Middletown's schools superintendent says he wants to meet with police to discuss why a high school student was Tasered for allegedly fighting with police over his alleged theft of a meat pie from the cafeteria. Police - Taser - Law - Law Enforcement - High school (feeds.boston.com)

Officials say a Maine elementary school went into lockdown mode but no one was hurt. Maine - School - United States - Education - Sheriff (feeds.boston.com)

well, thats something you don't hear everyday. (danese.newsvine.com)

The school board in Windham, N.H., has agreed to pay $40,000 to a former administrator in hopes of avoiding costly litigation. New Hampshire - United States - Vermont - Windham - Counties (feeds.boston.com)

A suburban Washington, D.C., high school is on lockdown and Interstate 270 ramps are closed after police say a man fired a shot at his girlfriend. Washington D.C. - High school - United States - Education - Interstate 270 (feeds.boston.com)

The mother of a 5-year-old Queens boy claims her son was jumped inside his elementary school and sexually assaulted by four classmates - all of them kindergartners. (gulliversisland.newsvine.com)

Tim McDonald, an associate with Education Evolving, a policy group in St. (eelementary.newsvine.com)

Oregon 7 Year Old Vanished June 4; His School Adds Surveillance Cameras (feeds.cbsnews.com)

ALBANY -- Two key campaign contributors to a self-styled reformer running for state Senate pleaded guilty two years ago to bribery charges, The Post has learned. Mineola Mayor Jack Martins, a Republican promising "tough new ethics standards" should he unseat Sen. Craig Johnson (D-LI) in November, accepted $19,000 from... (www.nypost.com)

Here's an inconvenient truth: A new LA school named after Al Gore was built on toxic soil. The Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences is set to open Monday as construction workers furiously replace contaminated dirt with clean fill, according to The LA Times. The $75.5 million facility is... (www.nypost.com)

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More than 1,000 for-profit colleges across the country, including dozens in New England, could run afoul of new federal regulations because they have student loan repayment rates below new federal standards, a Globe analysis of new federal education data shows. Education - New England - Student loan - United States - Scho... (feeds.boston.com)

Khalsa Primary school is the first Sikh school in the UK to be backed and partly funded by a Gurdwara, or Sikh temple. (www.bbc.co.uk)

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At a 650-student school in Newark, in an increasingly common move, the teaching staff is the administration, raising morale but potentially blurring educators’ focus. (feeds.nytimes.com)