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Outdoor play-based learning takes going green to another level, making environmentalism accessible to toddlers, while giving their brains a break.

On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called on the National Guard to stop nine black students from entering Little Rock Central High School.

With the beginning of a new school year comes a need to help kids manage their extracurricular activities, homework and busy schedules.

The end of summer is a study in trade-offs: book time replaces pool time; loungewear is swapped for school-wear; and strict schedules oust free time in a blatant reminder that the summer's over.

August has been a summer of circuses. We first had the circus of the Olympics. Then we have the circus of the Democratic National Convention, a glorified extended commercial that the media pretends actually ...

Teachers at Redlands East Valley High School do not want to wait until the end of the year to see if their students are learning what they are teaching.

W e have come to the time of year when we remove the video-game controls - by surgery, if necessary - from the hands of our children, and send them back to school.

Greenville County's top testing expert was 'perplexed,' and Pickens County's superintendent was 'extremely disappointed' with SAT scores released Tuesday.

Jennifer Hessler nervously paces back and forth across the room. Her heels click against the hardwood floors of Shenandoah Elementary School.

Maurisha Gaiter didn't raise her two daughters to be honor roll students by letting them skip class.

Hidden within the positive statistic showing a 5 percent rise in the number of 2008 high school students taking the SAT is a disturbing trend.

For each of the past six years, it's been accurate to suggest that students entering high school take a good look around at their classmates, for about one-third of the youngsters they'd see weren't going to be ...

Hey, read the rules! North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory says job creation will be his top priority if elected.

Hide Video Only about 6 percent of Michigan's most recent high school graduating class took the SAT.

Average SAT scores in Maryland are still lower than they were several years ago.

As parents pack their youngsters off to college, they might ask themselves whether it's worth both the money they will spend and their children's time.

Students will spend more time taking standardized tests this year as the state begins its transition from fall to spring exams.

The state's top education official said Montana students continue to score higher than the national average on the annual SAT college entrance exam.

New York high school students planning to go college scored slightly lower in the SAT entrance tests last year that they did the year before.

Legislators across the country are pushing for mandatory recess and free time as individual schools are increasingly being kept inside for a variety of reasons.