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By Brad Heath
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The battle over whether to build Bayyari Elementary School and the subdivision that surrounds it here was fought for the usual reasons before the school opened in 2004: Neighbors worried about sprawl and crime, and the city worried about dust and noise.

By Ann Marie Chaker
PTAs Are Helping to Cover Cost of Books, Other Supplies; Paying to Keep a Teacher Aide. Public schools across the country, hurt by state- and local-government cutbacks, are tapping an alternative source of cash: Mom and Dad.

Just before 7:30 a.m., a dozen St. Helena High School students gathered for their first class of the day...

A lecturer on education retained by the Oceanside Unified School District, Darlene Willis didn't mince words at a recent gathering of parents trying to get some tips on guiding their children through school. Too many parents are out of touch when it comes to the kind of leadership crucial for their children's academic success, Willis said.

They e-mail faculty with overly personal messages from accounts with addresses including "hot" or "cutie." They send messages so truncated and that do such violence against grammar as to be indecipherable.

Expensive trips for teams, band may be things of the past. Grown-ups aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch in the struggling economy — so are teenagers at local high schools who are on clubs or sports teams with shrinking budgets.

Rulffes says district doesn’t have the money
Carson City — The Clark County School District and six other Nevada districts are not meeting state class-size requirements for the primary grades.

Cell phones have become unwelcome in most schools, because of fears about cheating and other distractions. But a new book written by a local educator argues that cell phones also are educational.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Ke Hao, former Director of the Primary Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, described the draft education development strategy as ‘unbelievably romantic.’

In Washington, everyone applauds a governor who wants to raise academic standards for all students. Back in his or her home state, a governor who proposes to do just that can get sued. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger learned this lesson not long ago when his plan to requir