NEWS: Big Stories Of The Day

Edu. secretary Duncan to visit New Orleans AP
Education Secretary Arne Duncan will visit New Orleans on Friday to get a first-hand look at reforms the Obama administration is ...

Obama goes west -- to California-- to sell his plan Tribune
The Santa Ana teacher who had gotten a pink slip asked if education money from the president's stimulus package would go to urban school districts "that need it the most." She said class sizes in her school run as large as 44.

State, Federal Auditors Aim to Stop Stimulus Fraud Before it Happens PBS
Hoping to cement a strategy that protects the $787 billion stimulus bill from waste and fraud, state and federal officials testified before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Thursday about how to track and prevent wasteful spending.

High school held cage fights, records show MSNBC
School district documents show employees at a Dallas high school staged cage fights among troubled students, making them settle their differences with bare-knuckled brawls in a steel utility cage.