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Les Perelman's crusade against the SAT essay began in 2005. That's when the new portion of the test was introduced: a 25-minute speed writing assignment, on such weighty-yet-vague topics as "philanthropy" and "progress," designed to test high school students' readiness for college.

Studies have shown that teens do better at school, driving and pretty much everything else if they start school around 8:30 or 9 a.m. / 2010 photo by SUSAN TUSA\Detroit Free Press Peer through the window of most any metro Detroit high school a few minutes before 8 a.m., and you'll see a roomful of adolescents engaged in a losing battle with Mother ... (more)

Police say the Odd Future rapper was arrested Saturday without incident and has been charged with riot, a misdemeanor in Texas.

One of them was Squirrel Hill North parent Kathy Newman, who thinks the number could double this year, but still will remain small.

The Denver District Attorney's Office says 34-year-old George Allen IV has been charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 4, 2004, death of 21-year-old Kurt Levias outside the Bluebird Theater.

The wide-ranging education reform bill state Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto co-sponsored last year advanced a number of conservative priorities: merit pay for teachers, lower college tuition costs, and more flexibility for students in pursuing career education.

California lawmakers were absolutely right last fall to suspend our outdated standardized tests a year earlier than planned, allowing teachers, administrators and students to devote more time and energy to the new Common Core state standards.

Teenagers whining about getting out of bed for school in the morning are actually on to something.

TONIGHT ON NEWS 4... AN UPSTATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL TEACHER IS IN JAIL. ACCUSED OF SEX CRIMES ... AGAINST A 12 YEAR OLD.

There seems to be no end to the expertise that America's billionaires possess and are happy to share with the rest of us about public education.

One area that may get more attention in the coming months is the Office of the State Superintendent of Education - the city agency responsible for monitoring special-education compliance, administering standardized tests and funneling federal grants to schools.

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They're revising the SAT again, and you know what that means. More weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Amy Chua, the "Tiger Mother" who launched a thousand panic attacks among ambitious but lenient parents, is back with an almost-great book about why some groups achieve spectacular success in America while others languish.

Lawmakers in Arizona are poised to expand a controversial education program that lets parents divert state funds to virtually any school option they wish -- a move teacher groups and unions say would decimate the public education system.

You can smoke marijuana in some states, unless you're a fed: The Justice Department is turning a blind eye to pot, but the federal government still prohibits its workforce from using the drug, even though 20 states and Washington, D.C. allow the use of medical marijuana and Colorado and Washington state allow it for recreational use, according to a ... (more)

Gov. Mike Pence visited pre-school classes at Shepherd Community Center, 4107 E. Washington Street, in February to persuade the legislature to pass a pre-school voucher program for low-income children.

A new study says that high schools switching to later start times have seen an improvement in student grades and overall student health.

All of the reforms pushed onto public school districts in recent years fail to take into account that in many parts of the United States, going to school just isn't very important.

The measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Mike Bell of Riceville was approved in the Senate Education Committee 7-2 on Wednesday.