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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Ame...
WEST, Texas (Reuters) - The only one of four schools in a Texas town to escape damage from a deadly fertilizer plant blast re...
(Reuters) - At least 14 people were injured during a mass stabbing at a local community college in the northwest Houston area...
British rocker Sting surprised a group of schoolchildren in his hometown on Friday by dropping in on their music lesson.The F...
The Philadelphia Eagles want Michael Jackson's daughter to cheer the team on after footage of her pom pom shaking efforts...
(Reuters) - For the first time in decades, the United States is making steady gains in the number of high school students ear...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Los Angeles-area high school students had fingers severed while taking part in a "spirit wee...
Jennifer Hudson will sing with students from the tragedy-stricken Sandy Hook Elementary School at America's Super Bowl on...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A large number of Belgium's future secondary school teachers struggle with basic concepts of geograp...
Folk singer Ingrid Michaelson has teamed up with students from tragedy-stricken Sandy Hook Elementary School to record a touc...
CLEVELAND/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - School teachers in Texas are flocking to free firearms classes and hundreds more in Ohio ha...
(Reuters) - Effective teachers can be identified by observing them at work, measuring their students' progress on standar...
MERIDEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The mayor of Stratford, Connecticut, wants to rename an elementary school after teacher Vict...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Hundreds of the children who escaped the harrowing attack on their elementary school in Newt...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The schools of Newtown, which stood empty in the wake of a shooting rampage that took 26 of ...
FAIRFIELD/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - One boy was buried in his hero's football jersey in a small white coffin. Ball...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The peace and security of the suburban Connecticut community of Newtown lay shattered on Fri...
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing...
Justin Bieber is offering fans the chance to meet him at their school as part of a new charity contest.The "Boyfriend&qu...
Rapper Cee Lo Green and his sister have teamed up to create an initiative to help students become more aware of environmental...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to...
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to hear arguments on whether colleges and universities can continue to...
DAVIS, California (Reuters) - University of California officials have agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a...
DAVIS, California (Reuters) - University of California officials have agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a...
By Mary WisniewskiCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers will vote October 2 on whether to approve a contract with the nation&#...
By Mary WisniewskiCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers will vote October 2 on whether to approve a contract with the nation&#...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students return to school on Wednesday after a teachers' strike ended, thrilling parents who ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students return to school on Wednesday after a teachers' strike ended, thrilling parents who ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students marked a week off classes on Friday as hopes of an imminent end to a teachers' strik...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago students marked a week off classes on Friday as hopes of an imminent end to a teachers' strik...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - School was out in Chicago on Monday and parents scrambled for child care after public school teachers sta...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - School was out in Chicago on Monday and parents scrambled for child care after public school teachers sta...
(Reuters) - Penn State University has paid out almost $17 million to cover legal bills, public relations fees and other c...
(Reuters) - Penn State University has paid out almost $17 million to cover legal bills, public relations fees and other c...
Elton John fears his son Zachary will be taunted at school for having two fathers and no mother.The British rocker and his pa...
(Reuters) - When Wendy Kopp, just out of Princeton, founded Teach for America in 1989, she dreamed of recruiting 500 elite co...
(Reuters) - When Wendy Kopp, just out of Princeton, founded Teach for America in 1989, she dreamed of recruiting 500 elite co...
Rapper Cee Lo Green and his sister have teamed up to create an initiative to help students become more aware of environmental...
DENVER (Reuters) - A psychiatrist who treated the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage ...
DENVER (Reuters) - A psychiatrist who treated the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting rampage ...
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Princeton scores top marks and edged past Williams College in Massachusetts and Califo...
By Patricia ReaneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Princeton scores top marks and edged past Williams College in Massachusetts and Califo...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled a form on Tuesday to help students compare college financial aid off...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration unveiled a form on Tuesday to help students compare college financial aid off...
Of all the Carlos Santana's exceptional accomplishments, the greatest, he says, is being a father."If I ever get an ...
This isn't exactly what they were waiting in line for.
Justin Bieber is an official high school graduate.The 18 year old earned his diploma from St. Michael Catholic Secondary Scho...
NEW YORK - A fund set up for an upstate New York grandmother has taken in more than $460,000 in just over 48 hours after ...
NEW YORK - A fund set up for an upstate New York grandmother has taken in more than $460,000 in just over 48 hours after ...
David McCullough Jr., a high school English teacher, made headlines after giving this unique speech to the gradutes of Welles...
Can Blink-182 lyrics be used to pick up women? This awkward man certainly gives it hisbest effort. See what happens.
(Reuters) - A backlash against high-stakes standardized testing is sweeping through U.S. school districts as parents, teacher...
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots cover Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" withclassroom instruments... and Carly Rae ...
Scotty McCreery didn't stick around to celebrate after winning a CMT Music Award on Wednesday - the country singer hopped...
Matt has Spastic Cerebral Palsy, but choose torun in the Field Day at Colonial Hills Elementary School. His determination and...
Singer/actor Nick Jonas thrilled drama students on Tuesday by bringing them onto the New York stage as part of a special Broa...
In honor of graduation season Jimmy Kimmel plays a special version of his game "Pedestrian Question."A reporterasks...
Justin Bieber gets an official high school graduation with commencement speaker Ellen DeGeneres, she even gives him a special...
JOPLIN, Mo (Reuters) - Having the president of the United States speak at commencement would normally be the most memorable d...
Whether or not you like Skrillex, you'll appreciate this review of his song "Bangarang" by little British kids.
Could this bepayback for passing notes and texting in class while their backs are turned? We hope so.
For your history lesson for the day we present 1,000 years of European countries in three and a half minutes.Take that high s...
KABUL (Reuters) - The morning after the Taliban fell Shakila Naderi shed her head-to-toe burqa, sat behind the wheel of a car...
Justin Bieber will never have to tackle another homework assignment - the teenage pop sensation has completed his schooling.T...
How do you pump your kids up for school in the morning? Try singing along to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." It wo...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey school district has fired at least two educators for verbally abusing autistic children aft...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey school district has fired at least two educators for verbally abusing autistic children aft...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Junk food may soon be hard to buy at American public schools as the U.S. government readies new rules ...
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Five years after a mentally ill student gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech, the universi...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As if college application season was not stressful enough for high school seniors, nearly 900 student...
In the American drive to boost science and math education, it's science that has all the kid-friendly sizzle: Robots and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With many students eagerly waiting to find out which college they will be attending in the fall, the U...
(Reuters) - A five-year-old boy brought packets of heroin to a show and tell at his Connecticut kindergarten, leading to the ...
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shoot...
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shoot...
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A former student accused of killing seven people and wounding three others in a shooting ramp...
Iconic rockers The Eagles are to receive honorary degrees from Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music.The U.S. mus...
Country star Brad Paisley has launched a scholarship at his alma mater college to help other aspiring musicians take their fi...
(Reuters) - Southern Mississippi University revoked the pep band scholarships of five students on Tuesday after they admitted...
(Reuters) - Southern Mississippi University revoked the pep band scholarships of five students on Tuesday after they admitted...
(Reuters) - A school that barred a sixth grader after she dyed her hair pink with her parents' blessing to celebrate her ...
(Reuters) - Desert Trails Elementary School in the impoverished town of Adelanto, California, has been failing local kids for...
Jessie J will soon be able to add published author to her resume as she is writing her life story.The British chart sensation...
REVILLO, South Dakota (Reuters) - There are just seven pairs of boots lined up outside the kindergarten classroom in this fad...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners packed a church and gathered outside on Tuesday for the funeral of one of thre...
DENVER (Reuters) - The University of Colorado overstepped its authority when the school's board of regents imposed a ban ...
Teenage country star Scotty McCreery is returning to high school to serve out the final months of his senior year.North Carol...
Members of Arcade Fire are heading back to school to give a lecture about Haiti.Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Will Butler and...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Ohio on Thursday formally charged 17-year-old T.J. Lane with three counts of aggrava...
