Educators exasperated by the need for greater parent involvement have persuaded Tennessee lawmakers to sign off on a novel bit of arm-twisting: Asking parents to grade themselves on…
Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing slightly better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal…
Viewing child pornography online isn't a crime, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday in the case of a college professor whose work computer was found to…
Move over college students--you're not the only ones seeking financial aid to pay for tuition. More parents are applying for loans and other help to pay their kid'sprivate…
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of seclusion and restraint, the very practice that has enabled many students with serious emotional or…
Principal evaluation systems should not be based solely on student achievement gains, but rather on the quality of a principal’s school-level leadership and performance, according to a new…
For today's students, internet literacy—knowing how to find and understand information on the web—is as essential as traditional literacy, and now web-search giant Google Inc. has launched a…
When considering your child's education, it may be hard not to focus on the potential loans needed to pay for college or the outlook of the post-graduation job…
Unions representing teachers and principals are suing the New York City to stop the official closing of 24 schools, arguing education officials are pretending to shutter the schools…
Darnell “Dynasty” Young, the 17-year-old openly gay student who was suspended for bringing a stun gun to school to ward off bullies, has now been expelled, MSNBC reports.
A principal says his suburban high school outside Las Vegas is great, but probably shouldn't win the title of 13th best in the nation, the Associated Press reports.
My morning started with a free bagel. It wasn't much -- no five-figure bonus or anything like that -- but I'm a teacher. It's the thought that counts.…
After 15 years of neglect, federal regulators are finally planning to tell phone companies selling services to schools and libraries how to comply with a rule requiring them…
At the dawn of the internet era, Congress set out to avert a digital divide between rich and poor students. In a landmark bill, lawmakers required the nation’s…