Education News

Representative Mark Hoover of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority visited Middlesboro High School on Tuesday as part of the College Info Road Show.

In September, the U.S. Department of Education announced an initiative that allows states to apply for flexibility waivers from federal No Child Left Behind regulations in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive state-developed plans designed to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the ... (more)

I picked my college major, Government, because I was interested in politics and knew that its demands were less than other majors I might have attempted, such as history or East Asian languages.

Every once in a while, the Obama administration will promulgate a policy that is truly demoralizing.

A group of parents gathered across the street from an elementary school in a largely Latino neighborhood in South Los Angeles on Friday and took turns assailing its directors.

Colorado State Representative Judy Salano recently introduced CO HB 12-1049, giving parents the authority to decide if their child should take the TCAP exams, or allow them to be exempt for personal reasons, without negative consequences for the student, the teachers, the school, or the district.

A laptop containing thousands of Halton students' names, numbers and birthdates - even their standardized test scores - has been stolen, prompting the board to warn all parents of a possible privacy breach.

University of Colorado student Jenn Roark, left, receives help from writing consultant Nancy Mann at the Writing Center on campus.

View Photo Gallery - The former university men's lacrosse player is accused in the 2010 death of Yeardley Love, his ex-girlfriend and a player on the women's lacrosse team.

When US News & World Report debuted its list of "America's Best Colleges" nearly 30 years ago, the magazine hoped its college rankings would be a game-changer for students and families.

Charter schools would expand and get more money under a plan by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration to be announced Monday, but some of the additional funding would have to come from local school districts.

Note to 30 Cupertino High School students. Um, bringing those Nerf guns to school wasn't such a good idea.

When Christopher Chamness entered the third grade last year, he began to get stomach aches before school.

It's not fair..I'm nothing like Wallace/Gromit..but then life is a box of chocolates..you never know what yer gonna git nexttt.. Winston Churchill was bald and so is Billy Hague.

As Gordie Allen strolls through the hallways of New Haven High School, teens call out to him and several stop to chat.

View Photo Gallery - After Saturday's sweep of the Occupy D.C. encampment at McPherson Square, U.S. Park Police conduct a less contentious compliance check on protesters at Freedom Plaza, resulting in one arrest.

Homeschooling, like most things, is a personal decision each parent will make. Most families don't have the luxury of the option.

Why do Idaho charter schools have 10% fewer Brown students than White?

Is this “White flight” from Idaho’s public schools?

Couched in the option of so called “school choice,” there is potential to regress into a political and cultural status once held decades ago.

Segregation was once legal, a conviction that celebrated oneness and sameness in the name of so called freedom and opportunity.

Segregation was, however, choice gone awry.

So what is really meant by “school choice”?

Are our Brown brothers and sisters as aware of the same “school choice” options as our White brothers and sisters?

What would Dr. King say about so called “school choice”?

In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 photo, students walk through the campus of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif.

Last night I was re-reading a terrific little book from 1976 by Don Martin, George Overholt, and Wayne Urban: Accountability in American Education: A Critique .