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.

With a nationwide shortage of science teachers and plummeting student test scores, many school districts are forced to hire teachers with science degrees but little training in education or experience teaching. Without proper support, research shows that 66 percent of new teachers will quit the profession within three years.

Christine Comer, former director of the science curriculum for the Texas Education Agency (TEA), is suing the Commissioner Robert Scott for wrongful dismissal.

Alia Sabur has always been a newsmaker. She was the youngest student to attend college, when she was 10, and four years later, the youngest woman to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook University. By 18, she had her doctorate degree in Materials Science and Engineering. And now, the young New Yorker has made headlines again.

Yale University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prime Minister Tony Blair as the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the next academic year.

The People's Republic of China today launched its first moon orbiter as part of the country's lunar exploration program.

Britain’s biggest-ever programme of education research has found at least some of the answers, and is sharing them with every school in Britain.

"You know the classic joke about the extrovert mathematician? He's the one that looks at your shoelaces when he's talking to you," says Dr Bill Palmer, who is well aware of the pressures that the young maths whiz can face.

Boys with difficulty reading actually respond better to female teachers, according to a new Canadian study. Research shows that boys develop higher positive self-perceptions as readers when they worked with female research assistants compared to working with male research assistants.

Job satisfaction amongst teachers has increased dramatically since 1999, with the profession rising from 54th to 11th in a league table of job satisfaction published this week.

When Jan Riggsbee stands up in front of a class, she’s not just concerned about what she’s teaching. She also thinks about how she’s teaching.

World Bank Supports Indonesia’s Teacher Improvement Program through New US$86 million Program