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The debate over revamping high school graduation requirements in Colorado has been a slow-burning fire that is about to get a lot hotter.

Host Ryan Seacrest and finalists Candice Glover and Kree Harrison speak on stage at the 'American Idol' finale at the Nokia Theatre on Thursday night, in Los Angeles.

Horry County's proposed new rules for adult businesses would apply to adult bookstores, adult theaters, novelty shops and strip clubs: No business can be within 1,500 feet of homes, churches, day care centers, schools, parks, libraries, cemeteries or theaters that show G or PG movies.

Three New Hanover County Schools students have been awarded the National Merit $2,500 Scholarship by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation .

This May 15, 2013 photo shows Lauren Russ in Chicago, posing with letters that she wrote home as a child from sleepaway camp begging her parents to come and get her.

The Education Funding Agency report highlights a culture of "extravagant" expenses, "prestige" venues and first class travel at the E-ACT group.

What is your opinion about tablet initiatives in schools for the sake of education? Are students missing out on the benefits of experiential learning? There seems to be a fair case for tablets in the enterprise, where any tool that offers a productivity benefit in excess of its cost has a place.

One of Gov. Chris Christie's biggest antagonists is handing over her role at the top of the state's largest teachers union when her second term ends in August.

After four budget recommendations and more than two hours of debate between Cobb School Board members, they approved a final $856.3 million budget that included five furlough days, and giving employees a half-step increase salary raise next year.

North Reading High School was ranked 58 out of the 344 best high schools in the state by Go Local .

President Obama is suffering the not untypical reality of Second Term blues, or blahs.

SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pat Quinn, Secretary of State Jesse White and State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch encouraged all students across Illinois to access a free online tool designed to promote summer reading and keep students' brains active before school resumes in the fall.

Every parent thinks their kid is perfect. But for one family from Greendale, it's true! Their daughter earned a perfect score on her ACT.

But educators say it's become painfully clear too many Colorado high school graduates are not adequately prepared for going to college, entering the military or the work force.

Russellville High School seniors were presented with awards and scholarships Monday night totaling more than $400,000 for becoming quintessential models of academic excellence.

Nearly a thousand students crowded the steps of the state house in Louisiana to urge lawmakers to find a funding source to keep the state school voucher system going.

Affton High School has been recognized as one of the best public high schools in the country at preparing its students for college.

The principal of Hillview Elementary, near Buffalo, New York, has spent so much time typing teacher evaluations, entering data, and preparing for standardized testing, she barely had a minute to do what she used to do in her first 12 years of being a principal-drop in on classes, address parents' concerns, or get to know students.

Dr. Gregory Taylor, a 22-year veteran of Marietta City Schools, titled his first release "Paradise Lost: The Unraveling of American Morals." Staff/Laura Moon The assistant principal of Marietta High School recently released his first book, highlighting the breakdown of American morals and how he believes this collapse is a result of Hollywood ... (more)

A federal appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family that fled Germany because that country does not allow home schooling.