Education Etc. News

The angst surrounding two seven-year-old students who were suspended for pointing pencils at one another and making gun sounds has led the Suffolk School Board in Suffolk, Va., to rethink its zero tolerance policy on firearms and weapons.

SHERWOOD, Ore. A Sherwood High School teacher was arrested Monday accused of sexually abusing at least two students, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

The Wake County Board of Education on Tuesday is expected to approve the contract for the system's new school superintendent.

A former teacher in Pennsylvania is facing charges after police say she allowed students to do body piercing in class.

The nation's teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed, according to a survey of more than 1,000 programs released Tuesday.

We're a little hard to find, but worth it. Once you walk in, it's an oasis of bathing suits in sizes... James Habel home raid: Authorities searched the Point Pleasant home of former Wall superintendent James Habel in 2012.

The Oregon Senate voted down a $6.55 billion budget for primary and secondary schools on Monday after one Democrat and all 14 Republicans said it didn't provide enough money.

A veteran Los Angeles Unified School District educator who allegedly stabbed his estranged wife to death Saturday outside a West Hills home of friends where she had taken refuge was taken into custody shortly after midnight in the San Bernardino area, police said Monday morning.

Gov. Bob McDonnell said Monday that the Criminal Justice Services Board approved the matching grants.

In a letter to Jackson Memorial High School students today, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato told students he was incorrect when he described a crash that killed two Jackson sisters last October.

Editor's note: A complete list of Kingswood graduates will appear in a future edition of Foster's.

But the 16 young adults being honored on this night had, in recent days, already gone through their high school commencement exercises.

High school students looking to earn college credit through a University of North Alabama program will now have to pay to participate.

A recent report by The Broad Foundation is recognizing six urban school districts for boosting participation and performance among black students on Advancement Placement exams.

Language arts teacher Christy Bowman-White leads a class at Sylvester Middle School in Burien in a lesson based on the Common Core State Standards.

It's a muggy afternoon in June and high school students wearing T-shirts stamped with the image of Terry Fox stride past towering high-rises and scooters with honking horns in this small Chinese city that's been coated in haze from the local fiberglass factory for several days.

Detective Kyle Austin interviewed staff members and parents who were at the bowling alley.

Some northern Kentucky high school students are part of a pilot program that aims to convince more teens to pursue careers in manufacturing.

The Freedom From Religious Foundation has sent a letter to a Texas public school district saying it violated the constitution when a principal led students and parents in prayer before a kindergarten graduation.

The city of Chicago, which plans to close dozens of schools this summer to save money, has received 11,000 requests for help getting children to their new schools along safe-passage routes.