Education News

BATON ROUGE, La. - A tea party-backed attempt to keep Louisiana from using a set of uniform national standards for public school testing will be considered by the state Senate.

The district will not use the data from the test in its evaluations and will not distribute the test results to parents or teachers 'unless and until they can be validated by a legitimate, independent third party.' 'It is now time to pause sanctions related to this test - a test that was not designed to measure all aspects of educational ... (more)

DODEA operates schools overseas and at some U.S. locations for the children of military families.

Editor's note: For TheBlaze Magazine 's June cover story, Assistant Editor Sharon Ambrose dug into the history and success of - and Progressive attacks on - home-schooling. What she found was, despite a history of proven great accomplishment in the home-education movement, the Left continues to wage war on home-schoolers. And these attacks aren't ... (more)

Texas Tech Interim President Lawrence Schovanec speaks during the State of the Texas Tech University System luncheon Wednesday.

Rock County Christian students take the Explore and PLAN tests, which are part of the ACT suite of tests, intended to show students' readiness for college work.

Grief counselors were called into a Broward High School on Wednesday after a 17-year star soccer player with a bright future took her own life.

Republican Rep. Ron Jorgenson of Sioux City says Iowa legislators have a tentative education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.

With an insider's eye, Hot Dish tracks the tastiest bits of Minnesota's political scene and keep you up-to-date on those elected to serve you.

Supporters along Lane Street in downtown Raleigh cheer on the 57 protesters who were arrested after the fourth Moral Monday demonstration at the State Capitol on May 20.

"Before I shut the doors, because both bathrooms had doors, I said, 'I'm going to shut these doors,' and I said, 'I love you.' The boys looked at me a little strange.

The Nationals' Thomas Jefferson mascot joins principal Rosalyn Rice-Harris and other school officials to break ground for Jefferson-Houston's new building.

St. Tammany Parish School Superintendent Trey Folse reads Have your filled a bucket today to school children at Cypress Cove Elementary School Tuesday October 9, 2012.

A $15.7 billion education package that will "make life easier" for working parents, according to the bill's supporters, now awaits Minnesota Gov.

The 23-year-old, who won the Fox singing series last week after competing for four months, is set to release "Music Speaks" on July 16.

Savory, crunchy and often spicy, pickled kimchi is the Korean national dish. It's also the delicious heart of this weeknight-quick pancake.

Even though Chelesa Fearce was homeless for most of her high school years, the young dynamo will still manage to graduate high school with honors on Thursday as its star student and the class valedictorian, reports WSBTV .

State education officials say the number of Louisiana public school students performing at grade level nudged up from 68 percent to 69 percent in the latest round of standardized test scores.

Lady Liberty Academy Charter School of Newark, which has rented space in the former Holy Cross parish school in Harrison the last two school years, is re-upping for a third year at the same location.

Tony Tagliavia of MPS said Rufus King International School was given the ACT's College and Career Transition Award for high schools Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The school was nominated by Gov.