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A Labor Department lawyer, charged with sexually assaulting his co-worker in her Northwest Washington home, was found dead Tuesday in his D.C. jail cell, officials said.

On Monday, "Milwaukee Succeeds" said one of its goals is to increase third grade reading proficiency, from 15 to 38 percent.

Students began attending summer school at 37 of Guam's public schools yesterday, kicking off five weeks of the summer program for elementary and middle schools, and six weeks for high schools.

The nation's teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed, according to a survey of more than 1,000 programs released Tuesday.

As the Legislature prepares to begin debating the two year state budget, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers is asking members to consider changes to the proposal.

Don't let your children be victims of "summer learning loss." Summer break can be a time for continued education.

The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The U.S. Naval Academy is investigating allegations that three members of its football team sexually assaulted a female midshipman at an off-campus house last year.

Minority Democrats asked moderate Republicans Monday to march with them instead of the GOP leadership, in voting on the proposed state budget for the next two years.

New Jersey's Education Department is considering requiring prospective teachers to achieve at least a B average in college before they can get state certification.

"It's not the length of life, but the depth of life," essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was fond of saying.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

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I don't have children, so my opinions on education are, shall we say, academic. But our opponents have made public education such an acrimonious issue that I think it's important to push back on their attacks.

Moderate Republican state senators are seeking major changes to the Wisconsin state budget, including undoing a statewide expansion of private school vouchers and accepting a federally funded Medicaid expansion.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called a "caricature" of Republicans struggling to manage their supermajority in state government.

Here's the full list . Among the victims are the omnibus ethics bill HB217, thus giving Allen Blakemore his fondest wish; two bills aimed at reducing the number of standardized tests some students must take, one of which will make William McKenzie happy; SB15, which would have placed new limits on the power of the University of Texas System Board ... (more)

Central is considered one of the nation's best high schools. It won that distinction from U.S. News and World Report -- which also ranked it Missouri's 12th best high school -- for its overall academic achievement as well as for how successfully its black, Hispanic and low-income students perform on state-mandated exams.

Achievements: Valedictorian, Refugio County outstanding senior, fifth place UIL mathematics, participated in UIL mathematics and number sense for three years Achievements: Salutatorian, Refugio County outstanding senior nominee, participated in science and math UIL events all four years of high school Achievements: Intel science talent search STS ... (more)

That's the finding of a recent study, which showed that an increasing number of Lego figures' faces are scowling, frowning, or snarling rather than smiling.