In its biggest single-day contribution ever, Google on Wednesday announced it has handed out $40 million to battle slavery, promote education and make technology more accessible worldwide, with…
A new report concludes that contrary to popular perception—including that of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s — most U.S. public schools require at least as much or even more…
YouTube has an enormous collection of educational clips that could be used by teachers, but many schools choose to block the site so that kids won't be able…
It's the kind of stuff that gives moms nightmares: a machete near a play area, household chemicals accessible to preschoolers, and instructors teaching without a criminal background check,…
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's administration on Dec. 13 will release a report detailing teacher perceptions on performance based pay, says a columnist for Yahoo! News.
Turning around low-performing schools and improving educator morale might seem daunting as school leaders are being asked to do more with less, but some leaders have made marked…
According to the Denver Post, a court ruling against Colorado over its funding of public schools could have multibillion-dollar consequences for the state's budget, Yahoo! News reports.
A recent letter to the editor of the New York Times from Verizon Chairman Ivan Seidenberg had me scratching my head, says Timothy Karr, campaign director of Free…
Fewer states are requiring students to pass high school exit exams to graduate, but more states are increasing standardized testing in college- and career-readiness assessment efforts, according to…
Florida lawmakers are considering a bill to eliminate a requirement that the state's 6th through 8th graders must take one semester of physical education each year, the Huffington…
Virtual learning can help districts address many needs, such as filling a gap between courses a school offers and courses students might want to take but aren't currently…
While people all over the world are "occupying" their local governments, police have refused to intervene after a group of parents have occupied the Notre-Dame de Caderot school…
The ousted former head of Philadelphia's public schools says she's only taking what's rightfully hers by applying for unemployment benefits after receiving a $900,000 contract buyout, the Associated…
After facing lawsuits from Barbara Wyatt, who claimed the Kilgore Independent School District in Tyler, Texas "aggressively confronted" her 16-year-old daughter about her sexual orientation after hearing a…
High school dropouts on average receive $1,500 a year more from government than they pay in taxes because they are more likely to get benefits or to be…
Twitter is changing to address a paradox about a service that revolves around messages limited to just 140 characters. As simple as it sounds, the concept remains too…