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Lawmakers on Saturday unveiled a final version of House Bill 5, a package of major education reforms that would cut the number of state tests that high school students have to pass and would overhaul graduation requirements.

The Texas Senate passed a $94.6 billion budget, top policymakers reached overhauling public education and Gov.

House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal to overhaul high school standardized testing and curriculum standards while increasing the number of charter schools in Texas.

Lyman High School's 458 graduates sat in alphabetical rows, tassels on their blue caps uniformly hanging to the right, eyes focused forward on the stage they were about to cross.

As a member of the Foster City Council and a longtime resident, I have always been proud that we have some of the top schools in the state right here in our backyards.

Math teacher Suzanne Hughes works with eighth-grader Anisha Kakarlamudi at Thomas Russell Middle School on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2013, in Milpitas, Calif.

The state on Friday released its annual list of K-12 school rankings based on student performance on standardized tests, revealing little in the way of surprise for the South Bay and Harbor Area, where nearly 60 percent of the schools surpassed the statewide average.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week.

The theme of Friday morning's breakfast was "It's a Small World After All," focusing on how schools can prepare for the global marketplace.

We have all heard and felt how large industry is cutting wages, thus cheaper labor is wanted by those who can not find another path to profits.

"Schools have been responsible for various health programs such as nutrition, breakfast and lunch programs, immunizations, and screenings, etc.

A JUDGE has ordered gardai to arrest the County Limerick parents of a 12-year-old girl after hearing she has missed over 80% of the school year.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.

Rebekah Brockman and Jack Cutmore-Scott in A.C.T.is production of Tom Stoppardis Arcadia, directed by Carey Perloff.

Earlier this year, Maine faced a bill that would allow public schools to offer single-gender classrooms.

BATON ROUGE, La. - A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate.

The district will not use the data from the test in its evaluations and will not distribute the test results to parents or teachers 'unless and until they can be validated by a legitimate, independent third party.' 'It is now time to pause sanctions related to this test - a test that was not designed to measure all aspects of educational ... (more)

DODEA operates schools overseas and at some U.S. locations for the children of military families.

Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine 's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of - and Progressive attacks on - home-schooling. What she found was, despite a history of proven great accomplishment in the home-education movement, the Left continues to wage war on home-schoolers. And these attacks aren't ... (more)

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec speaks during the State of the Texas Tech University System luncheon Wednesday.