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Numbers compiled by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance show per school student spending rose just over one percent during the last school year.

NOT A LOT BUT TO US EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS. THIS PAST WEEK WHEN FAMILIES WERE GATHERING AROUND THE TABLE TO GIVE THANKS, ONE SCHERTZ FAMILY HAD A UNIQUE BLESSING TO COUNT.

Public school letter grades, teacher evaluations and student promotion won't be affected by Louisiana's shift to more rigorous educational standards for two years, the state's top school board decided Tuesday.

"If I had to eulogize John Boylan in church, I'd have nothing to say. And it's a good thing the little kid just left the room," Andrew Payne said as he spoke about his tutor and friend to a group of over 50 people at the Ram's Head Inn on Sunday.

Republicans are fighting Republicans. Teacher unions are linking arms with tea partyers.

Republican-on-Republican infighting? Teacher unions linking arms with tea partyers? President Barack Obama working in tandem with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and energy giant Exxon? Traditionally Democratic-leaning groups don't like the standardized tests and are finding allies among small-government conservatives.

According to the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment , U.S. students have made little improvement overall in average math scores and are only average in science and reading.

Attorney General Greg Abbott will spend most of the next month talking about education, signaling that he won't cede any ground on the issue to state Sen. Wendy Davis , who is making her support of public schools a calling card in the governor's race.

Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, sent a shot across the bow of Utah schools in July by calling for an end to compulsory education laws.

You know, I have to admit, all has been pretty quiet on the education front recently.

One of the first things Nick Henkle wants to do at Rockdale School District 84 is put together a five-year plan and restore some morale to the small Will County district.

Fans and media members have spent two years debating whether Pierre Garcon is a No.

Don't do any practice tests or reviews the day before you take the LSAT. Relax and get enough rest for exam day.

Tuesday is "PISA Day," that is, the day that the 2012 results of reading, math and science tests will be released from the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which tests 15 year olds every three years in more than 65 countries and education systems.

Third-graders take part in a class discussion known as "accountable talk." A big part of the Trotter School's turnaround success has been getting students to think critically.

House Speaker Brian Bosma of Indianapolis and Senate President David Long of Fort Wayne have said they will direct the Republican-controlled Legislature to require the state to create its own set of reading and math standards separate from Common Core, The Times reported.

PETER Slipper's cabcharge fraud case has been adjourned after the prosecution asked for more time to consider the argument by his defence team.

As the debate over controversial multi-state standards for teaching mathematics and English continues, some voices in the business community are joining the discussion with expressions of support.

Started in 1999 in a converted plant nursery building, the school later expanded into a building that once served as a warehouse for a commercial cleaning service.

People waited outside for the opening of a new store in Virginia in 2011. Who would expect an "American Girl" miniature backpack set for a doll to include a tiny math book with a cover that comes from a Common Core-aligned textbook line put out by the education publishing giant? Yes, educator and blogger Chris Cerrone found that it is part of new ... (more)