Education News

A couple of measures by Gov. Perdue are making their way through the House and Senate including one to change the way teachers are paid in Georgia.

Child activist Seto Mulyadi at a mobile class in a mosque in Bintaro, South Jakarta.

Former teacher Dan Young has studied Fulton County schools for three decades. He said there has always been a noticeable gap in achievement between the schools in the north part of the county and the south.

There's only one appropriate response to reports that President Barack Obama is proposing to revamp the No Child Left Behind education law: It's about time.

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Revenue is hosting meetings across the state at 6 p.m. Tuesday to provide information and answer questions about the series of tax deductions known as the Louisiana School Tuition & Expense Tax Deduction.

Mixed up with the question of fairness to individuals and groups has been the explosive question of whether individuals and groups have the innate ability to perform at the same levels, if they are all treated alike or even given the same objective opportunities.

Quoting results of a survey completed by 20,000 Georgia teachers in December, Gov.

Former Houston mayor Bill White and Houston hair care businessman Farouk Shami made their pitches to a live television audience in the first Democratic gubernatorial primary debate Monday.

I recently attended the All-County Honor Band concert at the Cox Auditorium. Every year I'm amazed at how these middle and high school students can take a day and a half of rehearsing together and turn it into a professional, well-performed concert for the community to enjoy free of charge.

A Google software program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base-children with autism.

He returns next week.] The current public school system in America is in a state of emergency.

As children in 14-year-old Selena Gonzalez's neighborhood wait at the school bus stop each morning, she watches from behind a computer screen in her living room.

Director of Metro Nashville Public Schools, Dr. Jesse Register and the Commissioner of Education will announce changes for Cameron Middle and Glencliff High School during a press conference Wednesday morning.

California taxpayers have shelled out about $630million over the past 13 years to provide English classes to immigrant adults.

Despite some hopeful glimmers on the economic horizon, polls indicate that the condition of voters' pocketbooks is the topic most on their minds.

Message refined, Secretary Duncan is doing the morning show circuit socializing a proposal for the reauthorization of federal education policy.

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Childhood obesity is at epidemic proportions, so much so that Michelle Obama has taken on that cause as first lady.

President Barack Obama's budget proposal released this week includes overhauls to the No Child Left Behind Act that could revamp federal education funding and move away from a reliance on student test scores.

Lawmakers these past few years have emphasized structuring the higher education system to ensure that a higher percentage of students earn degrees or certificates in a more timely manner.