Illinois judge rules Chicago can close schools

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Wednesday allowed Chicago to proceed with the closing of 50 public schools ...

Illinois judge rules Chicago can proceed with school closings

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois judge on Wednesday allowed Chicago to proceed with the closing of 50 public schools, denying a request by ...

Law School Problems, Proposed Reforms Could Affect Colleges

We've mentioned before that law school might be the canary in the coal mine when it comes to broader problems with postsecondary educa...

Arkansas School Arms Teachers, Teaches Them to Point and Shoot

Some Arkansas school teachers will be packing heat this fall. The Clarksville School District is arming and training 20 volunteer teache...

Ky. college lands $250M gift, among biggest ever

DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A tiny liberal arts school in rural Kentucky that hosted vice presidential debates in 2000 and 2012 announced a $250 ...

Ark. district arming more than 20 teachers, staff

CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — As Cheyne Dougan rounded the corner at Clarksville High School, he saw three students on the floor moaning and cr...

Teachers Offer Back-to-School Shopping Tips

August is the unofficial start of the back-to-school shopping frenzy. Retailers court students and their parents in earnest, eager to...

Atheist group bullies high school into banning mom from praying for kids’ safety

The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has bullied a New Hampshire school district into forbidding the mother of tw...

The Myth That Teachers Get Summers Off—Debunked

Every kid looks forward to summer. You stay up later, sleep in, swim, and go to camp all day long. There's no homework or tests, and y...

Feds investigate Redneck Day at Arizona high school, have nothing better to do

The U.S. Department of Education has officially opened an investigation into allegations that an Arizona high school's campus-wide ...

Get Money for College Through ROTC Programs

With college costs on the rise, many students are looking to the military as an alternative path to a career after high school. However, j...

Chicago schools announce $5.6 billion budget

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Public Schools revealed a $5.6 billion budget on Wednesday, the same day a bond rating service downgraded ...

Chicago schools budget seen sinking deeper in the red despite cuts

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Chicago's public schools on Wednesday forecast a record $1 billion fiscal 2014 budget deficit de...

What College Students Should Know About Retirement

College students and recent graduates face particular challenges in saving and planning for retirement. Daunting student loans, a still-un...

Avoid These Common Prepaid Tuition Plan Mistakes

Maryland mom Lisa Scott didn't think she could afford to pay for all four years of her 7-year-old daughter Lilly's college educati...

Public school teachers go ballistic over teacher dress code in West Va., threaten to sue

The last time The Daily Caller's education section checked in on West Virginia, police in Logan County had arrested an eighth-grader o...

NC budget puts GOP stamp on schools, universities

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's Republican legislative leaders are putting their free-enterprise stamp on public school and...

California university under investigation over handling of rapes

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. government is investigating the University of Southern California's handling o...

Teachers chief: Bad teachers should find new jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Teachers who aren't up to snuff shouldn't be in classrooms and should find new professions, the head of the 1.5 ...

Hawaii schools selected for digital pilot program

HONOLULU (AP) -- The Hawaii Department of Education has selected eight schools to participate in a pilot program that will equip every...

Tuition freeze in place at Wash. state schools

SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington state colleges and universities will see a mandatory one-year tuition freeze. The tuition freeze is a r...

This WEEK in American public school teachers busted for child porn

The national epidemic of teacher-student sex romps — at least those reported in the news — has slowed down a bit now that it's July. (...

Op-Ed: We Are in Desperate Need of More Male Elementary School Teachers

Early in my career, before I was married, I admit that I enjoyed all the comments and attention that came with being a male elementary sch...

5 Job Search Tips for Online Students

Four months ago, Thomas Armitage was recently married, working full time and earning an online master's degree at West Virginia Univer...

Official: Race not driving Chicago school closures

CHICAGO (AP) -- Officials at the nation's third largest school district defended the closure of some 50 Chicago public schools, te...