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Education Secretary Arne Duncan told state officials he was taking away a waiver that allowed the state to ignore some requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law because Washington did not meet federal demands to include student performance on standardized tests in teacher evaluations.

September 15, 2013 - Hanford High School language arts teacher Kim Maldonado leads her class in the analysis of an article about terrorism.

STATE REP. Ed Neilson asks question during testimony about dyslexia at House Democratic Policy Committee hearing in N. Phila.

But the Arizona Legislature did it. It officially wrapped up its 2014 session around 1:45 a.m. on Thursday, following hours of debates that began Wednesday and a last-minute threat by House legislators over a bill that extends the life of several state boards.

GOOD EVENING, I'M VICKI DORTCH. AND I'M RICK VAN HOOSE. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAVE OFFICIALLY RULED THE DEATHS OF THE NELSON COUNTY MOTHER AND DAUGHTER AS HOMICIDES.

The Arizona House has approved a bill that would help expedite the approval process for parents of some students in the state school voucher program.

Eleventh graders in Alabama's public schools will be the first class to take advantage of a free ACT exam.

College counselor and author of From Public School to the Ivy League: How to Get into a Top School Without Top Dollar Resources, Mandee Heller Adler.

California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Neel Kashkari called for free college tuition for students pursuing math and science degrees, part of an education reform plan released Tuesday that would also model public schools after charter schools.

A Missouri Senate committee adopted a state budget provision Tuesday to prevent public colleges and universities from offering in-state tuition rates to students living in the country illegally.

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Horry County Fire/Rescue and Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department personnel investigate the scene of a reported fatal house fire Sunday morning at 215 B. Calhoun Drive in Garden City Beach.

The former head of a controversial Oak Brook-based religious and home-schooling organization, who resigned in March following allegations he sexually harassed teen girls, is denying any inappropriate sexual behavior.

The Legislature's free conference committee opened for business Tuesday morning with the goal of merging the House and Senate education bills into a single version that could pass both bodies.

The U.S. Supreme Court decision Tuesday upholding the state's ban on racial preference in college admissions comes as the University of Michigan has been taking steps to reach out to minorities and make them feel welcome on campus.

Jose Alvarenga, national organizer of By Any Means Necessary , and other BAMN members protest the Supreme Court's decision Tuesday on the University of Michigan campus.

A Lecturer and Head of Political Science Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology says Ghana's educational system which solely assesses students based on examination scores is not the best.

From the Cobb County School District Scores for Cobb County Schools on the 2013 College and Career Ready Performance Index topped average scores for Georgia schools at all three levels - elementary, middle and high.

The Muscogee County School Board on Monday night unanimously approved superintendent David Lewis' recommendation to appoint three educators as the district's regional chiefs.

Senators on the budget-writing committee Monday questioned the costs and implications of a push by some lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal to shelve Louisiana's use of the Common Core education standards and associated testing.