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A year earlier than usual, the nation's largest teachers union on Monday endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012.

The gap in cancer death rates between college graduates and those who only went to high school is widening, the American Cancer Society reported ...

Schools are responding to concerns that high-stakes testing and competition for college have fueled a grind that does little to raise achievement.

The L.A. school board's decision to stop serving flavored milks on campuses is just the beginning.

Inappropriate text message discovered by a 13-year-old boy's parents lead detectives to arrest a teacher's aide on suspicion of having sex with the boy in an empty classroom.

Mike Rose, a professor of education at UCLA, says it makes complete sense for people to be concerned about the economic benefits of college. But, he says, there are many other benefits that make going to college worth it.

The U.S. Education Department has issued tougher rules regulating and financing for-profit colleges, whose students disproportionately default on college loans.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is threatening to use the power of his position to alter key elements of No Child Left Behind if Congress doesn't renew and upgrade the education law before the next school year begins.

I have been awarded a golden ticket to the heart of Silicon Valley: the Thiel Fellowship. The catch? For two years, I cannot be enrolled as a full-time student at an academic institution.

Census figures show women outnumber men for the first time when it comes to finishing college and holding advanced degrees....