Teachers who have earned certification from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards are challenged to become education leaders in their community, says Wake County Public Schools system.

Recent changes – including new laws and new routes into teaching with lowered cost for individuals to enter the profession – have dramatically changed the characteristics of teachers, particularly in large urban districts.

Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly 10,000 students.

Public schools in the United States once matched even the finest private academies in facilities and quality of instruction. But socioeconomic challenges have put public school systems under great strain and scrutiny.

A new study by researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas-Austin finds that Texas' public school accountability system, the model for the national No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), directly contributes to lower graduation rates.

It was the time of the Beatles, the Mavis Bramston Show, the EH Holden and prime minister Robert Menzies.

A study of sex education in Illinois public schools found that one out of three teachers did not meet a very forgiving definition of comprehensive instruction, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the February 2008 issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today announced the selection of IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Global Business Services division to develop the California Department of Education's California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS).

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced a new voice and data services contract with Andover Public Schools, a public school district serving more than 4,000 students across eight schools in Butler County.

Americans approve of public schools providing sexual education to the students, but they are against dividing them into groups according to their social position, nationality and age.

University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, who has led an effort by leaders of some of the nation's premiere colleges and universities to back a federal bill that would strengthen K-12 math and science education, applauded the recent passage of the bill and expressed his optimism that it will be signed into law.

IRS Expands Project to Ensure Eligible Public School Employees Are Allowed to Participate in Retirement Annuities