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Everyone's got a neat idea for how to fix colleges. There are plans to give every student a laptop.

It's a funding system that pays schools for failure. The court's decision rested on the voucher program's diversion of funds that are supposed to be allotted to public schools on a per-pupil basis.

Parkway Central High junior Zachary Heiman is in some elite company after earning a perfect score on the ACT exam.

HOPE Christian High School has set an excellent example of education that is making a significant difference in the lives of Milwaukee's young men and women.

The SAT subject test in biology scheduled for June in Korea has now also been cancelled over suspicions that test questions were leaked.

State lawmakers are bracing for a frantic finish in Montgomery with the final day of the 2013 legislative session set for Monday.

Michael Schaeffer, who teaches math at Brayton Elementary School in North Adams, says new students definitely change the dynamics of a classroom.

I am now sitting in front of 16 young men and women who are being forced to take a test that means little to them.

Sharon With a combined SAT score of 1775, Sharon ranks first out of 48 schools south of Boston, according to data released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education published by the Boston Globe .

York City School District Supt. Deborah Wortham, center, talks to William Penn seniors Martin Tolbert and Dustin Solomon about where they plan to apply for college in this October 2011 photo.

Do you know the requirements for the University of Alabama? Yes. The ACT starts with a 21 and the SAT 1000 with a GPA of 3.0. Why are Alabama's scores so low? Is it a good university? I can only give you my opinion on the admission requirements; The University of Alabama has low requirements [...]

A Wheeler High School student is in an elite group. Kurt Klinkmueller, a junior at The Center for Advanced Studies in Science, Math and Technology, scored a perfect 36 on the ACT, according to the school's website .

One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier.

The White House says Obama will present the award to Carole King during a concert Wednesday.

Winsford Town clr Mike Burns has set up a Government e-petition calling for lessons on democracy and politics to become part of the national curriculum.

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.