Engineering students could benefit from more exposure to engineering-related classes in high school and middle school, according to some members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Engineering.
American teens are much less likely to engage in bullying than they were a decade ago, new research suggests.
Ariela Schear is a high school student who loves math and is as tech savvy as they come, texting and e-mailing all the time.
They’ve trounced hundreds of robotics teams at regional and state competitions. And Thursday, about 12,000 students in safety goggles will convene at the Edward Jones Dome and America’s Center for the chance at world champion status.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that parents should have a choice as to where federal dollars are spent for their children’s education.
In Houston, a city known for its brilliant doctors and energy executives, adults are waiting in line for classes that teach basic literacy skills - reading, writing and speaking clearly. They can't land jobs or promotions, can't help their kids…
Large-scale shootings have been a dominant driver of school safety debates, but a stabbing spree at a Pennsylvania high school this month should serve as a reminder that educators need to be prepared for a range of situations—including smaller, nonfatal…
The new high school in Jeannine Cerajewski's area gave her a lot to consider. On one hand, she thought the school's focus on science, technology, engineering and math could help her daughter Mary, then a freshman, sharpen her skills and be better prepared for…
Charter school operators are saying if a proposal to overhaul special education funding in Pennsylvania is passed, it will be difficult for them to operate.
St. Jerome's Head Start, a plain building in a gentrifying Baltimore neighborhood, looks as solid and unchanging as a block of concrete. It's an unlikely setting for a big shift in how early-childhood education is provided. But here and across…
A plan to eventually boost public school funding in Oklahoma by $600 million each year cleared the Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday, although the final details still need to be negotiated.
Chicago's Board of Education listened to impassioned pleas for more funding and calls for a second chance before turning over three failing schools to a private operator, the Academy for Urban School Leadership, which conducts staff overhauls or "turnarounds."
Georgia residents with permits to carry guns can now tote their weapons more places, under a bill signed into law Wednesday. The law also reduces the age required to obtain such a permit to 18.
The anti-bullying bill Gov. Terry Branstad proposed when the 2014 legislative session began appears unlikely to pass in these final days before adjournment, but key lawmakers are holding out hope for a scaled back version.
In the waning years of the Obama administration, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sees several important and difficult priorities ahead of him, he said in a wide-ranging 30-minute interview this month. Chief among them: the transition to new standards…
The typed letter had a brief, handwritten note in the margin: "If account reaches $25.00, your child won't be allowed to eat. Please send payment." The parent of a Picacho Middle School student owed $17.25 in school lunch fees when she…
