Memphis City Schools Interim Supt. Dan Ward pledged to move aggressively on school security efforts after a Hamilton High School student shot another at school Monday in an argument over rap lyrics.

By Sarah Carr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Dec. 10--For Jessica Rodriguez, the start of freshman year this fall at the Milwaukee Learning Laboratory & Institute was a first try at high school. For her classmate Sergio Armenta, it was a second chance to make a strong start.

By Cohen, Betsy It has a commanding name, and even sounds as if it's an actual place, but the University of Montana's Hamilton Higher Education Center is a "center" in name only.

By Tammy Krikorian, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Apr. 29--In the Chandler Unified School District, science isn't just volcano projects and dissected frogs. Some high school students are working with mentors at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

By Jennifer Pinner, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Apr. 16--Hamilton High School's Advanced Placement Program in Chandler is the best in the state according to the Siemens Foundation, a national organization that provides college scholarships.