Education Week

New research suggests that a significant proportion of students placed in college remedial courses don't need them.

Congress has yet to decide when or whether to start work on long-overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

A state district court judge ruled the Texas school financing system unconstitutional, cheering hundreds of local districts that had sued.

In the Public Interest, a nonprofit, says Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education is being used as a cover for companies seeking public money.

The president wants to dramatically expand preschool access for low- and middle-income children, but has yet to spell out the cost.

The head of the National Science Foundation plans to step down, while the National Science Teachers Association gets a new director.

The agency's proposed rules would also limit junk food sold a la carte on school lunch lines.

The proposal includes a 3.0 GPA for applicants and evidence that programs' graduates make an impact in their K-12 classrooms.

North Dakota becomes the fifth state where the two unions have united, and Wisconsin is moving toward that goal.