Education News

Before the deadline for committee action, the General Assembly's Education Committee voted favorably on and advanced out of committee a plethora of bills.

Getting into college in the United States will no longer hinge so much on a high school student's grasp of arcane vocabulary or obtuse mathematical formulas.

SAT test preparation books on a bookstore shelf in New York City. The College Board has announced changes in the college entrance exam.

At least one adult altered the answer sheets on standardized tests at a Las Vegas elementary school, leading to skyrocketing scores from one year to the next, an investigation by the Nevada Department of Education concluded.

Grand Blanc High School has four students who are National Merit Scholarship finalists - the most the school has had in the last few years.

Dog groomer Adriane Pope stands with J.J., her poodle that she groomed in a Disney movie theme for a creative grooming competition driane Pope has been getting a great deal of attention for the unique works of art that she creates on her white standard poodles.

The SAT will undergo an overhaul in 2016 - and on Wednesday parents and students get their first look at a slew of sample questions and more specifics on the new test.

Anxious students - not to mention their parents - can get a heads-up for how the redesigned SAT might look in two years.

District officials have also proposed a 25-cent meal price increase. Guidry said there has not been a price increase since 2008.

Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to create a program that gives parents the option to move a child from a failing public school to a private school has once again failed to pass.

Democratic governor nominee Wendy Davis speaks to the Texas Retired Teachers Association at a convention at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel in Dallas on Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

In the most wide-ranging survey of the nutrient to date, researchers found that levels of the vitamin varied wildly between seasons.

This spring, the testing resistance movement has exploded across the nation. It will continue to grow as the testing season heads into the final stretch.

Horry County emergency authorities are investigating an early morning fatal vehicle crash on U.S. 501 at Cultra Road and El Bethel Road, according to officials.

Eight lawmakers asked Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday to scrap plans to use tests associated with the Common Core education standards, a proposal that Jindal called 'a viable option' if the Legislature won't vote to jettison the tests.

With big bucks from Wall Street supporters behind her, charter network operator Eva Moskowitz won a fight she started with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over charter schools.

A group of lawmakers is pressuring U.S. News & World Report to update its influential college ranking system to indicate which universities have come under fire for failing to adequately handle sexual assault cases on campus.

A 24-year-old man was shot in the face after he told officers that the suspects approached him outside a Myrtle Beach bar, followed him back to his room and then ordered him outside, according to a police report.

Four college courses will courses will be offered to juniors and seniors at Ocean Springs High School this fall.

The state Senate Education Committee will assess implementation of a new law overhauling high school curriculum and cutting the number of standardized tests students must pass.