Rockers Foreigner are set for a very special live rendition of their hit "I Want To Know What Love Is" in Californi...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - A 17-year-old student suspected of a shooting rampage at an Ohio high school that killed three teen...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - "Hey!" yelled Coach Frank Hall when a student gunman opened fire on classmates in the Cha...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - Students in an Ohio community shaken by the worst U.S. high school shooting in nearly a year were t...
CHARDON, Ohio (Reuters) - One of the five students shot by another student at an Ohio high school on Monday has died, Chardon...
Singer Taylor Swift penned her Grammy Award-winning hit "Mean" about a music critic who constantly gave her scathin...
Actor Ryan Reynolds was once kicked out of school after unintentionally breaking the law with an April Fool's Day prank.T...
Hip-hop fans can now study Beyonce thanks to a new course at Rutgers University.Lecturer Kevin Allred has signed up to teach ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of waiting for a child to experience reading delays, scientists now say they can identify the rea...
LONDON (Reuters) - They range from the easy, like "would a shark beat a dinosaur in a fight?" through the tricky, l...
Actress Dakota Fanning is hunting for her husband-to-be at college after learning it's the best place to meet your life-long ...
Singer David Archuleta is hoping to step up his onscreen career by taking acting lessons.The former American Idol" star ...
(Reuters) - Jim and Celeste Durkin thought when they began investing six years ago in Illinois state's prepaid college saving...
(Reuters) - Children who get more exercise also tend to do better in school, whether the exercise comes as recess, physical e...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children in poor urban neighborhoods need more chances for old-fashioned playtime in their daily ...
By Amy NortonNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving parents of newborn preemies some help right from the start may make a diffe...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators from the Department of Education arrived at Penn State University on Monday to review ho...
DAVIS, Calif (Reuters) - A University of California chancellor apologized to jeering students on Monday for police use of pep...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A growing number of U.S. kids say they have been picked on via text messaging, while there has be...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) - More than 1,000 protesting Penn State University students poured into the streets around campus...
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Famed U.S. college football coach Joe Paterno and the president of Penn State Univers...
(Reuters) - The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear patte...
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A high school student was shot in the neck during an outdoor lunch break at a North...
A New Jersey university is to house a collection of nearly 15,000 documents relating to Bruce Springsteen.Books, concert foot...
Carrie Underwood returned to her home city of Checotah, Oklahoma on Friday to help build a school playground.The country musi...
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students ac...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged students on Wednesday to pursue learning after high school to brighten th...
BERKELEY, Calif (Reuters) - Student Republicans holding a bake sale at UC Berkeley to mock diversity efforts by state legisla...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young people in the United States are falling behind their overseas peers in reading, math and science...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New student enrollment at U.S. graduate schools fell in 2010 for the first time since the autumn of 20...
Steven Van Zandt surprised a group of school children in New York on Tuesday by showing up for an impromptu music lesson.The ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - An anonymous couple whose $130,000 bid won singer Sheryl Crow's 1959 Mercedes convertible in ...
CHESAPEAKE, Va (Reuters) - Former defense secretary Robert Gates was named on Tuesday as the next chancellor of the College o...
Bruce Springstein was in Boston yesterday to drop off his son at college, and while he was there he picked up a guitar from a...
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Florida police said on Wednesday they arrested a 17-year-old who had material to make pipe bombs a...
Internet sensation Rebecca Black has quit high school after growing tired of the taunts of classmates and bullies.The singer,...
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - The female principal of a small Christian school in Memphis was found dead on Wednesday and a 17-year-old...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala (Reuters) - Two days after a tornado took her sister's life in April, Michelle Downs Whatley crossed the stag...
AUSTIN (Reuters) - Most high school football players who die from heat-related illness are overweight, in the first weeks of ...
AUSTIN (Reuters) - Most high school football players who die from heat-related illness are overweight, in the first weeks of ...
Nelly is headlining a benefit gig in St. Louis later this month to raise funds for a local college.The "Ride Wit Me"...
