| Frank McCourt, ‘Angela’s Ashes’ Author, Dies at 78 Mr. McCourt was a former New York City teacher who turned his miserable Irish childhood into a Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir. feeds.nytimes.com |
Binghamton Lecturer Critical of Athletics Is Fired The Binghamton University adjunct who accused the athletic department of giving preferential treatment to basketball players and pressuring her to change her grading policy for players was dismissed. feeds.nytimes.com |
Student in at the deep end to clean water ARMED with litter pickers and nets, student Lesley-Anne Jeffrey took it upon herself to clean up the Water of Leith. news.scotsman.com |
Overcrowded school told: Eat lunch in class and hold PE in corridor EDUCATION bosses suggested holding PE lessons in corridors and eating lunch in classrooms at a crowded school, councillors claimed today. news.scotsman.com |
TV: What's Going On? Student Opinion | What do you think about Simon Cowell leaving "Idol," Sarah Palin joining "Fox News" and the NBC comedy shake-up? feeds.nytimes.com |