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A federal judge on Tuesday said he would not order a school district to hold a prom that it had canceled after an openly lesbian student asked to attend with her girlfriend.

Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school. The Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire every educator at Central Falls High School, including teachers ...

Some critics question a University of Minnesota Medical School decision to stop using live patients to teach med students how ...

After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.

Obama announces new funding for his signature initiative for improving public education.

Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.

Dueling theories of how the universe was created got a split decision Friday night from the Texas Board of Education, which required examination of "all sides of scientific evidence" in new science standards, but rejected language requiring teachers to teach the "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theories.

Small, rural schools are being threatened as the economy forces deep cuts to education. They're vulnerable because they serve fewer students and cost more per pupil to operate than larger schools.

Today is Pink Friday, the deadline for California teachers to receive preliminary layoff notices, and teachers are out in full force protesting across the state.