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A Montgomery County teacher has agreed to apologize to a 13-year-old student whom he reprimanded and sent to the office for twice refusing to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, said a lawyer who represents the student.

In celebration of Read Across America Day, here are some short, engaging Times pieces from 1998 to the present - perfect for reading aloud to kids.

What is the best way to identify and remove incompetent teachers?

Education Secretary Arne Duncan faced unusually sharp questioning from House Democrats Thursday over the Obama administration's proposals to eliminate a grant for the Teach for America program and hold the line on new funding for many other education programs.

Virginia officials are moving to sharply limit an alternative testing program that many schools in the Washington suburbs use to measure the abilities of special education students who traditionally have fared poorly on the state's Standards of Learning exams.

It wasn’t an epiphany that led Peter Wilson to teaching, but the new career is fulfilling in ways he never expected.

We may be doing students a disservice by allowing draconian anti-cellphone policies to persist in schools, writes Paul Barnwell, who suggests ways to employ the phones for learning.

Bipartisan support for Florida’s tax-credit voucher program and efforts in other states cheer choice advocates.

California schools successfully serving students ages 10 to 14 shared a common set of characteristics, a new study finds.

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In hopes of a “turnaround,” all the faculty members at an underperforming high school in Rhode Island are fired.

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