The country may have started its long haul back to economic recovery -- if recent news that consumer spending increased slightly in January is any indication.

A Los Angeles school district panel is scheduled to hold its final meeting Tuesday to finalize aggressive proposed changes to how teachers are reviewed in the nation's second-largest school district.

Vermont education leaders remained skeptical Monday of a plan unveiled by President Barack Obama over the weekend that would reform the 2002 federal No Child Left Behind Act and lessen the weight put on standardized tests to measure student performance.

While many Detroiters appear to agree with the ambitious academic plan for Detroit schools released today by the state-appointed financial manager, questions are surfacing about whether or not the plan violates state law.

I've been hearing so much about budget cuts to public education in the news lately.

A 21-year-old U.S. Marine on his way home to Alabama after a tour of duty in Iraq was killed in a head-on collision near Six Flags.

Budget time is here again along with unfunded mandates and the MER . It's also a time when people say you can never spend enough money on education.

Children from low- and moderate-income families in New Orleans are about to get another chance to attend private school at taxpayer expense.