Education News

Yes, the following commentary will be most decidedly my opinion. First, something about my background in education, especially higher education.

If an expansion of a Florida program that helps low-income children attend private schools, many of them religious, gets a thumbs up, it could mean some restrictions on eligibility could be removed.

A split North Carolina State Board of Education has agreed to change how students will be labeled based on standardized test scores in a move which means more students will be considered proficient in skills and courses.

The College Board has announced major changes to the SAT, including making the essay optional, and no longer penalizing wrong answers.

A massive crowed showed up at the gold dome to debate a bill on the future of the SAT exams in Georgia and the Common Core.

Stop clowning around with education. That is the message a group of Baltimore City Public School teachers are trying to send and they're willing to get a little silly to get your attention.

The group that runs the SAT college-entrance test is shaking up its format, scoring and potentially the $1 billion test-preparation industry that has grown up around it.

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One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a... One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into ... (more)

Creators of the SAT exam unveiled plans Wednesday to make the test more rigorous in the face of stagnant national scores, aiming to challenge students to provide more analysis.

Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do away with some vocabulary words such as "prevaricator" and "sagacious" in favor of words more commonly used in school and on the job.

A proposal to shift students from Southeast Elementary School to another spot in Howell Public Schools remained in doubt Tuesday after a Board of Education study session centering on long-range enrollment trends.

A plan to simplify Florida school grades is making its way through the Legislature.

The SAT college entrance exam taken last year by 1.6 million students is getting its first upgrade since 2005.

Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted to her party's nomination Tuesday night during the nation's... Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted ... (more)

Fraser Weist and Nicole Devitt seniors at Westfield High School are among 3,000 12th graders from across the country selected by the federal government as candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Goose Creek High School is the first in the state to partake in a new online platform that connects students focusing on science, technology, engineering and math education to industry.

In demanding asylum Monday for a German home-schooling family, U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman said he and his wife have been home schooling their own two sons.

Florida legislators return today to the state Capitol for a 60-day session that likely will focus on tax cuts, spending and school vouchers, but avoid many of the contentious issues that sparked partisan rancor and fierce debate in the past few years.

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