For as long as Deneice Chatman can remember, the prospect of going to college loomed on her horizon. Precisely how she would accomplish that objective, well, that was another story. Enter College Bound, a nonprofit start-up that two years ago began helping 39 disadvantaged high school students such as Deneice ...

The Oregon Supreme Court said the state's school board must further review whether high school basketball tournament schedules should be adjusted to accommodate a team's Saturday Sabbath. The Oregon School Activities Association claimed that scheduling around Portland Adventist Academy during the tournament would cause undue hardship for other fans, participants and...

President Bush is known for making math and science education a priority by focusing on the country's teachers and on research. But when the opportunity came to talk with the nation's top classroom teachers in those disciplines, he wasn't available.

The Sumner County Board of Education successfully appealed the findings of a state investigation citing Knox Doss Middle School for violating a Hispanic students civil rights. The Tennessee Department of Educations Office of Civil Rights cited the school for giving preferential treatment to a Caucasian student who is the child of a school employee following an altercation with a Hispanic student...

As charter schools celebrated National Charter Schools Week, the Broward School Board on Tuesday added 12 new ones to its menu of taxpayer-supported, privately run campuses. Two other campuses withdrew their applications, brining the total number of charter schools overseen by the district to 65. A new state agency approved two other county charter schools in February.