Pluto's demotion not a cause for classroom panic

(CNN) -- Science teachers consider Pluto's flunking out of planet status a plus rather than a minus.

It's real life CSI for dinosaur detectives

HELL CREEK FORMATION, Montana (CNN) -- In a desolate landscape, under a hot sun, college students are on their hands and knees poking and brushing away at the ground. They are here to solve a mystery buried for 65 million years, trapped in rock and layers of sediment. They are dinosaur detectives.

School canceled indefinitely in Gary, Indiana

GARY, Indiana (AP) -- Officials on Thursday indefinitely canceled classes citywide after teachers, striking for a fourth day, blocked streets and swarmed a car attempting to park at an elementary school. Two picketers were slightly hurt as the car rolled through the crowd.

Bus driver suspended for alleged racism

COUSHATTA, Louisiana (AP) -- A Louisiana school district suspended a white bus driver while it investigates complaints that she ordered nine black children to sit at the back of the bus.

Slaying raises security concerns at rural campuses

CLEMSON, South Carolina (AP) -- The rural community surrounding Clemson University was in a frenzy in late May as authorities searched for a killer who had raped and strangled a 20-year-old student.

More students riding the bus

ATLANTA (AP) -- Most weekday afternoons, Patricia Israel waits in her front yard for the school bus to drop off her 6-year-old twin sons.

A fifth of Citadel's female cadets claim sexual assault

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel last spring reported being sexually assaulted since enrolling at the state military college, according to results of a survey released by the school Wednesday.

Education Department working to fix glitch after data breach

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Education Department said Wednesday it would arrange for free credit monitoring for as many as 32,000 student loan borrowers after their personal data appeared on its Web site.

No SAT test required for some applicants at George Mason

McLEAN, Virginia (AP) -- George Mason University is becoming one of the nation's first four-year public universities to drop the SAT and other standardized tests from its admissions requirements for certain students.

"No Contract, No Work" for teachers in Gary, Indiana

GARY, Indiana (AP) -- Unionized school bus drivers refused to cross picket lines Wednesday on the first day of school as striking teachers carried protest signs and handed out fliers to parents in the first work stoppage in the district in 22 years.

Miami school board wants to remove books on Cuba

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The Miami-Dade County School District voted Tuesday to press ahead with its effort to remove a children's book on life in Cuba from its school libraries.

Back to school - tips for saving money at college

(AP) -- Nearly 3 million first-time students start college in the coming weeks -- and many will be short on money before the semester ends. With tuition rising steadily, many face the prospect of taking on heavy debt to pay for their degrees.

Teacher walkout could delay start of school year in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) -- Thousands of Detroit teachers picketed Tuesday amid tense contract negotiations and fears of a strike that could delay the start of school.

No child left out of the dodgeball game?

(CNN) -- As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.

California's only tribal college close to collapse

DAVIS, California (AP) -- On a remote stretch of land where stray chickens outnumber students, California's only tribal college is clinging to life against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Charter students score lower in reading, math

WASHINGTON -- Fourth graders in traditional public schools score better in reading and math than students in charter schools, according to a government report that is likely to spur a fresh debate over the benefits of school choice.

Annual list of best U.S. party schools released

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The University of Texas at Austin was named America's best party school in a new ranking out Monday.

No child left out of the dodgeball game?

(CNN) -- As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.

No child left out of the dodgeball game?

(CNN) -- As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.

No child left out of the dodgeball game?

(CNN) -- As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.