Even though Michigan's new high school requirements won't affect him, Sam Wohns wants them changed. Wohns, an East Grand Rapids High senior, planned to tell the state House Education Committee today the requirements likely will increase the dropout rate

Many states are setting their sights too low in their efforts to improve graduation rates, and California is among them, an education advocacy group reported Thursday.

Governor Rendell's proposed 2008-09 education budget sought to create a predictable and long-term education funding system for Pennsylvania that would take the first step toward increasing state funding for school districts by $2.6 billion over the next

Dr. Eric Mackey, superintendent of the Jacksonville City School System, updated the Board of Education on new graduation requirements being considered by the state board during their work session Monday night.

Jefferson County Officials and prosecutors are calling for more funding to early childhood education. They believe it will break a cycle of crime. The message they want to deliver is simple; Put more money into programs designed to interest kids in educat