By KIMBERLY HEFLING Foreshadowing what could be a contentious battle with Congress, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that rolling back federal testing requirements in math and reading would deprive…
By DIDI TANG FILE – In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors’ success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate…
By THOMAS ADAMSON FILE- This Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, file photo shows a general view of the UNESCO prior to the opening of General Conference in Paris, France. American influence…
By KIMBERLY HEFLING Charts show percentages of students performing at or above proficiency in math and reading; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; WASHINGTON (AP) — Today’s…
By FRANK ELTMAN In this Friday, April 26, 2013 photo, actor Alan Alda listens during an interview at Stony Brook University, on New York’s Long Island. The film and television…
By PHILIP ELLIOTT FILE – In this March 12, 1984, file photo, President Ronald Reagan gets some instructions on computer operations while visiting the Congress Heights Elementary School in Washington.…
By WILL WEISSERT Socar Chatmon-Thomas, center, stands with her daughters Isabella, left, and Guinevere, right, outside their school in Austin, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2013. Texas has been a…
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and JUAN A. LOZANO Dylan Quick, who is a suspect in the multiple stabbings on the Lone Star Cy-Fair Campus, right, is escorted by Harris County Sherrif’s…
