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Instead of test scores, gauge how much time a teacher teaches.

To revamp our education system, blame teachers less and pay them more.

In Orlando, Fla., homeless students are flourishing at Fern Creek Elementary School, where 20 percent of the students live in shelters.

A program that lets high school students head to college before graduation shows the state’s top public universities collaborating on fundamental changes in the state’s education system.

The New Jersey governor, speaking at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, drew rounds of applause with his talk of curbing the power of teachers’ unions and limiting tenure.

Accusations that a Connecticut woman used a false address to enroll her 5-year-old son in school have stirred up arguments about differences in schools from one town to another.

The election results in the first year of Gov. Chris Christie’s 2 percent tax cap contrasted with last year, when voters rejected most spending plans.

Financially struggling school districts, hoping for revenue from parcel taxation, are turning to expensive campaign consultants to help them persuade voters to approve the taxes.

Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel of Chicago has appointed a new school board and has promised big changes. The question is whether the new board will act differently from the old one.

The former Florida governor has been a little-known common denominator behind sweeping measures in nearly a dozen states.

About 100 New York schools are experimenting with curriculum requirements known as the “common core” to better prepare students to take on college work.

As state finances rebounded, Gov. Chris Christie restored some aid to local districts that he had cut last year.

Courses may sound more rigorous, but standardized test scores have not risen accordingly, researchers say.

Though chess is still the game of choice among educators, bridge is catching on at a growing number of schools across the nation for its social benefits for youths.