Although a special federal court has rejected claims that vaccines cause autism, the decision is not likely to tamp down the assertion.

A hearing was hosted by the National Assessment Governing Board on recommendations it plans to make for including English-language learners and students with disabilities.

Regulations for young children and the use of restraints are top concerns.

The Supreme Court rules that Title IX is not the only law to apply in discrimination cases.

Virginia’s public schools will soon be measured by both test scores and graduation rates, under an enhanced accountability plan state education officials approved last week.

“The tragedy of A Nation at Risk is that those who were roused to action by the language of crisis got only half the report’s message: the need for school standards,” writes David S. Seeley.

Believed to be a national first, the diagnostic test is designed to assess the academic needs of ELLs with interrupted formal education.