U.S. Dept. of Education

Danvers High School will get nearly $50,000 in federal funds to help recover from the slaying of a popular teacher in October.       Student Philip Chism has pleaded not guilty in the Oct. 22 death of 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer, whose body was found in woods near the school with her throat slit and a note reading, ``I hate you all.'' ...

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth says federal education officials have found that it cannot publicly release records of students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.       Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a student at UMass-Dartmouth, and three classmates are accused of removing a laptop and backpack from his dormitory room before the FBI searched it...

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is asking federal education officials if it can legally release records of four students related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation. Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is recovering in a prison hospital after being wounded in a shootout with police, was a student at UMass-Dartmouth...