If roughly 47,000 high school seniors in December fail to pass the state exams required to earn a diploma, their last shot at graduating with their peers in the Class of 2015 may depend on the quick movement of state lawmakers.

Most of the fifth- and eighth-graders who failed their state reading and math exams will likely move on to the next grade anyway. 

In this week's Q&A, we interview Michael Hooten, superintendent of Trinity Environmental Academy.

In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Lessons of Hope.

Pre-K education opportunities have expanded nationwide in recent years, with Texas being no exception.

While Texas’ statewide SAT math scores for the 2012-13 academic year dropped to lows not seen since 1992, Texas Education Agency officials point to other positive gains.

NOVA Labs, the digital companion to the PBS science show NOVA, is preparing middle school students from across the country to thwart cyber attacks and data breaches.

A new Advanced Placement U.S. history curriculum that sought to stress critical-thinking skills over rote memorization has come under fire from some quarters for being liberally biased.

An alliance between politicians, food suppliers, nutrition experts and school food service workers has unraveled due to a confluence of reaction to the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

UT educational psychology professor Erika Patall suggests in an op-ed that rather than debating the effectiveness and volume of homework assignments, teachers should be asking how best to motivate their students to succeed at the task.