First Person: Technology Lets College Students Stay Connected, Perhaps Too Well

Yahoo News, as part of its "Born Digital" series, asked students and parents to write about how college has changed over a ...

Does sending your kid to private school make you a scourge on society?

In what could alternately be seen as a provocative argument or a master class in trolling, Allison Benedikt at Slate says you are a bad ...

The Teachers of ‘TEACH’ on How to Succeed in the Classroom

Even if you've never been a teacher, chances are you still have strong opinions about what makes someone successful at it. Teaching ca...

Connect on Social Media to Research U.S. Colleges

Social media has become increasingly important in our lives, and has changed the traditional ways many of us get and exchange information....

Cutting college costs: five questions about Obama’s proposal

President Obama unveiled a plan Aug. 22 to make college more affordable. "We can't price the middle class and everybody working t...

Angry teachers paralyze Mexico City with protests

MEXICO CITY (AP) — This sprawling metropolis of honking cars and 22 million harried people has been brought to its knees, not by an earthq...

Seattle-area teachers negotiate as strike looms

SEATTLE (AP) -- With teacher strikes a possibility in Seattle and another district, Washington's teachers union says negotiations ...

190 Newark teachers get merit pay bonuses

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Dozens of Newark teachers have some extra cash in their pockets. Officials say 190 teachers have received $1....

Colleges with the best value? New rankings upend conventional wisdom

Quick, what's the top national university? Harvard? Princeton? Instead, try the University of California in San Diego. A set of co...

Chicago opens new school year: Will it be less testy than the last?

Chicago on Monday opened a new school year with 48 fewer public schools, fewer teachers, fewer support staff, a reduced budget, and an int...

New test aims to benchmark skills of U.S. college graduates

By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Seniors returning to classes at dozens of U.S. colleges and universities have one more hurdle to ...

Ky. governor announces $41M education grant

Twenty-two Kentucky school districts will share a $41 million grant in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top-District Compe...

Chicago students begin new term with fewer teachers, schools

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three months after Chicago Public Schools' controversial decision to close 50 schools, the n...

Workers keep watch over new Chicago school year

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of Chicago Public Schools students will head to new schools Monday, the first day of what Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ...

Protesting Mexican teachers stir trouble for government reforms

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Schoolteachers in Mexico City staging disruptive protests against education reform have fired a ...

Striking teachers block access to Mexico City airport

Thousands of teachers blocked road access to Mexico City's international airport on Friday, snarling traffic in the megalopolis to pro...

Smart Spending: Finding deals for college students

That plastic college ID card is worth more than you think. Flashing the card at stores and restaurants can get you major savings. ...

Philadelphia teachers protest pay cut demands

By Hilary Russ PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Hundreds of teachers in Philadelphia voiced their outrage on Thursday at proposed pay and benef...

Obama Calls on Colleges to Compete for Students, Get Real About Tuition

The Obama administration is working on an ambitious plan that will rank—and, likely, rankle—colleges and universities on measures like tui...

Obama calls for cost-conscious college ratings

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Targeting the soaring cost of higher education, President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a broad new government ra...

Obama proposes new system for rating colleges

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling for a new government rating system for colleges that will judge schools on affordab...

Obama unveils plan that aims to make college more affordable

By Jeff Mason and Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed a new plan to tackle soaring highe...

Obama to propose new system for rating colleges

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday will unveil a sweeping new plan for rating colleges based in part on affordability, w...

Innovative NY program picks up college tuition

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — When 18-year-old Cheyenne Ketter-Franklin begins classes at the University at Buffalo next week, she will be spared a...

Duncan, Oklahoma schools get threats, go on alert after murder of Australian athlete

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Public schools in Duncan, Oklahoma, were on alert on Wednesday after police received threats...

Duncan, Oklahoma schools on alert after murder of Australian athlete

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Public schools in Duncan, Oklahoma, are on heightened security alert on Wednesday, one day a...

Timeline: Key dates in civil rights movement

(Reuters) - August 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream...

On road trip, Obama will try to steer focus back to economy

By Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shadowed by turmoil in Egypt and domestic controversies, President Barack...