Pennsylvania School Experiments With 'Segregation'

"A Pennsylvania high school says some students are separated by race, gender and language for a few minutes each day in an effort to boost academic scores, raising controversy over the historically contentious issue of segregation in schools."

Study: Kids Master Technology Before All Else

"Kids these days may know their way around the family computer or how to use their parents' cell phones, but a new survey says they're more likely to master those high-tech tasks than basic life skills like riding a bike or tying their shoelaces."

United States Education Dashboard

United States Education Dashboard

Obama Issues Call for Education Reform

"President Barack Obama is asking Congress to extend a $10,000 college tax credit and pay for thousands of new science and math teachers as part of a broad rewrite of the nation's education system."

American Students Do Poorly in Science, Report Says

"The results of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the Nation's Report Card, showed that only 21 percent of high school seniors were performing at or above the proficient level in science. About a third of fourth and eighth graders were found to perform at the same level."

Atlanta Schools Given 9 Months to Keep Accreditation

"An educational standards agency said Tuesday that it has placed Atlanta Public Schools on probation and given the system nine months to make improvements or risk losing accreditation for its high schools. Losing that standing could diminish grant money and make it harder for graduates to get into college."

Schools Ill Equipped for Cyberbullies

"A U.S. researcher cautions only one in five school social workers surveyed felt their school has an effective policy on cyberbullying."

Rethinking Advanced Placement

"Next month, the board, the nonprofit organization that owns the A.P. exams as well as the SAT, will release a wholesale revamping of A.P. biology as well as United States history — with 387,000 test takers the most popular A.P. subject."

Cheaters Find an Adversary in Technology

"As tests are increasingly important in education — used to determine graduation, graduate school admission and, the latest, merit pay and tenure for teachers — business has been good for Caveon, a company that uses 'data forensics' to catch cheats, billing itself as the only independent test security outfit in the country."

Texas’ 10% Plan Found to Influence Choice of High School

"A significant share of young people in Texas select a high school based on whether they are likely to graduate with a class rank high enough to guarantee them admission to any Texas public college under the state’s 'top-10-percent plan,' a new study concludes."

Math That Moves: Schools Embrace the iPad

"A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems."