Winter storm has caused many school cancellations in Vermont and closings in Main. Parents and children are asked to be extra careful and watch local TV channels for more information on school cancellations, closings and delays.

U.S. News and World Report released its annual America's Best High Schools list Friday, presenting the top 100 high schools in America. The list will be available on newsstands on December 3 with Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax, Va. topping the list.

Hundreds of children panicked in southern Finland on Friday after an online threat that their school would be the next target for a shooting rampage, the school's principal said.

Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB), a leading provider of enterprise education software and services, is unveiling this week at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference, the launch of the Blackboard K-20 Connection(TM), a strategic initiative to significantly impact the way K-12 schools and higher education institutions connect and collaborate.

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson, iKeepSafe and Symantec Host “Norton Connected & Protected Kids’ Assembly” to Honor Attorney General Drew Edmondson

Working with parents and schools to provide a bug busting approach to head lice is helping to reduce infestation levels, tackle health inequalities and reduce healthcare costs, according to a review in the October issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced that Russia's leading satellite service provider, Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) Global-Teleport, is deploying a broadband satellite communications network for the Russian Ministry of Education based on Gilat's SkyEdge systems. Initiated by the Russian Government, the Education Project guarantees unlimited Internet access for Russian schools.

A good reception year teacher makes the biggest and longest-lasting difference to primary school education, an assessment of over 70,000 children from Durham University’s Curriculum, Evaluation and Management (CEM) Centre reveals.

The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends but according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, children show signs of stress three to six months before term even starts.

Using restricted-access Census data, a new study examines a quarter-million households on a block-by-block basis to yield new results about the correlation between household attributes and school quality. The researchers find that, conditional on income, households prefer to self-segregate on the basis of both race and education.

New store makes the grade with a big back-to-school donation

Marketing to Moms Coalition Study Reveals Top Spending Categories and Impact on Mom's Behavior, Family Schedules and Finances