Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell had sliced 200 teaching jobs in March because his staff feared County Executive John R. Leopold's 2008-09 budget would not provide enough money to keep the entire teaching force employed.

A Bible-based research institute is fighting a Texas state ruling denying it the right to offer a master's degree in science education, the Houston Chronicle reports. The Institute for Creation Research submitted an appeal, claiming the Texas Higher Educ

A U.S. president for the 30th consecutive year has proclaimed Education and Sharing Day USA, a project of Chabad-Lubavitch. Ten Chabad emissaries from around the world visited President Bush in the Oval Office Tuesday.

I am amazed at the opinions expressed by Matthew Major in the July 17 edition of this newspaper. He likens teachers to police officers and emergency responders, with an "obligation" to provide the children of the community with a good education at whate

With the school system's savings account rapidly shrinking, the Lenoir County Board of Education agreed Monday night to ask the county for a 38 percent increase in local funding for the coming fiscal year.