Education News

Former Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett is back in the public eye, helping to pitch a Common Core test to state education leaders four months after he resigned as Florida’s schools chief in the midst of a school grade-change scandal.

Princeton's Board of education recognizes students, from left: Mark Mendoza, Scheile Preston, David Svensson, Madeline Burke, Emily Buisson, Lindsay Myers for their academic achievements.

The local chapter president of the North Carolina Association of Educators said it's wrong to use taxpayer dollars to pay private school tuition for low-income students.

For the third year in a row, Tooele County high school juniors scored lower than their statewide counterparts on a major national test of college preparedness.Results of the American College Testing administered statewide to all high school juniors in March 2013, show that the average composite ACT score for county students was one point lower than ... (more)

In what might be a first in vocational training, a South Florida synagogue on Wednesday announced it will commence a Career Camp that trains children as young as five to be bakers, bankers and other heretofore adult jobs.

Parents have their student's PSAT scores in hand and are probably wondering what's next.

Legislation proposed in the state Senate would ban standardized testing in pre-kindergarten through second grade, eliminate some testing for older students and strengthen the privacy of students' personal information.

In high school, many of today's top CEOs were athletes. Others were known for being nerdy and incredibly bright.

My first year as a college student did not go as well as I had hoped. I felt I was not challenged enough academically, and the college I attended was quite small, meaning there were few clubs and activities I really enjoyed.

Dr. Billy Reagan is 83 years old and even though his days as superintendent of the Houston ISD are long behind him, he still keeps a careful watch over the largest public school district in the state.

For the third year in a row, the Chattanooga All-Star Band donated their Riverbend performance fee to the Orange Grove Center, bringing the total raised to over $3,000.

Michigan State University's Scott Imberman and colleagues found that marginal students in a middle school gifted and talented program -- despite learning alongside the "best and brightest" -- performed no better on national tests than a similar group of students who didn't qualify for the program.

The Muscogee County School District improved its high school graduation rate by 5.3 percent this year and continued to surpass the state average, according to data released Wednesday.

Advocacy groups representing parents and public education are suing North Carolina officials after the General Assembly passed a law this year allowing taxpayer money to help pay private school tuition.

Gov. Mike Pence is asking Indiana lawmakers to approve more aid for charter schools, school vouchers for preschool-aged children and a host of other measures that build on the sweeping education changes approved in 2011.

Across the state, parents and teachers have been speaking out against the new learning standards called Common Core, but when state education officials came to the city, they got a different response.

Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott and Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis are already trading barbs over public schools, despite neither yet unveiling an education platform - signaling a potentially more intense education debate ahead than in past gubernatorial elections.

The Ad Hoc Goals and Objectives Committee worked throughout the summer to identify some of the needs within classrooms at different levels with the hope of setting some new district wide goals.

In classes of no more than 15, students are given one-on-one attention, voice-to-speech technologies, learning spaces with minimal distractions, hands-on-activities and printed lecture notes, says Shelly Chandler, Beacon's vice president for academic affairs.

The lead sponsor of an ambitious proposal to overhaul how the Pentagon handles allegations of sexual assault and rape says she's pushing to hold a vote on the plan before the end of the year.