about American history than a recent immigrant? Most of the students in Oklahoma’s public high schools aren’t. A conservative think tank asked thousands of high school kids to answer 10 questions drawn from the citizenship test given to recent immigrants. Would-be citizens have to answer six correctly,...http://www.newser.com/story/69663/3-of-4-oklahoma-students-cant-name-first-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 15:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66706/family-of-swine-flu-victim-suing-nyc-for-40m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe family of Mitchell Weiner, a Queens middle school assistant principal who died in May after contracting H1N1, is suing New York City for $40 million, arguing that it didn’t provide a safe workplace, the New York Daily News reports. They also contend that the city didn’t notify Weiner that...http://www.newser.com/story/66706/family-of-swine-flu-victim-suing-nyc-for-40m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 9:29:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66514/duncan-poised-to-be-most-powerful-ed-sec-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTight with President Obama and with $5 billion at his disposal, Arne Duncan may become the strongest education secretary in history, writes Nia-Malika Henderson for Politico . “Never ever have they had $5 billion to decide what to do in the education system,” says an education advocate. And it’s up to...http://www.newser.com/story/66514/duncan-poised-to-be-most-powerful-ed-sec-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 7:03:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61766/americans-work-hard-but-their-kids-are-lazy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans may jaw about their grueling work weeks and meager vacations, but their kids? While European and Asian children are logging in long school days and pounding out homework, US students are taking time off, the Economist reports. With one of the world's shortest school weeks and longest summers—which...http://www.newser.com/story/61766/americans-work-hard-but-their-kids-are-lazy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 15:48:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61620/record-20m-us-kids-get-free-lunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s good there is such a thing as a free lunch, since more US students than ever need one. Nearly 20 million kids got a free or reduced-price school lunch in February, overwhelming districts that also face rising food costs. Nationwide enrollment in the government-subsidized program was up 6.3%...http://www.newser.com/story/61620/record-20m-us-kids-get-free-lunch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 12:13:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58152/us-sees-2nd-flu-death-cdc-eases-up-on-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTexas health officials said today that a US woman who lived near the Mexico border has died from swine flu—the second death in the nation and first of a US resident, USA Today reports. The news, however, comes amid continued confidence that the H1N1 virus remains relatively mild here,...http://www.newser.com/story/58152/us-sees-2nd-flu-death-cdc-eases-up-on-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 15:43:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57503/swine-flu-shuts-2nd-ny-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA second school in Queens has been shut down after dozens of students suffered symptoms of swine flu, reports the New York Daily News . Cases have also been found in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and an outbreak is suspected at a Catholic school in Manhattan. The public school closed yesterday,...http://www.newser.com/story/57503/swine-flu-shuts-2nd-ny-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 2:25:20 CDT