AUSTIN – Pizza parties, field trips and other rewards – including cash – for students who pass the TAKS may be in violation of federal privacy laws for students, the state's education chief has warned.

Government will try to introduce in the next session of Parliament the Right to Education Bill which seeks to provide free and compulsory education to every child aged between six and 14.

Democratic state lawmakers are introducing legislation they say would cut down on unintended pregnancies and protect women's health by expanding sex education and improving access to contraceptives.

Commissioner Richard Mills pushed many educational reforms ALBANY ? Richard Mills, who is among the state's longest-tenured education commissioners and who helped institute an ambitious push toward higher K-12 academic standards, said Saturday he is re

MADISON State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster will introduce her 2009-2011 education budget proposal during her annual State of Education address at noon, Thursday, Sept. 18, in the State Capitol. The Department of Public Instruction biennial budget in