Members of the Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education took a peak at the 2008-2009 budget at a workshop meeting this week. Currently, the general fund budget will be around $139 million and the district will receive about a $59 increase from the state for

Written and reported by David Abel, Tania deLuzuriaga, Emily Sweeney, Andrew Ryan, Michael Levenson, and John R. Ellement of the Globe staff, and Globe correspondent John M. Guilfoil. EASTON - Federal investigators with notebooks and cameras descended on

Idaho’s State Board of Education will form a search committee to look for a replacement for University of Idaho President Tim White who was named the University of California at Riverside chancellor Thursday morning.

When Samantha Schwartz reads to her first- and second-graders, she may have them express the tale through drawing or music -- or even dancing around the room. Or when they study the solar system, she may have them learn and act out their movements in addi

So few high school football players, even those recruited by Div. I programs, ever make it to the NFL. Given that, in the ideal world, factors such as academic and social opportunities should take precedence when student-athletes make their college decisi