The city's regular public school students, not those in charters, posted the strongest gains of any urban district on the national assessments.

After more than 160,000 people signed an online petition supporting a name change, the school board unanimously voted to rename Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Fla.

If given final approval by the district's school board, four high schools would have to adopt new mascots for their athletics teams.

A survey of 1,000 principals in 14 states shows that school leaders are heavily focused on the new standards, but don't necessarily feel prepared to manage the huge shift.

The Kansas City school district will ask a court to stop transfers out of the district, mandated by a 1993 law, while the Missouri Board of Education considers a pending request to grant the district provisional accreditation.

A first-ever report provides comparable academic and nonacademic data on every regular public school and charter school in the District of Columbia.

Some of California's largest districts, including Los Angeles Unified, worry that millions of dollars for their low-income students are in jeopardy under new state rules requiring them to verify family incomes each year.

Speculation is rampant over who might become New York City's next schools chancellor under newly elected mayor Bill de Blasio.

Twitter a popular tool for students hoping to persuade administrators to cancel school in bad weather.

A new report from education consultants at Bain & Company outlines barriers and solutions to developing deeper cadres of principal talent.