Apple fighting jury order to pay $625.5 million to computer professor’s firm in patent suit

Apple challenges $625.5M patent-infringement award

Gates Foundation invests in program aimed at helping low-income youth graduate from college

Gates Foundation focuses on college graduation

Seattle teachers approve 3-year contract, vote ‘no confidence’ in superintendent

Seattle teachers OK 3-year contract

SEATTLE — Seattle’s teachers have approved a new three-year contract, which means classes will begin as scheduled Sept. 8.

Seattle schools, teachers reach tentative contract agreement

Seattle schools, teachers reach tentative pact

Seattle schools, teachers believe they have tentative contract agreement

Seattle schools, teachers think they’ve agreed

Poll: Americans less happy with Obama’s education agenda, but still love their local schools

News Pres Obama Healthcare

Rich Rodriguez, rest of Michigan’s contingent faces NCAA infractions committee in Seattle

Michigan completes hearing before NCAA

SEATTLE — Rich Rodriguez walked briskly toward the escalator, ready to get out of a hotel ballroom and back on a plane to Michigan.

US Education Department picks 49 finalists to get piece of $650 million innovation fund

49 finalists for US education innovation dollars

States band together to create new national academic tests to replace patchwork system

States work together to create new academic tests

31 states band together to create new national academic tests to replace patchwork system

31 states combine to create new academic tests

The writing on the chalkboard: Teacher training needs to be more practical

How should we teach our future teachers?

SEATTLE — Hemant Mehta’s formal training taught him how to write a lesson plan and how public schooling began in the U.S., but it was useless when it came to keeping order in the classroom and getting students to pay attention.

Amazon.com’s textbook buyback program reaches a million titles

Amazon.com’s textbook buyback plan hits 1M titles

Foundations help secure $93M in bonds for Aspire charter school network expansion in Calif.

Foundations help Aspire charter network expand

AP Exclusive: Foundations spending up to $506 million to match federal education reform grants

Foundations offer $506M for education innovation

AP Exclusive: 12 foundations to spend $506 million to match federal education reform grants

Foundations offer $506M to match education grants

New NCAA president Mark Emmert brings love of sports from University of Washington to new job

New NCAA president Emmert another academic veteran

NCAA selects Washington’s Mark Emmert to succeed Brand as president

NCAA names Mark Emmert new president

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA found its new president in the same place it got its last one — the university administration office.

Study of twins suggests better teachers help kids improve reading skills faster

Study: Better teachers help children read faster

DynaVox looking to raise about $150 million in initial public offering this week

DynaVox looking to raise about $150M in IPO

Public universities look toward federal government as another source to replace state dollars

Universities looking to federal gov’t for funds

Study: Third of Americans use library computers to look for jobs, connect with friends, learn

Study: Third of Americans use library computers

With budgets getting bleaker, school leaders face unpopular idea of closing schools

Bleak budgets force schools to consider closure

Are you smarter than a 5th-grader? New math, English standards could make it easier to tell

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama and wife

Are you as smart as a kindergartner? Read the proposed new national math, English standards

President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama and wife

Survey: American teachers more interested in school reform and student achievement than raises

US teachers more interested in reform than money

Tough math: Public schools face severe cash crunch as federal stimulus money runs out

Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out

Arizona coach Sean Miller confirms Wildcats will sanction themselves

Coach: Self-sanctions coming for Arizona

SEATTLE — Arizona first-year coach Sean Miller said late Thursday his school will impose its own sanctions on the basketball program for violations by former coach Lute Olson related to an offseason AAU tournament in 2008.

Report: University fundraising down nearly 12 percent in 2009, the biggest drop in 30 years

University fundraising falls 12 percent in 2009

Lawmakers, universities balance budgets with significant tuition hikes

Parents, students on edge over soaring tuition