State tightens rules for charter school teachers. The state Department of Public Instruction has tightened the requirements for charter school teachers.

UK & World News: SATs 'not supposed to be stressful'. Children's Secretary Ed Balls has spoken of his anger at primary schools which inflict stress on seven-year-olds by treating their SAT tests like exams.

School district to mainstream special-ed busing. The Stevens Point Area School District Transportation Department no longer has a separate fleet for students with special transportation needs.

A big victory for Education Alliance. But the group that achieved this change in CUSD leadership got a substantial portion of its political funding from Education Alliance, a right-wing "back to basics" group with ties to several trustees of the..

RCOG Releases Standards In Maternity And Gynaecology, UK. Main Category: Women's Health / Gynecology Also Included In: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists releases two important documents focusing on..

School officials praise statewide sales tax. School officials are praising a new statewide sales tax, saying it allows them to begin long-term planning without having to face the obstacle of persuading voters to approve a local option sales tax.

Delayed by earthquake, students in Sichuan finally take university entrance exams. More than 120,000 high school students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future.

Cell Phone Captures Girls Fighting. A videotaped attack has led to charges against two female high school students. The two are allegedly seen on a videotape beating a classmate at their high school in Wayland, Michigan.

Europe embraces outsourcing in 2008. European companies signed more than a third of all outsourcing deals during the first quarter of the year.

State wants higher ACTs. For most high schoolers, a point higher on the ACT could be the difference between getting into college or not.

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley is being lauded by the nation's top teacher lobbying group as "America's Greatest Education Governor." The National Education Association planned to give Easley an award Thursday..

Talented Twenty expands education opportunities for minority students. The Talented Twenty program - guaranteeing students in the top 20 percent of their class a seat in one of Florida's 11 state universities - has expanded opportunities for minority students to attend college and..

Vouchers benefit families, not schools. When an Arizona appellate court scrapped the state's school-voucher programs for disabled and foster children, it pulled Arizona from a path of settled case law, threatening both groups' educational prospects.

Gas Prices Force Schools to Cut Busing. Record fuel prices are breaking school districts' budgets, making them choose between trimming student bus routes and cutting other programs and services.

LU principal finalist for Newark High position. NEWARK - The next Newark High School principal could either be an assistant principal from the school or the current principal of Liberty Union High School.

Rocky Mount Family Chooses Home Schooling Option. Like any typical weekday afternoon Kay Bindrim gathered three of her children around the kitchen table.

Miss. trying to put more nurses in public schools. Mississippi is far from the nationally recommended student-nurse ratio, but education officials are making strides to put more nurses in public schools.

Some wonder if high school day care sending right message. The high school where the principal claimed girls formed a pact to get pregnant is one of the few in Massachusetts with a day care center, leading some to wonder whether that sent a message that teen motherhood..

What it takes: Educators discuss Tennessee's need to improve education. Making Tennessee's education system competitive with the rest of the nation and the world is going to take money.

Student Helps to Rebuild Chapman. A Pittsburg State student is working to help rebuild Chapman. Nineteen-year-old Aaron Anders was one of the first photographers on the scene June 11 when a tornado sliced through town.