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Average scores on the ACT exam held steady for the high school class of 2012 but the results show modest progress in the number of students who appear ready for college-level work in math and science.

A former Texas high school English teacher and mother of three is on trial, accused of having sex with five male students. The evidence against Brittni Colleps, 28, includes cell phone video that allegedly shows group sex between her and four students at her home. Prosecutors say it happened while her children and husband, who is an Army specialist stationed out-of-state, were away. The graphic video was shown to the jury this week.

Members of Congress on average speak at the same level as high school sophomores and almost a full grade lower than in 2005, a new report says. The independent Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group, says some people will view its findings as "a dumbing down of Congress" while others will interpret the report as "more effective communications" from lawmakers.

Editors at Newsweek & The Daily Beast agree, naming The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science as the best public high school in America. The annual rankings by Newsweek & The Daily Beast highlight the 1,000 public high schools nationwide that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready graduates.

A prosecutor said Tuesday that several Prosper High School boys were part of a club with a reputation for giving girls drugs and forcing them to have sex. But one of the boys told a judge that “Team Snapback” was just a group of friends whose activities included ...

A principal’s school encounter with his secretary, secretly recorded by a student, has cost the pair their jobs at a small Arizona charter high school, according to local media reports.

A Minnesota school district has quashed a high school's senior plans to bring a porn star -- perhaps two -- to his senior prom.

A drug counselor at California high school pleaded not guilty Wednesday to secretly videotaping students engaged in sexual activity with each other, and to possessing child pornography.

One student was killed and four were injured in a shooting Monday morning at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, according to Cleveland television station WKYC.

A former Ohio high school teacher has been sentenced to four years in prison for having sex with teenage boys at her home. Thirty-three-year-old Stacy Schuler was convicted on Thursday of sexual battery.