SUMMERVILLE -- Schools will close, sports and arts programs will be dropped and class size will increase "astronomically" as student numbers increase while
In a peaceful protest for higher salaries, most teachers at Calusa Elementary School in Boca Raton on Monday started and ended their shifts in unison — working exactly 7.5 hours as required by their ...
About a fifth of New Jersey school districts have reported staff wage freezes or reductions in their budget plans for the coming school year, the Christie administration announced Tuesday. ...
Recruiters usually don't give water polo players the type of attention reserved for star quarterbacks or other high school athletes, but they are at the top of the list for one group that might seem surprising...
A bill signed into law two weeks before the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building stresses the need to educate Oklahoma public school students about the Oklahoma City attack. ...
Wake County school leaders learned Tuesday that the district's projected $20 million budget shortfall for this fall has doubled. ...
Wisconsin students continued to make steady gains in math proficiency in 2009-'10, boasting their best performance in five years...
A bill in the Florida Legislature would require middle school students to show that they know a few things about government in order to get to high school -- which worries some educators. ...
The study findings, which were generally disappointing, got scarcely any mention in the national news media ...
English-language learners gained in recent years on state tests, the Center on Education Policy says, but big gaps remain ...
Technology experts say Apple's latest gizmo, the iPad, won't replace students' laptops, but a menu of applications could help teach the periodic table, a range of languages, and a host of other K-12 and higher-education subjects.... ...
Every Saturday during the school year, 23 students from Cleveland-area high schools make their way to a downtown office building for intensive tutoring in math and writing as well as ...
Madison County schools will have 40 fewer teaching positions next year, and all district personnel...
The Texas Board of Ed voted to change the state's textbooks to be more reflective of conservative ideology. Here's a few more ideas for them....
Florida's teachers are already outraged about legislation expected to become law that would end tenure, require the creation of more standardized tests and link teacher pay to test scores. Now there's a bill that would allow corporations contribute money to a fund that provides school vouchers and then deduct it from their taxes. ...
D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and the Washington Teachers' Union have reached tentative agreement on a new contract, ending more than two years of closely watched and often-rancorous negotiations, union and District officials said Tuesday....
The money is designed to encourage states to develop standardized tests that accurately measure how much a child has learned each year and ensure the student is ready for college or a career after high school....
MIAMI (AP) — Schoolchildren who are still learning English made progress on state tests over the last three years, according to a report that may indicate tougher accountability standards have resulted in positive gains among a growing segment of the U.S. public school population....
YES Prep will use a federal bond program to build two new schools — pushing the popular Houston charter system closer toward its goal of 10,000 students by 2020....
Problems like unemployment, crime and poverty follow many young people after they “age out” of the foster care program...