School News

A movement is afoot in several Maryland counties to cancel the administration of the state's standardized test in reading and math this year.

A blogger has accused the Maryland state superintendent with unethical practices in promoting the state's role as fiscal agent for a testing consortium with the state's Board of Public Works.

We applaud Danville School District 118 for using part of its School Improvement Grant to establish monthly workshops where parents can learn more about what's happening in the school.

Maryland's Board of Public Works made it official last week: The state will assume the role as fiscal agent for a multi-state testing consortium.

We are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of Twitter conversations that suggest students and parents want to "opt out" of standardized testing.

Under fire, Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance has quit a consulting job that had him developing Chicago-area school administrators once a month.

More than 4,000 teachers learned they achieved National Board Certification Tuesday. More than 106,000 teachers have achieved the profession’s highest mark of accomplishment.

A new specialty license plate in Arizona, the latest of more than 50 designs, will fund an organization that aims to give small grants to teachers in the state's public schools..

We consider the practice of naming schools after people, especially controversial figures whose names seem to divide our communities. Should it continue?

A girl was shot at point-bank range in the head, the only victim of a school shooting in Colorado, besides the student gunman who committed suicide.