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The Colorado House of Representatives is scheduled to review a bill this week that would amend the state's anti-bullying laws to require dress codes that "encourage school pride and unity," and mandate that teachers receive regular lessons in how to deal with bullying. The legislation would also create a cash fund aimed at the problem of bullying and suicides in schools.

Dozens of Thomas Jefferson's books have been found in the rare books collection at Washington University in St. Louis....

Even as schools raise prices on meals, new guidelines under federal consideration threaten to put an added burden on an already budget-strained program.

A Tampa mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ... honk if I need education."...

A California elementary school teacher has been suspended indefinitely after school officials said a pair of second-graders performed sex acts in class with the teacher present, San Francisco media reported Friday.

When a classmate started choking on a Cheeto during lunch Wednesday, Tyler Hudson took action.

Spending money on tablet computers may seem an extravagance, but some educators say they are more than just a cool new toy.

Mozilla is getting ready for the January semester of School of Webcraft, a 100% free developer training resource run in partnership with Peer 2 Peer University.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 is intended to provide more healthful school meals to a great number of students.With his wife by his side, President Obama on Monday signed the child nutrition bill, strongly pushed by the first lady, who has made nutrition part of her campaign to help the young get healthy.

American Sign Language is close to surpassing German as the third most studied foreign language at America's colleges and universities.