Academic Progress

WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out. In a sign of...

That Clark Magnet High School stands to earn its second National Blue Ribbon designation is a testament to that model of delivering education to a diverse student population. The math-and-science-focused campus was one of just 35 schools in California to...

West Virginia would slash property taxes in exchange for a new “cracker” plant and reserve funds to improve roads, schools and high-speed Internet access, under proposals Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin offered the Legislature in his State of the...

Clark Magnet High School was one of 35 California schools nominated Tuesday for the 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, widely recognized as a gold standard in public education. The school will have to wait until September to learn if it will...

Daily life at Waynesboro Area Middle School differs from a year ago because of teacher layoffs and curriculum changes. The middle school principals presented changes to the school-day schedule and building layout to school board members on Tuesday....

Roosevelt Elementary School in Pasadena is expected to have its federal Blue Ribbon nomination rescinded due to an administrative test-taking error that was reported in October, officials said. Roosevelt Elementary would have been the nearest school to...

Once again, politicians are trying to dictate a top-down approach for reforming education. South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's recent proposal for “fixing” education is the latest in a long line of bureaucratic edicts designed to remedy what they...

After his significant victory in 2011 - when he successfully proposed 10 percent cuts to the state budget to eliminate a $127 million deficit - Gov. Dennis Daugaard could be forgiven if he were to take it easy this year. Instead, whether through his own...

Student achievement will become part of teacher assessments this year in the Waynesboro Area School District under a state pilot program. Waynesboro is one of 83 school districts in Pennsylvania participating in the program launched through an $800,000...

South Dakota’s educational system ranks 38th in the nation, according to a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The 17th Report Card on American Education: Ranking State K-12 Performance, Progress and Reform report ranks all...