A shocked student leaves with her father after Todd Brown, a 14-year-old boy, was shot by a fellow student, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 at the Discovery Middle School in Madison, Ala. A ninth-grader is in extremely critical condition after being shot by another student at an Alabama middle school. Officials said 14-year-old Todd Brown was taken by ambulance to Huntsville Hospital from Discovery Middle School, where the shooting occurred Friday afternoon. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Jeronimo Nisa) MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Attorney: Ala. school shooting likely gang-related (AP)

AP - A lawyer for a ninth-grader charged with shooting a fellow student to death at their Alabama school says the violence was likely related to gang activity.

Education


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Audit: Merged districts could save Kan. millions (AP) AP - Consolidating public school districts in Kansas could save millions of taxpayer dollars, although not enough to solve the state's budget crisis this year, according to a new report released Monday.

On tapes, Mass. teen denies high school stabbing (AP) AP - In a recorded jailhouse conversation, a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student at a suburban high school told a friend he was being "persecuted" because he stayed behind to help the victim.

Ag Secretary pushes school nutrition plan (AP) AP - The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more kids.

Farm to School program changes kids' views on food (AP) AP - The third and fourth graders at Sharon Elementary know where the veggies in their soup come from because they've visited the farms. They know the nutritional value of the carrots, onions and cabbage because they've studied them in class, and they know how they're grown because they've nurtured them in raised beds out back.

Super Bowl a good peg to teach kids about finances (AP) AP - There's no denying that the Super Bowl is all about money, and lots of it.

Rulings cloud issue of school MySpace suspensions (AP) AP - Federal appellate judges wrestling with whether schools can discipline students for Internet speech posted offsite reached different rulings Thursday in two Pennsylvania cases.

Wash. judge rules state failing education (AP) AP - The state of Washington is not fulfilling its constitutional duty to fully pay for basic public education, a King County judge ruled Thursday.