The U.S. Department of Education was created in 1979 by Congress. It employs 4,000 people and has a budget of $79 billion. Most public school funding comes from state and local governments. The ...

The Governor’s education plan falls way short. The changes he and Secretary Saunders propose involve massive disruptions in school administration with enormous implications for students, teachers, ...

A reader disagrees with the Palm Beach County School District that later school start times required by state law aren’t ...

Transparency is a fundamental expectation of elected officials, especially those entrusted with decisions affecting our schools and children. Unfortunately, at the February 6 school board meeting, ...

I recently received an email from a grandparent in the Thompson School District community, asking me “to show the children and families in your community that you will support, protect, and ...

The case at the Lower Middle School ended up at the Department of Education because a parent contested the Administrative Law judge's finding because it was a "scarlet letter" that would remain on his ...