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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:29:00 EDT Obama must stick to his guns on education It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:10:00 EDT Alabama schools turn to bank loans to operate Alabama schools have been having a rough time of it, and it only looks like it's going to get rougher. The Cotton State recently came in last place in the federal Department of Education's Race to the Top grant competition. And a steadfast global recession combined with the Gulf Coast oil spill this summer have put a severe strain on the state's tax receipts, the primary source of revenue for Alabama's education system, forcing several school systems to take out private loans just to make it through the year.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:13:00 EDT Award-winning teachers dole out advice on fixing public schools What if students attended school all year? One Wisconsin teacher thinks that could be a way to improve student grades and fix the nation's public school system.

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:21:00 EDT Report: Classroom shortage hurts East Jerusalem children Palestinian children in East Jerusalem are being put at a disadvantage because of a dire shortage of classrooms in the east side of the city, according to a report published Tuesday by two Israeli human rights groups.

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:21:00 EDT What's missing for back-to-school? 135,000 teachers More children are crowding into classrooms in Modesto, Calif. Parents are paying extra to send their kids to full-day kindergarten in Queen Creek, Ariz. And the school buses stopped rolling in one St. Louis area school district.

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:26:00 EDT Get a job, or go to grad school? Dear Annie: I hope you can settle an argument. My parents are saying that with my college major (English), it will probably be hard for me to find a job when I graduate next spring. They want me to go straight to grad school and get a master's degree, which they say will make me more "marketable." (They are willing to foot the bill, which I do appreciate.)

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:38:00 EDT D.C. school system fires 241 teachers The District of Columbia public school system announced Friday that it is letting 226 employees go for poor performance under the education assessment system IMPACT.

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:30:00 EDT Arrests highlight education busing issues The arrest of 19 protesters at a rancorous school board meeting Tuesday brings the issue of busing and diversity in education into the national spotlight.