It's conventional wisdom that having a college education can be an enormous advantage in terms of furthering your career—and the data backs that up. With a college degree, you're more likely to make a ...

Damian, one of my eighth-graders, left me a note on our digital bulletin board: “Science is my favorite class every year!” His classmate Amelia replied with “Me 2!!!” Damian is sure he’s headed for a ...

After a new state law led universities to cut or merge hundreds of degree programs, teachers and parents worry about the impact on the teacher shortage.

The Marcus Whitman school district is at least one school that avoided the problem of vacancies on the faculty. Dr. Christopher Brown, superintendent of schools, said the school has held job fairs and ...

Arizona has been named the least attractive state in the country for educators, according to a national study on the teacher shortage crisis. With one of the highest turnover rates of any state, and ...

On this week's Close Up, early voting is already underway for this year's city and school elections, giving Iowans a head start before Election Day — Nov. 4.

Public schools get most of their funding from ADA — average daily attendance — and PUSD enrollment is in dramatic decline. Twenty-five years ago, at a demographic peak, enrollment was almost 24,000.

Urban students are generally found to speak English at home and among peers and also enjoy watching English programmes and movies. Furthermore, urban schools have a higher demand for English teachers ...

An El Paso charter school system’s most recent graduating class lost nearly a third of its students between middle school and their senior year.