With every rite of passage comes the flush of success. After thirteen tenuous years of education, my youngest child graduated from high school in May. I would breathe a sigh of relief, but it’s not over yet. My daughter’s graduation open house is sch

Delta State University senior nursing students were recently notified that they walk in the graduation ceremony on May 10, with or without a 900 score on the Health Education Services Inc. exam.

Test scores are just one way schools are evaluated under the federal No Child Left Behind law -- they're also judged on how many students show up to class and graduate high school.

By Ruth Campbell Staff Writer With five out of seven spots up for re-election this year, funding, state and federal accountability ratings, early childhood education, increased emphasis on math and science and the completion and dropout rate are just some

WASHINGTON — Nashville Mayor Karl Dean's efforts to improve the graduation rate in the city's schools received some national exposure Thursday when he was featured at a Capitol Hill conference on education reform.