It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"

Alabama schools have been having a rough time of it, and it only looks like it's going to get rougher. The Cotton State recently came in last place in the federal Department of Education's Race to the Top grant competition. And a steadfast global recession combined with the Gulf Coast oil spill this summer have put a severe strain on the state's tax receipts, the primary source of revenue for Alabama's education system, forcing several school systems to take out private loans just to make it through the year.

What if students attended school all year? One Wisconsin teacher thinks that could be a way to improve student grades and fix the nation's public school system.

Palestinian children in East Jerusalem are being put at a disadvantage because of a dire shortage of classrooms in the east side of the city, according to a report published Tuesday by two Israeli human rights groups.

More children are crowding into classrooms in Modesto, Calif. Parents are paying extra to send their kids to full-day kindergarten in Queen Creek, Ariz. And the school buses stopped rolling in one St. Louis area school district.

Dear Annie: I hope you can settle an argument. My parents are saying that with my college major (English), it will probably be hard for me to find a job when I graduate next spring. They want me to go straight to grad school and get a master's degree, which they say will make me more "marketable." (They are willing to foot the bill, which I do appreciate.)

The District of Columbia public school system announced Friday that it is letting 226 employees go for poor performance under the education assessment system IMPACT.

The arrest of 19 protesters at a rancorous school board meeting Tuesday brings the issue of busing and diversity in education into the national spotlight.

More than 16,000 U.S. medical school graduates are awarded M.D. degrees each year, and many enter their residency programs at teaching hospitals in July. Now, a growing body of research suggests that month might be a more deadly time in U.S. hospitals.

We're getting to the point where even good news comes wrapped in bad news.

U.S. education issues in 2010 boil down to two questions: how to fund cash-strapped state universities and how to fix so-called high school "drop-out factories."

Some people view an MBA degree the same way that Charlie thought about his Golden Ticket in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory": They believe a piece of paper can magically transport you to a place you only imagined.

To help defray budget cuts, the Montgomery County Public School system in Maryland is selling some of its assets. Specifically, it has entered into a deal valued at at least $4.5 million with a company called Pearson to sell the county's elementary curriculum expertise.

Fifty-six years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed in Brown v. Board of Education what our founders declared self-evident -- that all men are created equal.

At least 28 children were injured when a man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in east China on Thursday morning, state media said.

The health care reform legislation that President Obama signed recently isn't only about insurance coverage -- there's also a renewal of $50 million per year for five years for abstinence-focused education.

Little Rhode Island made big news in the education arena last month. Superintendent Frances Gallo fired all the teachers at Central Falls High School after negotiations with the teachers' union failed.

I mentor a student who is a senior in a low-performing high school. About 50 percent of the students at his school drop out, while less than 25 percent go to college. His parents didn't graduate from high school, and his father earns about $14,000 a year. His grade point average is good enough to qualify him for admission at a few University of California schools.

Today, in California and other states across the nation, students, teachers, faculty and workers have been protesting, striking, walking out of classes and staging sit-ins and teach-ins. They are protesting budget cuts, tuition hikes, compensation reductions, layoffs and privatizations affecting public K-12 schools and universities.

Students and college professors in California and around the country protested Thursday over the drastic cuts imposed on cash-strapped state colleges and universities.

What does it mean when a white sorority wins a competition that African-American fraternities and sororities not only created but also consider an essential part of their cultural expression? It means an uncomfortable discussion about race, history, culture and inclusivity that is not black and white.

President Obama highlighted stronger federal efforts Monday to help lower a high school dropout rate that, according to the president, is undermining America's future economic potential.

Tuition at many public colleges and universities is skyrocketing, thanks to state budget deficits that have choked off funding for higher education.

Ohio State University is No. 1 again, but not in football or basketball. For the second year in a row, the school's president was the highest paid public university executive in the United States, according to a study published Monday.

America could be facing a nursing shortage that will worsen exponentially as the population grows older.

A lottery system for school places in Brighton failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.

School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.

Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has set herself a new challenge - creating an educational foundation to promote sustainability.

Sharon Shoesmith is given leave to appeal over her sacking as the head of children's services at Haringey Council after the death of Baby Peter.

Figures obtained by the BBC suggest that in one in nine Scottish primary schools at least 60% of places are unfilled.

Teachers' unions are branding the government's relaunch of academies in England as a "failure", with about 30 expected this term.

Imperial College is going to open its first branch outside the UK - a medical school in Singapore, run in partnership with a local university.

Millions of graduates will now start paying interest on their student loans again as new interest rates come into effect.

Girls believe they are cleverer, better behaved and try harder than boys from as early as the age of four, research suggests.

Most people in Britain do not meet disabled people either in their social or working lives, suggests a survey.

Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland thousands of pupils are celebrating and commiserating with each other after receiving their results for their GCSE exams.

Teenagers score another GCSE record with almost seven out of 10 exams awarded a C grade or above, as separate science entries rise.

The latest figures show that currently more than a quarter of UK university applicants are unplaced.

Did the new A-level grade do what it said on the tin?

The bright, young things shunning university

With UK students facing a tough battle for places at home, universities in the Netherlands are promoting themselves as an alternative - and still have spaces left for this year, reports the BBC's Jonty Bloom.

One in 12 A-level entries is awarded the new A* grade, as pupils attain record results.

Oxford's head of admissions tells candidates it wants the academically gifted, not 'second-rate historians' who play the flute.

Is the big fall in the number of British school children studying French something to be concerned about?

Nearly two-thirds of UK parents cannot afford after-school activities for their children, a poll for the Save the Children charity suggests.

Half the A-levels taken by pupils at independent schools in the UK were graded A or A* this year, figures from the sector suggest.

England's exams watchdog Ofqual is to compare A-levels and GCSEs with alternative qualifications, including vocational equivalents.

A children's charity calls for schools to take an equal share of the ability bands to help poorer pupils succeed.

The head of exams regulator Ofqual says this year's science GCSEs were not tough enough and there is inconsistency in standards between different boards.

A married teacher who had sexual relationships with three teenage girls is jailed for nearly seven years.

Two groups of 44 states will use the $330 million in federal money to design better annual reading and math tests.

Arne Duncan’s bus tour from New York to Maine is billed as a way to honor teachers.

A new curriculum at N.Y.U. is intended to foster more personal relationships between medical students and patients.

Bret D. Schundler, the former education commissioner, emphatically denied misleading anyone in an episode that cost New Jersey a $400 million grant.

The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.

A team of former N.C.A.A. athletes unveiled the Capital One Cup, which will be awarded to the top men’s and women’s Division I programs based on cumulative on-field performance across multiple sports.

The value-added formula to evaluate teachers is gaining acceptance, and critics, across America.

Even though Herbert E. Nass and his wife, Jodi, loved their old school, Horace Mann, legal action seemed right when they found themselves in a fight over their son’s suspension.

Marc Hauser is on leave after being found “solely responsible” for eight counts of scientific misconduct.

David E. Van Zandt will replace Bob Kerrey, a former Nebraska senator, as the university’s president.

Treating your career development education as if it were part of a stock portfolio can help you increase the return on your investment.

Job hunters must learn to navigate the social protocol of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking sites.

Government money is helping smaller institutions build programs that train students in various emerging and established energy fields.

Thousands of courses are offered in entrepreneurship by colleges and universities, small-business development centers and chambers of commerce.

For continuing education students, a variety of options for foreign language classes are available, including online learning.

Continuing education programs across the country are finding students increasingly focused on the arts and humanities, whether for new careers or to re-explore great authors.

Whether they are concerned about job security or climbing the career ladder, people often conclude that if there’s any solution, it’s more education.

The Obama administration will give New Orleans $1.8 billion in a lump-sum reimbursement for schools that were damaged or destroyed in the flooding after Hurricane Katrina.

Many educators in states that did not win or even participate in President Obama’s Race to the Top competition said the rules favored densely populated eastern states.

Local officials who pushed for educational changes celebrated a victory in a competition for federal money.

Queens College’s only dorm houses 500 students out of 20,000, and contains full kitchens, cable television, wireless Internet access and private bathrooms.

Kaplan University had signed an agreement with California community colleges for students shut out of classes at their own campus to take an online version at Kaplan.

The Internet is calling into question one of academia’s sacred rites: the peer- reviewed journal article.

Faced with parents who have a hard time saying goodbye to their freshmen, colleges formalize the split.

Parents in Asia and elsewhere want a more global curriculum for their children, and governments hope to attract foreign investors to their countries.

Hawaiian Huna Expert Matthew B. James to Lead Fall Workshops

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PepWear, LLC, a leading national decorated apparel and recognition plaque company, dedicated to recognizing and celebrating student achievements, announced today that it will be relocating its...

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Program returns for 2010 after wildly successful 2009 campaign financially assisted several bright scholars from throughout the nation

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The College Savings Plans Network (CSPN) today joined Governors and Treasurers around the nation in declaring September "College Savings Month" to increase awareness among families about the...

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Parents who want to give their students a learning advantage this school year should set them up with a home office, accelerated learning expert Bobbi DePorter advises.

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New Curriculum from Pearson Invigorates Instruction, Aligns with State Standards and District's Academic Priorities; Young Students' Reading Skills Reinforced within Science Instruction

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In The Greatest Prayer, foremost historical Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan, bestselling author of Historical Jesus and Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, intimately explores the revolutionary...

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Swords to Plowshares, a local veteran service agency, is hosting its third annual Veteran Career Fair.

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Diana Weinhardt supervises the Minnesota Zoo’s Northern Trail and its two popular tiger exhibits. Now, Diana has a new tiger in her life – her son Robbie Weinhardt, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers....

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The conference is designed to provide attendees with up-to-date information on the state of the wind energy industry in Texas and around the globe.

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