Corporal Punishment Still Used in 20 States

"...corporal punishment is still alive in 20 states, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, which tracks its use in schools around the country and encourages its end."

American Teachers Under Attack

"With state budgets buckling, American teachers are facing the erosion of tenure protection, employee benefits, and other job protections that they fought for and won years ago."

The Search for a New Way to Test Schoolkids

Problems "are prompting educators nationwide to reconsider the basic principles of the USA's massive school testing infrastructure, a $1.1 billion system that increasingly steers the ship of public schools."

Hispanic Students Now Majority in Texas Public Schools

"Hispanic students are now the majority in Texas public schools, according to the state education agency."

U.S. Is Urged to Raise Teachers’ Status

"To improve its public schools, the United States should raise the status of the teaching profession by recruiting more qualified candidates, training them better and paying them more, according to a new report on comparative educational systems."

For Teachers, Many Ways and Reasons to Cheat on Tests

"Teachers cheat sometimes and so do principals, according to academic studies. Why it happens and how often — and the seriousness of efforts to stop it — are open to debate. Punishment varies from state to state, too."

82 Percent of US Schools May Be Labeled 'Failing'

"An estimated 82 percent of US schools could be labeled as 'failing' under the nation's No Child Left Behind Act this year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday."

Urban Students Lag in Science Learning: Study

"Students in schools in the largest U.S. cities, many from low-income households, trail their peers elsewhere in the country in a test of science proficiency, according to a report released on Thursday."