Report: Percentage of High-Poverty Schools Rises

"The percentage of public schools where more than three quarters of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch — a key indicator of poverty — has increased in the past decade, and children at these schools are less likely to attend college or be taught by teachers with advanced degrees."

Most Youth Don't get One Hour of Exercise Daily

"Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, says the report finds 17 percent of the nation's high school students say they get the minimally recommended 1 hour of physical activity daily."

High-School Dropout Rate a Key Barrier to Obama's College-Completion Goal

"A senior Education Department official, speaking at a college-readiness forum here on Tuesday, singled out the nation's dropout rate among high-school students as a key obstacle to fulfilling President Obama's goal of putting the United States atop the world by 2020 in the proportion of residents with a college degree."

States Make Huge Education Cuts Across the U.S.

"With all the cuts the next school year is looking like the bleakest and most austere in 50 years, with school districts not only cutting teachers, but cutting programs, cutting school hours, enlarging classes, closing schools - all to save money. In many schools, art, music, physical education, even counseling could be history."

Most Never Sent to the Principal's Office

"About 80 percent of U.S. students in primary and secondary school are never sent out of class to go to the principal's office, U.S. researchers say."

Study: Rural Children Not Anthropocentric

"U.S. researchers say they have found children from rural communities don't share the human-centered pattern of reasoning evident in urban children."

High School Students Admit to Cheating

"A small study of U.S. high school students indicates teens understand what constitutes cheating, but they do it anyway, researchers say."

Educational Technology in Public Schools

"This First Look report presents data from a fall 2008 Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) survey of public schools on the availability and use of educational technology. This includes information on computer hardware and Internet access, availability of staff to help integrate technology into instruction and provide timely technical support, and perceptions of educational technology issues at the school and district level. "

More Than 80% of School Districts to Cut Jobs

"More than 80% of U.S. school districts are expected to eliminate jobs and more than half will likely freeze hiring during the upcoming school year, an education organization said Tuesday. Based on a survey of school administrators from 49 states, a total of 275,000 education jobs are expected to be cut in 2011, according to the American Association of School Administrators."

Pa. School District's Webcam Surveillance Focus of Suit

"As the result of a student lawsuit, Lower Merion School District has admitted theft-tracking software for the district's 2,600 student laptops activated webcams and automatically snapped photos of kids in school and at home. Over two years, the district captured 56,000 images, including shots of students and the images on their computers."