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The federal government will award $1.8 billion to New Orleans schools damaged by Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, said Wednesday.

BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with ...

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance — 4% of its work force — and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve, the school system announced Friday.

Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found.

"The results were stunning. There's no other word to use," said Patricia Moss, academic dean at the Rhode Island boarding school where the study was done. "We didn't think we'd get that much bang for the buck."

Sixteen schools in South Carolina are on the 2010 Newsweek magazine list of America's Best High Schools, an annual ranking of the top public high schools in the nation based on rigorous course offerings and how all students perform in those courses.

The nation’s governors and state school chiefs released final recommendations for what students should master in English and math.

Study shows reading scores improve when kids get a stack of 12 books at the end of the school year.

The agreement between the district and the union will require a longer school day, more after-school tutoring and other changes, according to The Associated Press. "Both the school district and the union agree that ...

Young children who watch a lot of TV aren't just missing out on more stimulating activities. They may also be destined for problems at school and unhealthier habits later in life, new research suggests.

The nation’s school children made little or no progress in reading proficiency in recent years, according to results released Wednesday from the largest nationwide reading test. The trend of sluggish achievement contrasts with dramatic gains made in mathematics during the same period.