education

The principal at a Coney Island, NY elementary school is under fire from both parents and some members of the community after she banned the kids from singing Lee Greenwood’s patriotic anthem ‘God Bless the USA’ at a kindergarten graduation. But you won’t believe what she says they can sing.

There are ten of thousands of high school and college commencement speeches every year in America, making it difficult for the speaker to say something particularly original. However David McCullough, Jr. figured out a unique to make his words stand out when he did the commencement duties at Wellesley High School in Massachusetts.

Eighty years is a long time to wait, but for Ann Colagiovanni, the wait was worth it. This 97-year-old grandma’s road to a diploma spans eight decades and is simultaneously incredibly sad and utterly heartwarming.

Like most people, I have had many “last days of school” in my lifetime, from kindergarten all the way through college. This week, many Missoula students will celebrate their final day in the classroom — at least until the start of the next school year ...

Some Minnesota parents are furious after a local high school gave all its seniors breathalyzer tests at their graduation rehearsal, with school officials claiming that since they smelled alcohol on some of the kids, they were justified in screening everyone.

You know about shopping holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but how about Back-to-School Saturday?

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana State University plans to offer an online degree completion program starting this fall for students with at least two years of college credits but who haven't obtained a four-year degree. Officials tell the Bozeman Daily Chronicle that registration for the fall semester is open until July 16...

It is often a young person’s dream to move away from home to the big city once they have graduated from college.

In general, most youngsters like six-year-old Lori Anne Madison are squarely focused on toys and cartoons. But Madison recently became the youngest person ever to qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the contest’s 87-year history.

Student loan debt may be skyrocketing, but the students themselves will likely leave school with some nice presents — a new survey shows Americans will spend almost $5 billion on graduation gifts this year.