Education Etc. News

Just under half of Florida's high school freshmen passed an algebra test needed to graduate, but middle school students who took it did much better on the end of course exam.

Lola takes matters into her own hands after Brent refuses to be her prom date. And there's a lot more in store for poor Brent.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Thursday approved a waiver provision that gives a student athlete with Down syndrome a chance to continue participating in sports despite being 19 years old.

A Wayne County school district with one of the largest Arab populations in the nation has agreed to make numerous changes to comply with civil rights laws.

Moraga principal Bill Walters and other school district employees won't face criminal charges for failing to report cases of sexual abuse more than a decade ago, because the statute of limitations has run out, the police chief said Thursday.

A young black bear nearly crashed a middle school graduation Thursday morning when it wandered over a fence and onto an adjacent Bakersfield elementary school playground, scattering students and providing a spectacle for parents.

The Wichita School District and its teachers union have declared an impasse in contract talks following a heated negotiation session that district officials called adversarial.

A Los Angeles Unified School District review of teacher misconduct has turned up nearly 500 unreported cases over the past four decades.

A group of high school students may have come close to Bigfoot during a class project in the Idaho wilderness.

Three Virginia school districts have been selected for a project to help more college-bound students complete a federal financial aid form.

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday dropped his controversial proposal to shift the costs of teacher pensions from the state to local school districts, universities and community colleges.

Attorney Jeff Herman announced the filing of a lawsuit against Miami-Dade County Public Schools after he said a physical education teacher employed at Miami Springs Middle School had sex with a 12-year-old student.

A San Jose elementary school teacher placed on leave last September was arrested at his home on Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and manufacturing child pornography, but school officials said they've been told there's no indication any students in the district were victimized.

A Northern California school district says it plans to launch an investigation into its handling of sexual abuse allegations against a teacher in the 1990s.

First-term Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant told a group of teenagers that he believes it should be possible for public schools to have some sort of nondenominational prayer to open the day.

House budget-writers have recommended changes to the spending plan for North Carolina state government next year that ease school district funding reductions and give public employees and teachers a small bonus four years after their last pay increase.

Parents of children enrolled in the Rankin County School District most likely will get a permission form in the mail at the start of the academic year asking whether they want their children taught sex education.

Authorities say a mid-Michigan teen faces six felonies after driving a truck into middle school students, leaving one hospitalized with severe injuries.

Four eastern Pennsylvania students have been expelled for their roles in a recent series of bogus bomb threats at junior and senior high schools in Reading.

A mother said she is traumatized after her 7-year-old daughter was abandoned in an unfamiliar neighborhood by an Alpine School District bus driver.