Read more school stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3993/school.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:59:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73703/ny-gunman-surrenders-in-school-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gunman holding an upstate New York school principal hostage has surrendered and is in custody, reports CNN . More than 100 police officers and a SWAT team negotiated with the gunman, who a local official said was a former student in his 40s. Pine Plains is located about 90 miles...http://www.newser.com/story/73703/ny-gunman-surrenders-in-school-standoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 9:26:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72596/madonna-starts-malawian-girls-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConstruction on a Malawian school for girls founded by Madonna began today. The singer has put up $15 million for the creation of the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, which is expected to be finished in 2 years, the BBC reports. "Growing up in a privileged life, I took education...http://www.newser.com/story/72596/madonna-starts-malawian-girls-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:39:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72222/pakistan-closes-all-schools-after-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan closed all of its schools today, following the twin suicide attacks on the International Islamic University in Islamabad yesterday. Four were killed and another 18 wounded, and the Taliban has promised more bombings if Pakistan doesn’t halt its military offensive in South Waziristan’s tribal areas. Pakistan’s interior minister said...http://www.newser.com/story/72222/pakistan-closes-all-schools-after-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 10:10:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72053/school-day-includes-obamas-teacher-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThird- and sixth-grade teachers at the private Sidwell Friends School knew Michelle Obama planned to attend today's scheduled parent-teacher conferences, but they weren't warned to expect her companion: President Obama. The first couple's trip to Sasha's Bethesda, Md., school and Malia's Washington classroom was low-key, for a presidential motorcade—the...http://www.newser.com/story/72053/school-day-includes-obamas-teacher-conference.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 17:52:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71700/first-grader-with-camp-knife-back-in-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing a camping knife to school is welcome to return after the school board amended its zero-tolerance policy. Zachary Christie was to spend 45 days at an alternative school; now, kindergarten and 1st-grade students with a “dangerous instrument”—a blade less than 3 inches—face...http://www.newser.com/story/71700/first-grader-with-camp-knife-back-in-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 12:14:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren with few friends at school are much more likely to suffer poor health as adults, according to a new study. Swedish researchers asked 6th graders in 1966 which children they preferred to work with at school, then matched that data with hospital admissions between 1973 and 2003. They found...http://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 2:15:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68624/back-to-school-speech-anger-rooted-in-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf there’s one thing we should all be cool with, it’s the leader of the free world inspiring kids about education. But somehow the idea of President Obama giving a back-to-school speech has spawned an “outbreak of right-wing crazy,” writes Joan Walsh for Salon—“and this time it's hard not...http://www.newser.com/story/68624/back-to-school-speech-anger-rooted-in-race.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 10:47:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68553/obama-school-address-infuriates-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConservative critics are blasting President Obama’s plan to give a speech on education in Virginia next week as a ploy to brainwash the nation’s children, the Washington Post reports. The address, which the White House is encouraging educators and students to watch, is part of a push to “spread President...http://www.newser.com/story/68553/obama-school-address-infuriates-critics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 15:30:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66381/dont-close-for-swine-flu-feds-to-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth officials issued new guidelines today to help schools handle swine flu cases, advising them to close only if "high numbers" of students fall ill, USA Today reports. Closing down should be “a last resort, not a first resort,” US Education Secretary Arne Duncan said. The guidelines replace a standing...http://www.newser.com/story/66381/dont-close-for-swine-flu-feds-to-schools.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 17:52:23 CDT