Controversial book allowed in Temecula school district

A novel that had raised concerns because its teen protagonist deals with the aftermath of rape will be added to the core literature list for Temecula'...

State, U.S. disagree on progress at some L.A. schools

Thirty-nine Los Angeles schools -- a group larger than the entire Glendale school system -- identified as "failing" under federal standards became...

Innovative math program boosts scores at O.C. schools

In the airy computer lab at Romero-Cruz Elementary...

Obscure database is key to U.S. educational funds for California

California's chance to receive hundreds of millions of federal educational dollars may rest heavily on an obscure and long-neglected piece of...

All you can carry: College cafeterias go trayless

Derek Owens performs a nifty and somewhat precarious balancing act when he gets his meals at Pomona College.

U.S. sweetens tax credits for higher education expenses

Parents: Save those education receipts.

William Trombley dies at 80; journalist reshaped The Times' coverage of higher education

William Trombley, a veteran journalist and education analyst who wrote for Life magazine and The Times during a five-decade career, died Sunday at a...

2 new L.A. arts high schools are a study in contrasts

One occupies $232 million worth of serious architecture on a promontory overlooking downtown Los Angeles. The other rents cramped space in a South L....

O.C. school district, ACLU settle suit over 'Rent'

An Orange County school district where varsity athletes threatened to rape and kill the lead actress in a student production of the musical "Rent"...

The school on the old Ambassador Hotel site offers an education in L.A. sociopolitics

Like a kindergarten teacher kneeling down to meet her 3-foot-tall charges at eye level, the new elementary school at the Ambassador Hotel site, set to...

Bipartisan praise for Obama's school speech

Though it inspired controversy over the last week, President Obama's back-to-school address to America's students Tuesday ended up being decidedly...

In one L.A. classroom, Obama's speech faces technical difficulties

Neither cable, Internet, radio nor a roomful of sheepish and harried adults could deliver the president's address to the 27 fifth-graders in Alice...

Obama's back-to-school speech is made public

Conservative activists blasted it as socialist. Worried parents called for boycotts. School administrators struggled over whether to let students hear...

Cash-strapped California schools seek commercial sponsors to raise funds

As strapped schools open across California, educators are turning to outside sources like never before in an attempt to ease the effects of...

Iran announces plan to purge universities of Western influences

A hard-line deputy of Iran's supreme leader announced steps Sunday to purge Iranian universities of Western influences even as the government faced...

Obama's speech not on some schools' lesson plans

President Obama's speech to students next week may be a "teachable moment," as some educators see it, but it will not be a command performance. A...

Obama runs into resistance over school speech

A speech by President Obama has prompted accusations of "indoctrinating" America's youth and led to calls for "transparency" -- nearly a week before...