Education News

As education reform takes hold across the country, we find ourselves traveling through another dimension - one not only of hysterics but also of childish behavior.

The College Board's March 5 announcement that the SAT college-admissions exam will undergo a significant overhaul in 2016 has generated no shortage of commentary, some of it praising the changes as a "democratization" of the test.

Childhood obesity has made it to the forefront of public health issues, both in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

There I was Tuesday morning, scrolling through the comments below a column my colleague Tim Swarens wrote about school testing and the unfortunate remarks made recently in Indianapolis by education historian/education-reform critic Diane Ravitch.

I'm an optimistic person. You would have to be to advocate school choice as a solution to the seemingly intractable problems associated with public education in the inner city.

First, yuppies seem to represent those folks who were able to pursue their own excellence and success while blithely ignoring the plight of those who were not as privileged.

Suzane Nazir uses a Princeton Review SAT Preparation book to study for the test on March 6, 2014 in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Horry County police arrested a Socastee man Monday after a neighbor saw him outside having sex with her dog, a police report said.

Cornell University President Dr. David Skorton speaks during a news conference at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, Monday, March 10, 2014, where he was named the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

A fight over education aid and its distribution is likely on its way as controversy continues over implementation of the new federal Common Core standards in New York.

Your child's report card, in large part, is determined by their commitment, work ethic, environment and support system.

In the state where high-stakes testing began, a few hundred teachers, academics and activists came together last weekend to hasten what one leader called an "Education Spring."

"If 'they' would just leave us alone and let us teach!" An experienced and successful teacher almost couldn't wait to have me hear her say this.

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Everybody loves to hate the SAT, but the breathtaking changes to the 88-year-old college entrance exam unveiled here last week caught just about everybody by surprise.

The General Assembly passed a series of measures aimed at improving the state's treatment of the mentally ill in the wake of an assault on Sen. R. Creigh Deeds by his son.

Police detain participants in the pre-St. Patrick's Day "Blarney Blowout" near the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass.

When the going gets tough, well, why not just make the going easier? This seems to be the conclusion of the College Board, which administers the dreaded SAT college entrance exam.

"If you are squeamish Don't prod the beach rubble." Those wise words from Sappho, the Greek woman lyric poet born around 610 B.C. came to mind this week when the College Board announced it will make the essay on the SAT exam optional.

I was in Auckland last night, so went along to the first election debate for 2014 which kicks off the 2014 campaign.